Most Severe Egg-Laying Test on Record

Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 20

Most Severe Egg-Laying Test on Record

To (1. y we reproduce a letter which will Interest not only every one of tlie lislfKiiUion users of Karswood Poultry Spice, :but every poultry-keeper bisk or low, whether he keeps five birds or five thousand, end no matter whether he uses Ivarswood Poultry Spice or not. j That is a strong statement to make, hut We make it unreservedly, and without hesitation. The letter in question is a study in iumsn nature, and we have the writer s permission to reproduce it in full. As a scientific breeder of Padman's Australian White Leghorns, 306-egg strain, e.s a first-prize winner and gold medalist in the Harper Adams Laying Competition, and as owner of the six champions which put in th“ world's official record for sixteen winter weeks’ egg laying at Harper Adams College, Mr. Gilpin frankly confesses that he was dead against Poultry at any twice And, if anyone was entitled to adopt that position, that man was certainly Mr, Gilpin, in view of the wondertul egg-laying records of his birds. But, in view of the evidence printed week by week in the poultry papers, he felt bound, as a shrewd Yorkshireman, to make a test of Karswood Poultry Spice (containing ground insects) for himself, to see whether it did or did not do what we claim—increase egg production and improve the stamina of the birds. So he made a strict pen to pen test on his own birds, and the birds which had Karswood Poultry Spice beat the others easily. It then occurred to Mr. Gilpin that possibly he had made a wrong selection, and put the best layers in the pen getting Karswood Poultry Spice, so he stopped giving this Tinning pen Ivarswood Poultry Spice altogether, and gave it to the losing pen. What was the result? The birds which had been beateu without Karswood promptly became the winners—in other words, tbey Jaid more eggs with Karswood than the previous winners could lay without Karswood. Could anv poultry-keeper desire more striking proof than this evidence affords. It is easy enough, as everybody knows, to Increase the egg production of the fanner's barnyard dock, with its yearly average of TO eggs per bird, but it is a very (different matter putting up the egg averages of a 306-egg strain. And the fact that Ifarswood did it, and did it under such severe conditions is surely sufficient proof jtor any reasonable poultry-keeper. Herbert Spencer, one of the greatest thinkers England ever produced, wrote these wise words: — •‘There is a principle which is bar against all information, and’ which will keep a man ;ln everlasting ignorance. That principle is (contempt prior to investigation.” That principle did not apply to Mr. Gilpin, hence he made his valuable discovery. All Jjonour to him. It only now remains to ask every poultryieeper who does not use Karswood Poultry • Spice to put this question to himself: '"‘Doubter as I have been—in spite of oceans lef evidence —does not this last test prove 'that it is worth my while to try Karswood (Poultry Spice (containing ground insects) at once?” Y>e have no fear of the answer. ' And—Karswood Poultry Spice itself will ;<f.o the rest.

A PEN' TO FEN TEST. Wilh_ and without. Then reversed pens. And Karswood Poultry Spice won every time. From TV. 11. Gilpin, member N.U.P.S., owner of six champions that laid 523 eggs in 16 winter weeks at the Harper Adams Laying Competition in 1914-15. The world's record. Also winning first prize and gold medal in the above competition. To Ivarswood, Manchester. March 10, 1919. Kindly forward me at once to Scholes Station one 2Slb tin of Karswood Poultry Spice, also one 281 b tin of Karswood Chicken Powder. Please despatch by passenger train, as I am entirely without, and must have some at once as my place is situated in a very bleak district, strong clay soil, which holds all the water, and I find that a little Karswood Spice helps the birds to withstand the bad weather without any bad effect. You see, all my birds are housed in open-fronted houses—no shutters or anything to keep out frost and cold. Still, notwithstanding all these set-backs, they lay like mad. Some of my birds are now five years old, and many over three years—still, they look and lay like secondseason birds, which I attribute to Karswood Poultry Spice. 1 notice in the poultry Press many remarks re White Leghorns not laying ’in winter. All I can say is that I have a good many pure Padmans that lay from five to six eggs per bird per week on free range, all weather, from November, 19 LS, up to the present date, and have customers getting just as good results on the intensive—all users of Karswood Spice, which I strongly recommend to all inquirers. No doubt many readers of the poultry Press would call me turncoat, as I once was against Spice at any price. But. like the fool, learned since, after trying vours and 'giving it a fair test, pen to pen, "with and without, then reversed pens, and Ivarswood Poultry Spice won all times. Wishing you every success, believe me,— Yours truly, W. 11. GILPIN. p s —You are at liberty to use this if you think fit, and if it helps one fellow poultrykeeper on the way to success, as it has done for me, thus I am satisfied, as he will get others on the same way. FROM DOUBT TO FAITH. 7. Boston Street, Bootle, Liverpool. I shall never be without your Karswood Poultry Spice, for It is invaluable. I am onlv an amateur and -back-yarder, sad 1 don’t think many poultry-keepers are so handicapped for epace as myself. 1 started by buying sittings of White Leghorns’ eggs, hatching out nine healthy chicks. I then wondered how I should feed them, everyone told me not to use Spice because I would be asking for trouble. I saw so mauy letters praising vour Karswood Poultry Spice that I decided to give it a trial. The trial is still on, and will be for good, Karswood or nothing is my motto. My chicks are now four and a-half months old, and there is none in the neighbourhood to beat them. Some of the spice-haters are using it themselves now. The young chicks are never at rest, always at work. I also use yo/.r Kars-, wood Chicken Powder and purchased your beok “Fortunes from Eggs.” It is as valuable as your Ivarswood Poultry Spice. PETER MCLAUGHLIN, 18th August, 1920.

