POULTRY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 247, 6 July 1918, Page 13

POULTRY NOTES

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Chihose P^iyed 1 feggs. .Notwit j^Btandi np tho anneal recently mado t/> -the 'Government 'by the executive ?! Ul ',i New Zealand l'ouliry -Association, affiliated societies throughout the,.• Dominion,'with tho reques; that the no <(ltry. industry bo protected by restrictive or prohibiting the importation of Jhiiieso liquid eggs, the plerihati apparent- ■ ly 'fallen on deaf cars, and the foreign yolk is -mill arriving >in 'New Zealand. •l>om a reliable 6ourco it is reunned that I a very largo quantity landed in Christchurch last week, in'denticd by several of .QMr, leading tradesmen. Whon Hie Hoard of Trade met suppliers and buyers of eggs in conference last spring, it was put forward by the bakers that supplies were totally insufficient for requirements. Inquiries, howevor, provo that'thero still remain in, store moro than Buffioient to last until tho spring supply is available. 'If the poultry industry was one that found occupation only, for a, small number of pur people, an excuse for this might be tendered, but tho fact is that hundreds find'occupation in s -iW It. would be difficult to estimato the number of people who, earning a modest income, and having taken up a..citizen's responsibilities, are anxious to -supplement their income By keeping as'many ■•poultry as their time permits them to pronerlv care for. Such indnstrjv':;it, will be admitted, is /thrifty.-, and. universally commended. It also rtnds. -a. very /great.'■ deal of employment by the demand created for the requirements, of poultry, and is nn.essenWorld P ° m WUe<?l 0f the comm W'al Ashes and Dry Yards.': •-.: hvTnL wea ' hDr dul ' in E tlio week forcibly brings under our notice tho need for well-drained yards for.'our poultry. It ? S , TL e ™ Ty , Fryman, whose property is high and dry and- Where the yards JSJSi « J**"?" 1 Ml «■ »any loads of aguesas can be proeured.'should bespread.In summer time aßhcs can bo got at ;&»*«?• to 7s. a Joad delivered, and the I ™if a chi ™°al.usually .found in a load fr?^^r y *n for }■ A; well-drained poulll y Hl* ?' w ? u "My'tho expense, by ttogoneral health of the .flock bringing them into profit probably weeks earlier waTdli^rollm C ud e .; I>Cnnea " yanlß

