PERSONAL NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 24

PERSONAL NOTES

The many fancier friends of Mr. S. Johnson, late of Palmerston North, who recently returned to England for health reasons, will regret to hear that he is still seriously ill.

In a letter to the writer Mr. C. A. House, editor. “Poultry World,” London, states that Mr. Johnson, acting against the doctor’s orders, went to the dairy show, where he had a relapse and had to be carried into Messrs. Spratt and Co.’s stand. We sincerely trust that Mr. Johnson will soon be restored to good health, and we feel sure all fanciers will join us in our sentiments.

We regret to state that Mr. Geo. Munro, of Mt. Eden, the well-known breeder of both Yorkshire and Norwich canaries, is having a prolonged spell of ill-health. I am sure all fanciers will join me in wishing him a speedy and complete recovery.

Mr. R. Prentice, the \yell-known breeder and exhibitor of Yorkshire canaries, has recently moved from Richmond Road, and his address is now Edgar’s Road, Richmond.

Mr. F. Fitchett, Waiuku, has had a good chicken-rearing season and has, we understand, some very promising White Leghorn and Black Orpington chicks which are doing well. Competition will be keen at Waiuku in these two particular breeds when the show season comes round.

In a letter to the writer, Mr. W. Sowman, Blenheim, the well-known South Island fancier, states that he has had a poor hatching season, with the result that he has not many chickens. We are sorry to hear this, as for several years Mr. Sowman has been one of the most successful White Wyandotte and Barred Rock breeders in the Dominion. No doubt our old friend will have a dark horse or two among the few chickens he has reared.

Mr. Jim Sandford, Christchurch, well-known to North and South Island fanciers as a successful breeder and exhibitor of Canaries, has decided to take up White Leghorns. All fanciers will wish Mr. Sandford the same success with his White Leghorns as with his canaries. During the week we had a visit from Mr. W. A. Nixon, Rotorua, who informs us that he is going in extensively for the breeding and fattening of table poultry. So few poultrykeepers take the trouble of fattening their poultry properly but send their birds into the market in a half-fatted conditiop that it is interesting to hear of someone who is taking up the matter seriously. Mr. Nixon intends building up a private trade, and if he attains the same success in this venture as his birds have done in the show pen and laying competitions he will have no cause to regret his action.