EGG-LAYING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1932, Page 13

EGG-LAYING.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. CONTEST RESULTS NINTH WEEK. The ninth week of the Auckland Poultry Keepers' Association's fourteenth single pen and team egg-laying contest ended on Sunday. Leading results for birds and teams (the figures in parentheses being the weekly totals, the next set the individual totals, and the last set the team aggregates): — SINGLE BIRD COMPETITION. All Breeds (28 birds) — Whenuapai Poultry Farm—Black Orpington— (G) 53 Hampton Poultry Farm—White Leghorn—(6) 52 Mrs. J. A. B. Hellaby, No. 2—Black Orpington—(7) 48 Mrs. I. Dlmant, No. I—Black1 —Black Orpington— (5) 45 Mrs. A. Herbert—Black Orpington-— (C) 43 E. D. Wilkinson, No. I—White Leghorn— (4) 43 Geo. Herring, No. I—White Leghorn — (5) 43 Mrs. W. H. Carter—Black Orpington (4) ' '43 TEAM CONTEST. —FOUR BIRDS. HEAVY BREEDS SECTION. Black Langshans (2 teams) — E. R. Warnoclc—(ll), 21, 36, 42, 41 140 Black Orpingtons (35 teams) — F. W. Lusby, No. 1 —(25), 56, 46, 34, 55 101 J. Havern and Son—(24), 56, 43, 49, 41 ISO A. Wilson—(2o), 43. 42, 47, 57 180 A. Wood—(22), 32, 48, 55, 51 186 Mrs. W. King—(2o), 28, 46. 42, 52 . . 168 Roy Pheasant—(2l), 47, 56, 36, 29.. 168

LIGHT BREEDS SECTION. White Leghorns (61 teams) — ,T. R. Ross—(2l). 53. 49, 47, 53 202 Dustin Bros.— (21), 50, 45, 40, 48 .. 189 Mrs. R. G. Hunt—(2o), 43, 54, 47, 44 188 Mrs. Do Baugh, No. 1—(20), 45, 48, 43, 43 * ? 3 Margaret 800t —(23), 50, 44, 45, 40 179 DUCK SECTION. White Indian Runners (9 teams) — H. Harrison—(27), 58, 58, 57, 61 .. 234 C. H. Oliver, No. 1—(26), 60, 54, 61, 53 ■•'•' 228 C. H. Oliver, No. 2—(26), 55, 50, 56, 62 2 - 8 J. Havern and Son —(24), 60, 60, 46, 01 • 227 Buffi Orpingtons (1 team) — Mrs. I. Dimaut—(2s), 03, 48, 54, 37 • 192 Khaki Campbells (2 teams) — Mrs. Leo Ayling—(26), 4u, 50, 6, 34 ld» Fawn and White Indian Runners (5 teays) : A. E. Stockley, No. 1—(21), 51, 50, 44 5i 196 Airdrie Poultry Farm—(2l), 44, 36, 55, 56 -II 101

CORRESPONDENTS' PROBLEMS. BURSPUR (Stanley Bay).—The usual way is to cut off the spurs with a very fine saw within half an inch of the leg, and put on a little powdered chalf or sulphate of iron to prevent bleeding. The way you speak of would, in my opinion, Ue too dangerous. You might injure the leg permanently. ROUP (Grey Lynn).—Your White Leghorn rooster was suffering from diphtheric roup. Mild cates of roup get well, others linger ill a long time, and others again grow thin and die. Roup can be treated, if the fowls are sufficiently valuable to be worth treatment, simply by putting a drop of kerosene in the nose passage and brushing the diseased parts also with kerosene. Peroxide of hydrogen diluted one-half with water and squirted into the nostrils with a syringe, will help clear the passages. Remove matter on the face and eyes with a soft sponge and warm water, and from the mouth and throat with a cotton wad on a small piece of wood. Personally, I think you did the wisest thing to kill the bird, but I would have burnt the body instead of burying it. Are the housing arrangements for your birds such that they are damp and draught proof? And if any more of your birds show any disorders of the passages of the head and throat separate them at once from the other fowls. See that all your birds' have dry, warm quarters. IC.C. (Mount Eden).—Please read the answer to Glen Eden, and follow the instructions there given. Roup is the name commonly given to most disorders of the passages of the head and throat. The symptoms vary considerably, as in human beings affected with colds, mild or severe, influenza, acute catarrh, sore throat and diphtheria. These troubles, although not strictly one disense, are enough alike to admit being considered together. First signs are dumpishness or leg weakness, difficult breathing and sometimes there is a choking noise or cough. Then follows a discharge from the nose and eyes and sometimes the whole face becomes swollen. Keep your fowls warm and dry and put a tonic in the water. Apparently the roup is of the mild rather than severe type.