THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10081, 20 September 1918, Page 2

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY

NEW ZEALAND UTILITY CLUB FOURTEENTH EGG-LAYING- COMPETITION FOE FOWLS. RESULTS OF TWENTY-THIRD WEEK. Special to the "Times." CHRISTCHURCH. September 19. The twenty-third week of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club's fourteenth egg-laying competition ended on September 17th. Results are as follows: LIGHT BREEDS.

■POINTERS. Collect eggs as often as possible; eggs exposed to the sun K ° off rapidly. Cull out all doubtful hens and males not required. Keep only tlio best. Water must be clean and as cool as possible. Renew twice daily if possible. Avoid stalo meat. Add. skim milk to mash. It is far safer and of almost equal value as an egg-getter. Add a little sulphur to the mash -while in heavy moult. This will assist leather production and cool the blood. Liniewash the houses. It not only cools houses, but keeps down tho hco. Watch perches for red mite; clean up weekly.

Weekly Total total. to date Brown Leghorns31 552 30 322 25 463 White Leghorns— 26 161 27 390 34, 555 35 576 31 558 33 553 31 708 31 632 33 517 35 ' 153 35 635 33 406 "VV. A; Gee and Sons No. 2 32 192 32 492 . Mrs M- B. Pullar 26 497 33 659 32 624 25 175 36 553 33 621 31 610 F. W. Wilson 31 521 31 397 Dalmuir Poultrv Pards ... 32 378 H. W. Beck 35 635 29 590 27 435 31 615 30 563 Heretaunga Poultry Co., No. 2 29 461 34 675 31 557 Mrs J. Mills 29 462 28 477 32 385 25 522 80 677 27 536 30 537 30 602 35 471 L. T. Wrizht 30 4G1 27 497 31 588 33 421 33 460 30 399 28 39o 32 £77 P.' Mulder 33 1 480 31 553 Reliable Stud. Poultry 20 871 W. A. Gee and Son* No. 1 30 500 Eeliable Stud Poultry 26 632 Waimea Poultrv Yards ... 33 433 Heretaunga Poultry Co., No. 1 32 571 36 599 Minorcos— so 444 32 570 1921 32,229 'Denotes Fire. Bird Is. -HEAVY. BREEDS Black Orpingtons— 26 467 T. B. Conwav No. 1 ...... 21 168 31 431 29 481 W. Bloomfield 31 431 31 ' 529 White Plymouth Rocks— W. Knicht 32 . 391 Rhode Island Beds— 26 317 E. E. Marsden 31 355 Silver Wyandottes— 34 354 Thos. Wilson : -31 484 31 363 T. E. Conwav 32 118 36 307 32 261 Mrs F. Howell ... 33 365 502 6072 'Denotes Five Birds. DUCK CONTEST Indian Runners40 616 36 700 Mrs W. A. Gee 36 589 W. T. Green 11 665 27 713 Heretaunea. Poultrv Co. ... 39 635 40 706 Totals 259 1671 HEAVY BREEDS SINGLE BIRD'S CONTEST. Silver Wyandottes— 4 69 6 98 Rhode Island Reds6 111 Norton and Dove * 2 48 Barred Plymouth Rocks— A. B. Wilson 5 88 23 111' LKfflT BREEDS SINGLE BIRD'S CONTEST. White Leghorns— 5 128 5 113 5 56 5 "114 5 121 7 139 6 23 7 126 Mrs J. Mills No. 1 6 66 6 96 6 86 5S 6 Mrs J. Mills No. 2 6 97 7 117 Reliable Stud Poultry 6 123 5 52 . 6 119 6 5 105 81 110 1850