OPOULTRY NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1966, 29 October 1891, Page 8

OPOULTRY NOTES.

Exercise, good feed, and enough of it is what counts in favour of health and egj?e. Of oourße when we are fattening for market we have a different plan altogether, and will have in some future issue something to say about it. Do not permit the water from the manure to drain under your poultry house ; if you do you will be sure to regret it. Dampness of any kind is not tolerated with a healthy flook of fowls. For anyone wanting a white fowl of excellent laying qualities the Minorca will be sure to please. Like the white Leghorn they have their separate admirers, and the qualities of eaoh are more or less distinct, There is a general idea prevailing that in Qtder to have a full egg basket we must keep the

hens hungry. It is a mistake. A half- staved hen cannot lay as many eggs as one in geod condition, or, as a poultry ' ieder once put it to us, "We must have ovl; production to set production." That's about it. It takes a certain amount of food.\to keep the machinery of the body in good working condition, and then it costs a little more food to furnish the materials for the eggs. A point not to be overlooked is that feeding should be accompanied by exercise. We throw a handful of grain here, scatter one over there, and so on, keeping the hen running from one place to another all the while. Then we bury some in leaveß,' and the balance of the day they are busy soratohing.