THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 90, 6 May 1901, Page 2

THE POULTRY INDUSTRY.

LKOTORK BY MR. HYDB. . There were between 5Q and 60 ltdiaa and genii- m»n present at the Farmers' Club roimi on Friday night when Mr. D. D. Hyd», Government poultry expert, lectured on the subject of th» poultry industry,

Mr. Dockrill presided, and briely the lectuter.

Mr. Hy le, in his opening remarks, mgfld vJ.e recessity of poultry being provided wiih proper accoti modation. Too often, he said, fowls were left to roost in trees, and w re for days and nights at a time, in bad weather, wet aul col l. They csuld not be expected to do well under those circumotanom. Th u more systematic attention was required in feeding. Fowls required, g it t"> assist in assimilating their food, this c vuU be provided by giving then broken g'a?s, c;ookery, etQ. Crushed bono should alno be given, as it was | mosj valuable from »n rgg-produciaf [ po ; ns of view. Poultry required to have provision made for dust baths, a* it w«a inapcritiva th»y should kwp i thfir feathers ch an to regain healthy, ! Mr. Hyde then went ob to desoribe the diffe r ent breed' of fowls, enumerating 'heir qualities, ard made reference to the work denq by the Department in assisting 40 develop an export trade 1 in poul'ry. At presort South Africa offered a marke' tor thousands of birds annually, if the right kind could be obtained. Ali tha*- was necessary wa« fan the breeder to s lid the poultry to' either of the four centres of tkeoolony, tvh'-rd the Government bad (s'ablhhed d'p ts, and tbey would be killed, packed, graded, and frozen bycompetaut men a*; a charge of fou>p9nce per h ad. Eggs woul i be graded and packed at twopetce per dozen. To imbo p uUry farming a sugcbfs tb' farmer should havd from ten to acr s of land, and he fhould )" aV<) " • tV on »"gh to r revid« prolatiou for b.s fowl* u' e would not • ml, is , anyone * go in for y ' 10 ' jt WM done on a large sc io. Bi'/ 0 | n conju action with the orn 'iar*r farming pursui ts he considered po.l ji'y would prove most rtmuneraand he was glad to notice that ttje worlc of the Department was beginning t > Iks coined by the farmiogcommunity, ll'j cjrMidered Tarttnaki was very suitabl# for the industry, as al hough its rainf.vl was rather heavy that did not matte.' no lo >g as pr< p*r housing was provided. For this distric; the Wyandotte was the most prefmablt breed ef bird, and for crossing for table purposts the Bluff Orpington should b» .ueed.

Mr. Hyde then answered a number oF questions relating to the treatmrat of poultry, and the working of incubators. It was not likely that the GovnmmeDt woul I establish a poultry station or a df pot in Taranaki, Mr. Govett then proposed a vote of thinks to Mr. Hyde f>r his addrers, aid Mr. Goodacra seconded it, st*ting '•hat the local Poultry Sdc e'.y had adjourned an important meeting in order ihat members might atteod th# leo'ure.

The mot'on was then carried by icclamation.

It was ii.tima'od at the close of Mr. Hyde's address (hit the committee of fohe New Plymouth Poultry Society hid de ided to inc'u le in the catalogue for fu'uie shows sp oial classes for poultry suitable for export, ex hi bit. el by farmers.