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Evening Star, Issue 16845, 21 September 1918, Page 10

SETTINGS Eggs (White Leghorn), 10s; Incubator lots, £2 10a per 100 eggs. Andrew lx>vc, Green Island; ’phone 3,304r. SILVER Wyandotte* that lay and pay; Sotting', 5» (posted, 7s). P. Carol in, Stafford street. FIRTOBELLO Poultry Farm.—Settings Eggs: Whits Leghorn, 10s; incubator lots, £2 10s per 100. Address Portobello, or P. W. Shncklwk. Ker.eing-ion ('phone 1,834). Sand R. Chick Food makes strong chicks • and big layers. Grocers, or Skene and Robertson EGGS tor Setting; White Leghorns, Silver WyinuU.tU.-s, and Black MLnorcas; every egg guaranteed. Skene and Robertson. HTMIY our famous Diamond Grit; none het--iL u-r; keeps hens in best of health. Skene and Robertson. Of JR team of White Leghorns in the last egg-laving competition at. Papanui averaged. 224 eggs pc- bird; Settings of the samo strain Ids and 7s 6d per dozen, posted; Incubator Sots, 45s per 100 eggs; cash with order. Smart Bros.. Mospol. FOR SALE, Holrawood Incubators: most reliable hatchers; 120 eggs; £7 10s. Parker, Enid road, South Dunedin. BLACK Minoroas, utility strain. 6s per setting, posted. Funds, Waikouaiti; or\2o Brunswick street, South Dunedin. FOR SALE, Rosccoatb Minorca and White Lego ora So tinge. 4s Gel; inspection invited. H. Strong, Burnside. IjlOß SALE, Settings Utility White Log.r horn-. ss; 15 eggs. Cate Skinner’s Store, Nomiauby, NIL Valley. TP,OR SALE, _ Settings White Leghcxits, X 1 Black Orpingtons, best strains; Black Orpington Cockerel. Campbell, 235 Oxford fc.r.-t, South Dunedin. laced. Leghorn (Mills strain), 4a 6d e.tirg 15 eggs. 30s 10); unfertile Saunders, 313 King street; ’phone TI7HITB Log-born Settings, 5s Gd; Mills ft si tain; heavy layers. W. J. Riddell, 15 Embo ctreet, Cavcrst.am. QtAILE, 200 lovely White Leghorn Chicks, Is each. MtlhrPadinan strain; also E-iss for setting. £s. Hail. Eekvale street, Musselburgh. Settings ill r«d. iiiack Miuorcas, White Leghorn*, Black Bantams, 4s; postage, Is Gd extra- Berry, 4SB Turin street nt.d Nursery roach limvood, Cltrisiohuroh. BLACK Orpington, White Orpington, Settings. 25 per cent, reduction catalogue priests, making room; Six Breeding Trios; Three full Pens Black Orpingtons Tor Sale; Whit-o Leghorn Settings; catalogue post free. Adamson, Maori Hill; ’phone 1,855. POULTRY ROTES a. msmmsa& mM: m ■M m m Wi ?i57 [By Minorca.] Covtrihution.i and questions for answering should be addressed to “ Minorca ,” Poultry Editor, ‘ Star ’ Office, and received not later than Tuesday of each xuteh. “Minorca" will only answer communications through this column. Tho weather now being warmer, clunkers rdirwld !» more plentiful, a.n<l breeders ’ should get. as many eggs down as possible. ! Remember that tho wanner tho weather j gets the more numerous lice and red mites ■ become. Tho lieu when sitting should bo dusted every few clays, and when the chicks arrive they should be dusted with. Fli-keelo or InsecE powder at once. When , they are a week old rub the back of the | head with a little camphorated oil. J CLUCKERS 1 Nowadays are not eo dependable as they i were years ago. This, no doubt, is owing to so many of tho heavy breeds being brod for egg production. The Muckers this year in numerous cases have caused trouble, some leaving the eggs after they have been sitting a week, and others giving up after they have been sitting for two weeks or even more. Of course, in some cases it is the fault of the_ breeders, but no doubt in other cases it is because the birds are being line-bred for egg produc tion, and are thus less inclined for sitting cut tho three weeks necessary for the hatcliing of chicks. The setting of eggs of tho heavy breeds should now be brought to a close, and the pens can then be broken up. The male birds should he disposed of at onoe, unle,;thev aro wanted for breeding next year Owing to tho high price of food ever,' bird winch 1. not wanted should be go I rid of as soon as possible, A plan