POULTRY FARMING.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12091, 13 January 1905, Page 3

POULTRY FARMING.

; THE I COLONIXIi I^LAyiNG I :y:y y : :;. .;7CoM^l^TiqN,v-^ ?: ':^"j^ 7 There* i_ v -mon-y!li^*^Spr^^ the; liqmely^utffi^ duced tb-Wmul«^,t&;<e^^ famous goose that Uid .the golden egg;*/ if (mly ' deputation' College Board' of; Goreitibrt; in reference to the proposed egg-laying competition/ s- v ; " fanciers," whbae bipert view, should be> wortli .many well meaning bnfc unpractical persons" have" tried poultry farming and: { otmdiit a ;b-dyrtb;be expected when: the/bp«tertj»laog* iafnot conducted onirscientific.v\mbd«tn.\-iprinr-ciples:.) : Beleetion 5 thuat; ; .-'K.be( made in i _batt..i of breeding; viind' feeding and. generally jratching. over the f otvla'' welfare. 4 By '$e*~ periment and "judicibuaV « £*hb; best breed of layera) ciui' be ascertained^ < and then, with proper ; 'thereHß;littlevdbubt\.lih^ , ;'t__it-' , -tteV-''»ni;; dustrv * will >pajr.: 1 Proof Vof* gafr forded by the,recent petitions held; traliai ; That there ; scope enormous number be Imported, owing_to the sma)lness of local supply; :y Mr Hyde,V ;] Government poultry expert, stated that' from June to September *-lt«!tije»r? ; :nb.? less than £4000 worti of >gg*i was irbr, ported by the colony;;^'And the selling; price -has increased'by <leiat ; :so : pet' cent." during- lew iyear_ij,|/Ajfbv»,; years ago sold cluring.the .ramnibK at as! lew as r 4_d the7 >jprice 'very l rarely he\o^ -■' 9d. This » accounted - for _: by : the increasing use of; ihe f reeiirig works; in • the' centres: of.-.' the ijoloriyi \ By being placed in thel : cooling fchambbrs eggs are kept sound in, thehqttest ther; which * bbviates '• the hecefflUyrlpf selling'at any price tofgefc-rid ; !of"them; in v time, : thus ■» preventing years agOjthereVfPere fc npt more than a -few do_en placed;in. vcbblf Log chambers I; whole: ; colony, wbibttl_3 returns for about two months from Dunedin alone' last year showed that: 18.000 down were graded in the cool store. ..>And;that repre.; sents only, ppr, centage of the tbtal:forthewlony;'-'-^^ ; -5-. f '^7* ;^i-: ? ; i"-:>; t The value of carefully; aiipervised, egg-laying competitions is inestimable; :So far'nothing 'in that -directibiat! 'has : been'-attempted id New Zealand.-But the project ',, isy now. * under . weigh? in' Christbhurch, and there is pros-, pect of its being carried to a successful issub.>; months • ago the;idea was mooted/the intention being to hold: the competitioh-at'Lincoln CoU?gby?in; conjunction with the auUiorities of -that; institution. However, there were difficulties in the way then, and the scheme had tb?be matter has now been taken m hand-again, and with more promise' of success. :'? It!; is pro-: posed to form •Utility Poultry; Club/ tor the purpose of : providing* the withal: expenses. necessary, to the carrying put', of an egg-laying competition, to be continued over twelve months^ 7'lt is;the; desire of the promoters to. have the competition conducted'at lege, which is ideaUy, situated'''for .tha' purpose. ,i About.'j.brty. 1 commodious well laid ont pens, with accommodation, for six fowls each, will'be erected &t an ; estimated 'cost \oti from 'CimWSSIOOi which will,be defrayed by proposed club. Then.'.if the i>r_4 moters are carried, but; ..the care: of.the fowls, with the necessaiy tabulating- of results,; feeding/etc.,- will^l» T : left tirely to Mr;lLbtrrie/' Director -of' the College,' whotwill 'tee ;tbat i thbl; work-is' - properly, done, y H &■■-& \,h--ycyfi a deputation appointed at the recent; meeting held tor the-purpose of considering tho formation of a Utility Poultry Club/ waited

on the Board AgricultnvAlA pi-sent .were tho Hon, (chairman); Mes_r_ T. Harnson, with Lowrie. *_>» Me&sra A. Longton, (Stock/Der*r^r^|^M^?^E also attended'by * tation, laying i prove * , T »%% We^^t^l?SS^^gS^^| plished and a help to tbo''Colleger if' there, ai "deßired.'^-?anoiertS3rt?^|M^^| church had "fdrj; ye»W" J poultry exhibitions, jKWTfi&B&Bt&BBBBi _uwd them to iißiwm^f.tAy^^^l^^^gm farming for be made fro the, money ior arrange!for tails. Wbat they do was to take overHha and feeding of tfhe necessary, would be formed front and exhibitors to raised from tbe *M~<*i!W&MgB3B&GEBM to - the the ;pen*H come their proveds. LthatU t could be rtm.at,a r -prp&t,',WoW|WlgH be no fear, m J-HR **&&gBM&KBbM *ompet»tion* whom 6_iibitot# J '-rdmT*riy_&&£fi__Bg_fl| colony would fc*ve*full LoWrie wonld-genOrateth^ 1 and Lincoln College,was M cl fpr the purpo-eMed make their tainly -be a jtarphis *w eggsj one gentleman >in bad already whole ot the t ontpnt for the Smith enlarged on t tbe T * lu competition,, and'pointed T able instruction might be 8» i, it by the of tjbe «<iU*lffl_E¥9i the first competition would),«mf|Kp|||P year, but it was not it drop then. r carried on contiiiuoujd/year _itw 4 yi£rg|gß if successful, able to ,tfce farming there were any profits~f«rarlm_ <*o ß *P*f||s|l titionat would be shared by the OoUege the f , ! i.vs«£§j£9B| Mr Lowrie promised'to reply shortly." -' *« &_£_!■ There was an informal atsemmp|ffli after tbe is understood, on 5 the request will bo granted