Poultry Notes PROFITABLE POULTRY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 87, 25 March 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

Poultry Notes PROFITABLE POULTRY.

(By “Cock-o'-thc-North.”)

. St? !T*««k or t«*»> (be « f." of rrorirr " n utility poultry culture much to my rcit is o< vital importance to ffutihtv men. all over the Dominion. “U.tsft’S.S; nniwd of being letharge as to their intares's. 1 have had perhaps as much experience am-ng them as rny man m Nw Zealand and I do not think they are However, if they are. it w time them to be awake and be up and dO, Tlm fancy has always wished mate the utility section and they haxt now with the help of » few ut ‘ ’W’hn cot in the thin er.d of the wed-e (m the South Island at least) and will, if n.n checked, drive it home so firmly Ui.it we shall have hard work tn■ *>thdraw it before- irreparable mischief M a 5U..3rid of excellence, for the purpose ot pou’trv in the utility classes drawn np by five South Islam! gentlemen and was a doptc y tho N.Z. Utility Club and the South JSvew to frame a code of laws V, be explained. If th y were ceedingly advanced and powerful as do so without anv warrant, a “*hon y or rcq-iert from those whom they (by n-eans of their Standard) sought, to control it comes as a surprise to me and to many hundreds besides me. This so-called “Standard says that a bird entered in a utility class to be judged under this standard, presumably tor their utility points <as the cla-s is simply a utility class) sh.-d! r. certain number of points-for de fe< is ccmb more for discoloured lobes, stik w ore for dereeti. e marking in plumage, and in white birds brassiness, for wrongly coloured kgs . and other points, the lows amounting m nil ti between 1-5 and 40 points out of a possible 100 and this for points that hare no earthly bearing on the useful propert es of the bird whatsoevei. M ill ;nv reader tell me this. If a bird has not a perfect comb will she lay one egg less -or mor.) or, if a cockerel, will Ihe chicks, from eggp by hens mated tv him. be anv the less vigorous and strong? ’ So with all the points mentioned, if not vi-ere Joes the value ot the-e points come in, in a utility class. I for one ; in quite willing and readv to accept tlae standard even though those, who drew it np, and are now attempting to get i in uw, did sow'tliout right or title or request, it they can give me good and sufficient reasons nhv they should be included from a utility point of not, from the fanciers’ standpoint. The fancier is out for honour, the utility man is out tor cash and the two. as at present existing, cannot blend— they are entirely distinct and separate—and at present must remain so, until tho fancier modifies his breeding exceedingly. This result is very desirable, but also very doubtful of accomplishment, as John BuH and his offspring are both very tenacious of old ideas and will not readily consent to modify or part with Again I will ask the five gentlemen. I refer to above, two questions, via:— Ist, Why do they insist on the comb plumage, etc., being judged according to the English standard? and 2nd, Is it not a fact that every breed of great utility merit has seriously deteriorated when bred to this Standard? Has it not utterly ruined at least two breeds, the Spanish and Light Brahma, who m their dav, were magnificent utility breeds and the latter is, still, in the United States. Ctilitv men of the North wake up, for verily you must fight or go under. You are called upon now to face a position which American poultrymen were Vailed upon tc face some 30 years ago when that grand old warrior poultryman I. K. Felch stood out and called rpen his comrades, as I call upon you, to resist encroach men te which threaten to ruin the useful qualitie s of the birds. He and h's party won, and even though 1 feel unworthy to liken myself to a man who is looked up to by tho whole poultry world, yet. in my humble wav. I intend to try and emulate him by rousing my comrades to the danger , which t hreatens them, and which, if they do not strangle at the outset, will eventually strangle them. I wish it to be distinctly understood it is net the men I am alluding to but the position they have created. They are men of ability and honourable men I fully believe but the position they reck to create is intolerable from a r tilitv man’s point of view and especially the one who depends on his birds’ meful points for his income.

(To be Continued.)

POULTRY NOTES. Utility men slwuld not accept anything (even tho proposed standard) they read er hear, by or from any one imv«el< included) nnk.w supported by good, clear and incontrovertible reasons. nothing carelessly on a poultry plant, that which is worth doing at oil should be done in the best possible wav you con. More haste less speed was never truer tian on a potiltrv farnt. Re member th.it no one can (or will) run vot:r plan' like v.n.rs-'lf. a really "00. l poultry .servant is »<» rare as to lit rally worth his weight in gold - Moral, rtm as large a number of birds es vm» ran properlv attend to wit’.out outside labour—and no more. There r»r<« t«o things the poiftrv man should I no.-!; oi: the bend at onc-» and they are c.iseased birds - ;>i.d fad-. — neither arc profitable. If yon have a really good show sgeci"en of any breed in voirr vards. s ll her to a tonri r. It will oi-t you u .>re to win a cup with her than her veals’ laying will give yon with the cup thrown in.