POULTRY KEEPING

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20729, 14 December 1932, Page 9

POULTRY KEEPING

PIGEONS AND CAGE BIRDS. (By "Fancier."'; iKBIkJBBS TO CORRESPONDENTS. r * B S? wHr Bradford was never an officer « tha Association until elected president Isst month. He inade it clear that «» *'« in favour of registration. It vas **• Ps*t-President of the Association who i *»»Bgly opposed the registration. ? X.~-Tfce Plain dark varietv of silTer •ttt irill be found tho best. It is more 2J J! resistant and productive than the otter;, md the flavour is also sweeter. NOTES. P«Bltry and eggs are verv cheap, w* * number of sellers dress the Jgjrr ready for the oven, a fact *f** ""-ill be appreciated by housetwo. J**? fading for a long time in the *«esbury tests Langshans have J»«a place to White Leghorns. The **» are now White Leghorns 1025 J «* six birds, and for a single hen jj*'egg3; Langshans 1016 eggs and *Bgs, Australorps 985 eggs and 395 ; *P; *H three in 23G days. ' At the time of writing I have not ! ««the result of tho Canterbury Flv- ! J*«ub' B race from Auckland, but at j jf*«t<l the weather was against the I T* The distance is about 500 miles I j* *>», aad the time rs likely to be I /* Corißtchurck clubs have not the! for flying long distances as j Sffl, X ° rth ItJan <l ciul " an d some j *P more southern bodies. *»JTiVSir Edward Brown. LL.D., j - j poultry keepers appear to know j iv~2> « the principles of breeding, j ".Si • * ,B tbat the; harm done by &MJ nany-fold that of their preBfoj!?*-. ' It will be'«een that Sir is broader in his views than T« I»js fellow utilitv men. WT <\> WrUer in " I'oultrv •'' .•• Syd- j ?%to ■ i Africjm lovebird is! «.; n T thu Budgerigar for popu ] Visi lf . io "ear future. Nearly ai! ***£ *!' ancs visited recentlv arc j ***»•' i lletds somebody to .start J 4r%, 1 i* ,0 . Ur "r two tho same as in i i*»'Ba» B .f nsar ™* thi-y be all | I i I^«1lt t!lern »'"Hn;-'l had tin-pleasure I WZS »■ Ml J - ''"■ Dickie. Short- j J|*ri "ainoiii. This breeder lius j ty£Pf laud and housing accuimuo- ■; *^W° r a feA !lU) "Jred" birds, but j *Stojl. e *Bs a, "d table poultry has j i «!ffl to reduce his stock very j - 7J% w il'i Sussex. Kuff Orping- ! ■ Wfcrt lMa:j,j Kcda and other K:Si Mr Bicki « iias si different ■ *|jj^.Presses the Indian game with ; and although the latter ] '*d»«. Rttßr ' Mr I)ickie sasb tht! eroas are nne sitters, and mature l ui « k, . v i and thought * S Bome of the "osses, the is a goud pluinp b i r d. j '^^w^ 8 an enlr ' v of 3037 tesd ! '■jjjgg*'?* Marly "SOO below last j

year's figures. The great championship was awarded to Dr. H. G. Mansfield's brow a red modern.Game Bantam i cock. The judges were Messrs AY. AV. Broomhead, Clem Watson, and V. Smalley. Such eminent judges were certain to be guided by the standard which does not mention eggs, utility, : and industry and other extraneous : matters aired by those opposed to Ban- < tams winning championships. Mr Fred Kingsford. Away back in 1893 Mr Fred Kingsford took up the racing pigeon fancy and is still in it. He is now president of the Canterbury Flying Club, the oldest of its kind in New Zealand, a vice-president of the United Pigeon Fanciers' Club, an office he has also held in the Christchureh Poultry Club, and for 21 years without a break he was secretary of the club of which he is head. Mr Kingsford's home and lofts are in Cholmondeley avenue, two doors from the Opawa tram-line. The lofts are well built and fitted up, and there is an electric bell which announces the arrival of the birds. The nest boxes can be locked and the box perches are portable. There are about sixty birds in the lofts, including j Dr. Tressider, Baker Osman, and other strains. Mr Kingsford ha 3 flown birds up to 610 miles and has won races from all race points except Opua. An Osman Hed Chequer in his loft named Orleanist, is in his twentith year and has flown 523 miles five times. This veteran has sired many of Mr Kingsford "s best birds. j Among the Lupins. Manv poultrymen have built homes I among" the sandhills of which there j are many hundreds of acres lying j between 'the sea and Christchureh. ! The cheapness of the land and its nenvI ness to the markets and work in the city have much to do with the scleeI tioii of sections for poultry, but there ' pro other advantages. The amount of j plant life now seen among the sandj hills shows that the hind is produe- ! live. Trees, shrub*, and flowers as j : well as the lupin are now in bloom, | t and fruit and vegetables are looking I • well. Unless there is a wet spring! j tho greenstuff is scarcer among the I sand than poultrymen would like, but. : lucerne does well judging by some of the fine stands T have seen amid arid surroundings. This is a fine food for all stock and very productive. The Autoclave Method. Tiie •■Autoclave'' method is used for the preservation of eggs on wholesale lines, says a Scottish farm paper. The Chelmsford Egg Supply Station handles s'.mio 30,000.000 national mark eggs a vear and it has adopted the Autoclave "svstem for the preserving branch <->F its activities. For preserving the eggs occupy trays in the interior of largo iron chambers (''autoclaves") shaped like retorts. It takes four of these chambers to stow a million eggs. AVhcn the trays in a ''rctorc" arc all full of. eggs the chamber is ailed with nitrogen and carbon dioxide gases in place of air.- Together with a temperature of about freezing point these gases preserve the eggs without actual or apparent change in appearance or j freshness in flavour. When taken out they are suitable for all the usual culinary purposes, including boiling or poaching. Australian Poultry. : The Provincial Poultry Council in Canada, wants the Dominion Govei nment to prohibit the importation of Australian poultry owing to that scourge, Newcastle disease. The disease is now and was some years ago only in

Victoria and it would not be fair to penalise the other States even if they wanted to export to Canada, which I do not think they do. Anyhow, the trouble is well in hand and not likely to spread. Even when Now Zcnlandors desire birds from Australia in States where there is no disease they must be prepared to put up with a lot of red tape or give up the idea of exporting and many do.