Mr. W. H. Gilpin, Member N.U.P.S., whose Six White Leghorns won First Prize and Gold Medal in Harper Adams Laying Competition, putting up a world’s official record by laying 523 eggs in 16 winter weeks, makes pen to ptn test of Karswood Poultry Spice (containing’ ground insects) with astounding results. A doubter convinced.

SOUTH ISLAND SHOW DATES. July 8, 9. —Oamaru. July 8, 9. —Granity. July 9. —Tapanui. July 15.—Balclutha. July 22, 23. —Westport. The dates for Waimate, Kaitangata, Balclutba, Invercargill, and Winton Shows were left with the executive ,t-o arrange.

PROFITS DOUBLED. Brandeston, near Wickham Market. Suffolk. Please send me one 111 b bag of Karswood Spice. 'Since I have used Ihe Karswood Poultry ,Spice my profits have been doubled, and as long as I keep ■poultry I hope I shall always be able to get Karswood Poultry Spice. „ T. W. GIRLING. Bth Sept., 1920. USED ON H.M. THE KING’S POULTRY FARM AT WINDSOR, ENGLAND. Karswood Poultry Spire is used on his Majesty, the King’s poultry farm at Wind sor, for which lewt was recently ordered through Messrs. G. R. Cross and Son, of Windsor. It is also used by over 500 000 poultry-keepers, and sold by "17,000 poultry food dealers in the. United Kingdom. The saLs ol Ivarswooil I’oulcry Spice urc scvfirril times greater than the sales of all other I oul try Spices and Poultry Powders on the English market put together, and New Zealand poultrykeopers can rest assured it is the best the “’Old Country” has to offer them. note the economy. 4d Packet supplies 1? hens one week. 1/ Packet supplies 20 hens 16 days 2/ Packet supplies 20 hens 32 days. 71b Tin (14/) supplies 140 hens 32 days. HALF-PENNY A DAY TO MAKE THEM LAY. One tablespoonful (ioz) of Karswood 1 oultry .Spice is sufficient for 20 hens for one day, so that it costs you less than id per day for every dozen fowls. TRY A SHILLING PACKET. Ask your poultry food dealer to supply you with a 1/ packet of Karswood Poultry Spice, adding postage if necessary, and try it for a fortnight on half a dozen hens. Results are not instantaneous—it takes a fortnight or three weeks to improve the egg returns. If your local dealer cannot supply, send a postcard to the New Zealand agents (address below), asking the name of the nearest dealer who supplies Karswood Poultry Spice. “FORTUNES FROM EGGS.” This is the title of a book recently published, which is worth pounds to" any poultry-keeper. It contains 128 pages, including 16 beautiful coloured plates and over a hundred other illustrations. All the well-known breeds of poultry are dealt with by experts, and there Is a host of valuable information ou erecting poultry houses, breeding, feeding, moulting, anil poultry diseases. To any pouitrykeeper mentioning “Karswood” and sending" a P.O. for 2/ to the New Zealand agents, whose addresses are given below, a copy will be sent post free.