THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9783, 5 October 1917, Page 2

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

HEW ZEALAND UTILITY CLUB THIRTEENTH EGG-LAYING COM. PETITION FOR FOWLS. RESULT OF TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK. Special to the “Times.” CHRISTCHURCH. October 4. The twenty-fifth 'week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Olub’s thirteenth- -egg-ttying.- competition closed on October 2nd. Details are:— LIGHT BREEDS. Weekly Total. Total, to date.

i ’ BGA-ED OF TRADE INQUIRY. The Board of Trade is art present inquiring into the Chinese egg menace and the euestton of stabilising the price of eggs in local markets. The trade to presenting' ito case in the very best light, but the egg producer’s interests are not being* represented as effectively. The truth ia the egg carcles (co-operative and Bemitoo-oporativo) do not control that, proportion' of the egg supplies they should, And’therefore are not able to preterit n case. The grocer is atell a. big factor in the egg business, and he is the main factor in controlling prices though this statement is not capable * of universal application. The pastrycook hae the big argument behind him that even if he con buy local eggs at a price below the actual cost of production it will affect the cost of living; and it is an argument that will probably affect the finding of the board. The [xmltrjtmen—the great majority of whom want more consideration than many other classes of the community—are preducing .eggs at a dead loss at the prerent time, and if pastrycooks are to be, allowed'to use the pulped stuff from China then the poultryman should bo assisted in the matter of fodder prices and the selling value of his eggs. The •v>ultryman in his endeavour to markethis egos through co-operative .soclettes is not aiming at compelling the consumer to pay a high price for eggs throughout the year. His objective « quite' the contrary. He desires to cn courage egsf consumption by making oricea uniform throughout the year. ' True. (he Van te a parable price, for me. m <ain layinxr season of birds—but he is ready to equalise matters by accepting a lower price' in*the winter months. The board worild give satisfaction to poultrymen in general did it fix the price for summer pito at a payable level and fix a maximum- valueJfor tho winter egg. It has been-suggested that chilled eggs should 'bo’stamped:' This should certainly be' done. It would assist materially in .pro-

renting the. wholesale deception taking place. If the board does something to raise the standard of the essential pollard . and reduce the cost to the poultryman; if it equalises the value of his product and ensures him a payable price; and if it brings about a needed reform like the stamping of chilled eggs, it trill do good work. The poultryman merely wants protection, and he can bo giren this protection without the imposition of anr burden on other classes pf the community. HOW TO HAKE DOUGLAS MIXTUKEThe method of making this useful mixture is to take 2 ounces of sulphate of iron and 4 ounces of Epsom salts; dissolre in one gallon of boiling water; let it cool, and then add half an ounce of what is sold by the chemist as duuto sulnhurio acid; bottle and put away. One teaspoonful of this mixture might be added to each pint of drinking water: this might be used three or four times nor week for three or four weexs at a time. Great oare is necessary when handling sulphuric acid. It should bo poured slowly into the water, and only earthenware vessels should be used when preparing the stock mixture. No special drinking pots are necessary, for the email amount that is used in the water wiu not damage iron vessels to any appreciable extent, though the case is different with tinware, such as kerosene tins, for thev are readily destroyed hy the use of the Douglas mixture, owing to what are known as pin-holes in the tin. POINTERS. In the laying season, keep up a full supply of eggshell material. Bone meal, or oyster meal is required. So is old mortar. All that stuff goes to make the eggshell. Without it soft shells result. _ Worse still, hens wanting eggshell material will break the eggs they lay and help themselves. That is the way the pernicious habit of egg-eating by hens, is begun. Keep the nests in a cool, quiet nook. If the nest is on the ground so much the better. Should the sun’s glare fall on the nest place a few boards will shade it Chance the nesting material at least onoe a week. Burn the debris, and smoke the nests as frequently. Give no lodgment for fowl-licc. Kerosene the perches often. The insects are m the crannies in the daytime, and on the fowls at night. , Let ample dusting facilities be provided. Fowls like to roll and dust themselves in the cool clean earth. The dustbath refreshes the fowl and destroys the insects. , , „ Clean poultry are prosperous and profitable poultry. ' , •