EGG-LAYING

N.Z. UTILITY POULTEY OLTTB'S FOOll- [ TEENTH COMPETITION iJUmw™*- '." tt* pfcciiil report of the '*f' f ' h 1 . w < iek ending' July 4. of tho! fourteenth egg-laying eompctition, held, by tho N.Z. Utility Poultry Club:- " LIGHT BREEDS. . . Weekly Totalto ■ .„'• r \. ; " tolnl ' date. Browa liejhorimVerrall Bros !...'. 25 %i 11. Hunter .'„..,' 23 •.' g4 Mrs. T. Morton .„: 21 264, ffliut! Leghorns'W. Newall .'...,...%. ft 25i .• 0. J. Hartley 19 226 .■ Jl. Coombos ' ~... 30 245 ' Colder Broß., No. 2 25 310 , .£■ S™ k • • v',27 - 314 ■ h.w. Jones ■ :.' 19 293 .Atkinson Bros.- 30 372 ' Oalder Bros ...„.....'.... 27 -316 . J. Nancarrow, Ben 27 244 J. Stevens . 21 175 Oxford Poultry Farm 28 -324 . H. Ball :..... 15 126 \V. A. Gee and Sons, No. 2 28 164 A. E. Phillips 21 265 Mrs. M. B. Pullar 26 259 Mrs. 15. A. Gorinski 28 327 Trig Poultry Farm . : 27.- 346 ' *JCrs. C.'Atkinson-...........'18' 215 J. Nancarrow, jun. .........' 24 263 W. H. Wcßt : 31 335 .7. Liggina .• 29 329 F. W. Wilson 21 18$ A. E. Wilson * 13 181 Dalmnir Poultry Yards ... 5 160 11. W. Book : 27 314 11. W. Hawlte ; 22 309 Omeo Poultry ftwin 22 176 M, F. Blackmail 31 264 11. .Williams 10. 305 \, Hcretaunga P. Co., No. 2 26 192 l iS, I;, Beer I '27 370 A. B. Poivley 27 235 Mrs. J. Mills , 25 218 , Mrs. "»V. ISoaeh 17 234 JRmiqiuru Keg Kancli -23 122 •Smart Bros 24 274 Traccy King 31 353 51. A. Currin 10 280 Charles H. Izard 24 253 Green Bros., No. 1 25 335 .- W. Davbj 1 .'• 26 . 197 I;. T. . Wright, -16 .169 ' •W. Stephenson ' 19 279 «•• C' Thomson , 27 : 28? S. Dick ..{;......".... 22 MO A. W. Adams 26 139 James Robertson 30 98 .T. h. Eenfell 11 263 W. Haloy .'. -. 29 285 V. .Mulder / ISV 234 I). Graham -17; 286 Reliable Htud P.P., No. 2' 19 180 W. A. Gee and Sons, No. 1 20 255 .Reliable Stud P.F., No. 1 30 345 .• Waimca Poultry Yards ... 7 207 Hcretaunga P. Go., No. 1 22 271 Green Broß., N0..2 21 254 Uiliorcas— Hiss Jessie James 19 203 H. Williams 22 297 Totals WO4 15,482 'Five birds. 1 -HEAVY EEEIiDS . Weekly Intel to total. ' date. Black Orpingtons- ♦ Charles H. Izard 19 265 T. E. Conway, No. 1 23 250 Norton and Dovo 9 180 ,1. Nancarrow; sen 17 222 W. BloomficUl 12 192 •T. E. Conway 24 .266 Whue Plymouth Uocks- . W. KnigM ....: 11 109 Rhode Island. Hods— i ':•• Norton and' Dovo 8. 366 .',. : E. E. Marsdcn 21 69 "Silver Wyandotte's— W. W; Hewinson 26 7B Thomas Wilson 29 211 Thomas Dowthwaite 26 75 T. E. Oomvay 0 0 A. W. Adams 15 67 Thomas Kennedy 2 83 Mrs. F. Howell 24 , SO , , Totals ... , 266 2296 •Five birds. DUOK CONTEST.. Weekly Total to total, dato Indian Runners—' Thomas Dowthwaite 32 192 , I;. A. Wadham 32 361 Mrs. W. A. Gee 21 243 W. T. Green 33 219 It. M. Oopland 30 353 ; Heretaimga Poultry Co. 24 384 ' W. T. Green ........'. 33 373 , Totals !05 2125 f SINGLE BIRD COMPETITION. ' ' Heavy Breeds. Silver Wyandottcs- , E. J. Boss ;.:.; 4 '25 \ Thomas Wilson 5 55 Ehode Island Bods- 1 T. B. Conway 5 .49 ' ■ Norton and Dovo 0 . 3 Barred, Plymouth.. Bocks- . ' A. E. Wilson 7 38 Totals ...-..- 21 170- j Light Breeds. White Legkorii9Grcen 8r05.,. No. ,1 6 69 Green Bros., So. 2 5 58 B. W. Hawke 6 23 11. Meadows ; 4 65 Traccy King 6 60 ■ B.'L. Beer 6 73 E. E. Jlarsden 0 0 Thomas Wilkinson 6 62 : Mrs. J. Mills, No. 1 0 21 S. Dick ■...-.: 0 41 Atkinson Bros., No. 1 0 61 ■J. Stevens ; 3 17 . Mrs.J. Mills. No. 2 5 6E ■ Master Em- Gee 2 V 2 . Reliable Stud P. Farm ... 6 38 11. W. Beck 0 |4 W. A. Gee and Sons 1 ■ '• 62 Atkinson Bros., No. 2 :.. 5 55 _ 11. Williams 3 58 Totals '. 64 917