SCRATCHINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7264, 21 October 1910, Page 2

SCRATCHINGS

There is a difference between the disinterested leader and the exploiter. Chicks die more often, from too much warm air than from too much cold air. ■ White diarrhoea is practically unknown, where eggs are hatched under hens.

Cooper's Mixed Poultry Grits (pure bone, oysters, granite,, shells) Iron Tonic. Finest on market. Bags. Is GU; v cwt Bs. Everything in. seeds. P. Cooper, Ltd., seed merchants, Wellington. Let the turkey" hon find her own lay her eggs and hatch her young without being disturbed at all; when the young are hatched do not trouble them, except to see they have clean water, and throw -them a little broken wheat. Do not feed .wet food on any account. The less you trouble your turkeys the better they will do. Deliver your poultry to our depot any day in the woek and receive spot cash. If ycu cannot bring the poultry into town send us a line, or ring us up, and we will forward you crates by rail; you have only to put poultry into tbem. and deliver them to the railway station addressed to ns. and we will send you a. cheque by return post.—This is the way Messrs Clark and Pouneford, of Christclrurch, are developing their table poultry connection. I -visited the Chxistchiirch egg-laying competition last Saturday. It was unfortunately a hurried inspection. A highly profitable day could be spent there. A better guide in going through the pens than the manager, or caretaker, as he is termed, Mr Barker, could not be desired. He is a, keen and practical student of the laying type. Some notes on tho competition will appear next week, as well as a notice of tho very successful work . with- "firelcss" brooders by Mr F. .T. Ritchie, of Matson's road, Fapanui.