Brown Leghorns-i' Verrall Bros . 35 520 White Leghorns— H. F. Boss 35 549 .,. Geonee Gee 30 612 Caider Bros.. No. 1 36 655 W. Stephenson 26 542 A, B, Phillips 31 5b<) J. Molnnes: ;.... 38 435 L. a'.' Wright ......... 36 580 H. W. Bower 34 322 Green Bros 36 553 To Anap Utility Stud ...... 40 563 Atkinson Bros 35 498 Hokowhitu Poultry Coini>anv 32 437 SC-OWct I, 35 528 Dalmuir Poultry Yards 96 559 J. M. Alley 34 489 J, Robinson 37 496 Rangitiru ‘Egg Ranch 28 425 Omeo Poultry Farm 35 512 Heretaunga Poultry Co., 499 No. 1 29 Master Jack Green 30 463 Smart Bros." 33 584 W. Davev , 40 546 T. B. Conway 32 567 - Mrs Mills 32 466 T. W. Wilson 23 455 •, R. Mills i 414 it2 'Adams , 82 • 543 Reliable Poultry Farm 28 592 A. G. -Broiler •••••• ;■••• 31 444 John Stevens 28 550 i? Fazadkerley! and Son — 30 495 R. W. Hawke 32 429 J. Nancarrow, senr 31 532 Calder Bros.. No. 2 37 615 37 280 ' ‘Heretaunga Poultry, Co., 35 514 M. A. Onrrin 27 515 H., Ball 34 602 W. H. West , 31 688 A- E. Wilson 37 528 H. Williams 33 580 ,. Totals. 1384 21,937 ..... heavy breeds. Silver Wyandotte*— Green Bros.' 20 450 A. W. Adams 32 469 W. W. Hewinson . 32 523 Mrs F. 'Howell 30 526 . T. Kennedy 33 479 ;,T. Dowthwaits 32 435 White Wyandottes— , .G, E- Benjes 28 481 •Black Orpingtons— Mrs. Olaridge 30 286 T. E. Conway, No. 1 20 427 ■ A., S. Coooer .; I....,....;.. 36 432 J.; Nancax.row.'senr. ........ 34 633 T.‘ B. Conw'ay, No. 2 33 524 28 534 . E. E. .Marsden. ai .438 32 .682 . v ,Hokowhitu;- Poultry Co. ..... ,26 -456 Janies ;i8 434 White .Rockjyr... H. J. Gopperth38 395 Rhode Island Reds— ■ A. 1 S. Cooper .v.™ 32 34b Bv'iFr Oakes - 31 392 -..A V.;* “krir-’n; Totals596 9341 DUCK CONTEST. Indian .Runners — Knight 34 678 t ; Heretaunga Poultry,Co 34 795 33 747 ' W. T. Grech 40 951 H. W. Bower i 40 894 ' Totals ..,.-...w.i..i. 181 4065 -' SINGLE' BIRD COMPETITION. LIGHT BREEDS. White. .Leghorns—-; -Green Bros........... - 7 155 6 83 , .Victor; Gee. 5 108 6 m 6 .Mills ; 6 62 " H: 6 ■ 134 B. H. "Taylor , 4 137 ,.,Te Ahftu Utility Stud 7 92 ' ‘ Mrs- Mills 7 137 4 77 • A.‘->Bi 'Wilson . 4 57 6 86 ■ R: W. Hawk* 5 107 Minorca*—‘ * *' Miss Jv James v. ■5 61 ' - ‘Miss-J.v James 6 47 • -Totals 90 1611 .. heavy breeds !. Black .Orpingtons— •T. BwConway. ,• 6 125 1 Silver ''-Wyandotte*— Thog. • Wilson 6 137 o 55 Rhode Island! Reds— ■' J, Nancarrow^,.6e»r. ,., 6 41 1 Totals ...i... 23 442