USEFUL HINTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 15

USEFUL HINTS.

prospects in industry. SMALL FOWLHOUSE. i has asked whether 11 ....Mom a description 01 the best. Kind j tv rtT * - - »,"v huild I or. 53 V, li&il & i ci cO j— _ . ar r : J , : ( j o zeu fowls, the amount ot jaaunal, paired, and whether iron is the mo=t ■ Starr. For six to ten fo*is a house j lU 6ft by Sit should be big enougn. | -rnnt «hould have an opening hign j £ The birds « .. w« Mf. T* j , should be at tne back, and die , Kfto could be built outswe, wnn an | fro"' inside. Ii a hinged ha is | St en this bos-there will be no need to j £"* into the fowlhouse to get ..he eg^.;., £,> UllO i- t_ T -ror-ri ! Iron ii likely to be too c-o.d. L i attract - i •*--e frost. A motor car ease wouid make | house, but it must oe wina and , Vafeoof. Damp, draughty houses are j L„-vrous. If timber is used, it ( painted outside and lime-washed □side A medium-sized motor car case j Sd make a house large enougn lor up to ten lowis*

ROOFING HINT. Do tou ever have trouble alter vou J lave felted a poultry house root in that j brtiekles upi You certainly will unless j ~-L<e felt is properly seasoned. And when j roa bnv it. it's probably too new. Here s j 1 tin that will keep the root watertight sceh longer than would _ otherwise be j •he "When vou get tfle roll oi xelt , we-Imind, it's "worth while buying the j best quality—unroll it, weight it at eacn , end and leave it in the open lor tour or j ave davs. Turn it over every day, so J wth sides receive the same treatment, j Xais weathering is a great- idea. But ? n j ;* should rain during the process, see iiat the felt is absolutely dry beiore | E3ilin2 it on to the roof. PROSPECTS IN INDUSTRY. -Nil Desperandum" has asked a series j ? f questions regarding prospects of j 2 man entering upon the industry. In 'aswer to these I would say it would ■ Le disEeoli for a man with small capital, j do matter how capable or willing, to ; xake a living from egg production. He • x'Ttif make money from eggs as a side j

Ifae and build up the egg production j iiasisess until it would occupy his whole j time, but in my opinion he would court fd'sre if he attempted too much with little money to work on. Poultry have beta made to pay on suburban land benghfc up to £50 per acre. It is held ;.t jocse poultry farmers that after paying cost of feed a hen should return 8/ | to 10/ per annum, from which has to j te -deducted interest, overhead charges [ sad wages. A poultry farm of 2000 lay- j lag bens would cost more than a email iißO'-int of capital to establish, and would rwaire long training and experience to werate successfully. However. I am chaining some data on this subject and sill publish it in due course. HAMMER TOES.

When yon are sorting over your voaEg birds, don't forget to ha re a :»1 look at their feet and toes. You si|2s not think it, but the toes, feet aal legs tell one quite a lot about the quality of the stock. You know there ■is eo permanent cure for a thing like •MMsatism and gout, so if you see any fwoSen joints, chiefly at the ball of the foot ttiink twice before you retain such i b.rd. You simply cannot afford to iave any non-paying guests in the flock. rid, therefore, of any birds with cariing toes surmounted with toag, scarp nails. Whether pullets or cockerels, such birds are generallv duds," for they are bad doers. You K2 . T not imagine that crooked toes Keaas much, but- you can take it from a? that saeh, particularly when it's the fatre which is affected, usually means tiai the bird is more or less infertile. too, with similar toes are never much as layers, and are still *ft=e as breeders. * Duck-footed birds ire nearly always hopeless as moneyT oa know what we mean bv atk-footed? It's a case of the hind or cßffta toe hanging more or less useagainst the Toot. This fourth toe essential to enable a bird to balance properly. Without its use how . ® *-; e bird be comfortable and. thereW- high-stepping carriage but when a fowl tries f ~a 111 *he same way vnu can jump ' *7? at once that it's not JL 1 ,, Cocks gives this war SKSjffi to ** fertile; pullets are br«Ji ier ' roni the point of view d °°'< *> r-ftfvj uQe time. Knoc-k-STJi, are ? e " iran y suffering WeakfleSs " You've seen this position, * ot oni 7 are the knees W the e S er io S tLe iee - ' vide a f' art ' the i® iee:il lar tGO loose. birds arp nees - Hollow-shanked "S. -JSSSLSS^ 1 *•».«*