THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9598, 2 March 1917, Page 2

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

NEW ZEALAND UTILITY CLUB TWELFTH EGG-LAYING COMPETITION FOR FOWLS. RESULT OF FORTY-SIXTH WEEK. Special to tho "Times.’ CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. Tho forty-sixth week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club’s twelfth eggla.viiig eouipe-r.ion closed on iebruarj 27th. Details are:— LIGHT BREEDS. Weekly TotaTotal, to dal* drawn Leghorn* — VerraU. Bros.. Swannanoa... 18 IH3 BraJxeuiield Farm, Upper Riccarton White Leghorn* W. Davey, Wellington ...... 23 1263 J. B. Merrett, Ch.iStchurch 12 1144 R. G. Shearman, Ashburton 2 1095 Heretaunga Poultry Company, Silverstream ...... MJ mez H. Ball, Timaru 24 If/ 1 M, A. Curriu, Hawera 29 i Dalmuir Poultry Yards. Waltham ; “ Mrs H. Graham, Hataitai ... !0 10W J. Wordsworth, Geraldine... 5 1066 H. E. Ross. Ashburton .... 17 11J7 R. H. James, Marshlands ... 20 9/b C. J. Norton, Ashburton ... 10 U 52 Alfred Eaton, St. Albans ... 7 1134 M. H. Walker, Foxton .... 0 !oti2 Green Broo. (No. 2), St. ‘ Albans - 2 1171 H. Legcr, Levin T 6 1149 J. Nancarrow, Burwood ... JO 1291 Calder Bros., Oamaru 10 125R. Pounsford, Addington 2 1142 A W Adams, Sheffield ... 14 1194 A. E. Phillips, St. Albans 10 1136' T. Kennedy, Kangiora ...... 4 1020 V. J. Hill, Duusandel 9 1181 B. P. L. Clayson, Masterton 17 1168 T. E. Conway Kirwce' ...... 11 1131 Heretaunga Poultry' ; Company (No. 1); Silver. , \ stream H®* Rangiuru Egg Ranch, Otaki Iff 1210 S. Dick. Linwood —• 23 1-4/ G. Gee, Spreydon - * H. C. Yates, Woolston —— 13 1062 B. P. Amyos. Fapanui .... 3 1105 A. E. Wilson, Shirley 4 1088 i Mrs J. Mills. Dunedin —• 26 386 A. Gi Bralley, Hillmorten 4 -956 Green Bros. (No. 1), St. Albans 9 1114 Atkinson Bros., Christchurch 8 A. A. Hoare, Martinborough 12 1003 Jj T Wrigrht, Annat 16 1202 To Auau Utility. Stud. Ashburton T. Moll wraith. West Melton 4 1090 R. A. Lazarus, Hutt » 1146 H. W. Bower, Levin 17 1133 H S Woodnorth, Wmton... 5 1040 Hokowhitu Poultry Company. Upper Hntt 17 10-7 Calder Bros.. Oamaru .... 18 1296 J. B. Merrett (No. 1). St. Albans 18 1206 Master Jack Green. £>t. 1 Albans 7 1273

Total. ■ .:......... V S6B 56,065 THIRD HEAVY BREED TEST White Wyandottes— T Kennedy, Kangiora ...... 14 819 Green Bros., St. Albana ... 17 986 .White -Plymouth Rooks— W. Knight, Lower Hutt ... 28 1054 Rhode Island Reds —- , A. S. Cooper, Spreydon ... 10 972 Black Orpingtons— Miss E. Willis, Shirley ... 25 1057 C. J. Norton, Ashburton ... 13 1065 T* E. Conway, Kirwee J.’ Nancarrow. Burwood Miss J. James, Sockburn ... 17 1042 Silver Wyandottes— T Dowthwaito, Avondale ... 20 1043 A. W. Adams, Sheffield ... 20 957

Totals 217 11,298 FIRST SINGLE PEN TEST. , Rhode Island Rods— A. S. Cooper, Spreydon 2 166 4. S. Cooper, Spreydon ...... 6 224 White Leghorns—

R H. James, Marshlands .8 251 L.‘ T. Wright, Annat 4 "87 Rangiuru Egg Ranch, Otaki 3 152 Green Bros.. St. Albans ... 6 236 Calddr Bros,, Oamaru 6 218 W. Davey, Wellington .... 4 235 J Bi’Merrett, Christchurch 2 352 A. E. Wilson Shirley 0 41 Mrs J. Mills, Dunedin •_ 0 239 Atkinson Bros., Christchurch 4 212 B. P. L. Clayson, Masterton 4 219 J. Wordsworth, Geraldine... 0 173 Totals 2788 SEVENTH DUCK TEST. Indian Runners— W. Knight, Lower Hutt ... 0 1054 Heretaunga Poultry. Company, Silverstream 7 1198 H. W. Bower. Levin ......... 20 1279 , Totals 97 3531 POINTERS. If you . have a fondness for poultry work, are willing and eager to learn, will sacrifice personal pleasure for the sake of attending to Busmees when occasion requires, have plenty of pluck, perseverance and push, and don’t get bitten too hard with the ’'know-it-ali-idea" you cun succeed with poultry. Here is a hint from tho English paper "Poultry” that sounds like good common sense:—"Where good,growth is desired. fresh land is one of tha easiest ways of pushing tho birds along." fn other words, you cannot expect to get the most out of J‘ our youngsters unless you approach closely natural conditions. The discolouration of the' silver spoon with which you eat your breakfast eggs is caused by the sulphur in the eggs, and if one happens to prove “bad" in the breaking it is the sulphur, in the form of sulphuretted hydrogen, that salutes and outrages your olfactOQ’ nerves, and takes away your appetite for that particular eggEconomy should ho studied, and any really good bulky food can supplement the usual feed occasionally. Both exercise and green food reduce the food bill, and an ideal place for poultry is an orchard, as fruit growing and poultry farming are wisely combined. The fowls hayo the benefit of shade, and the pasture or grass land is improved by .their occupation.