POULTRY NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 10128, 9 December 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

POULTRY NOTES.

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wiui poiiiuy writers tinu exports ua-iieuj to •' cnvoU on tne (juajuty of our t&uie iowi«, ana to advocate -.upomsmg and crainnung tor niaritut. unlove to-Uay the writer lias $i\iM mure simple vyay» ox getting xotvis prune for-tne taole, anu i have ur dicated that cramnungi anu capouismg is not likely to be popular in i\bw ijealand. Indeed, artincial - fattening does not yeem w oe so popular in the faskionaible parts of the Old Worldi as many suppose. W. J. li,ui'»t, a. well known JElngiiish.auth-. ority, says, in a recent "J?ield": - "There still exists a. considerable element of doubt regarding the fatteuing stations upon ' a sufnciently romunerative 'basis to justify their es. j tablishment upon any extensive scale, although it ie possible that in courss of time the system may pr rre to be an important factor in the very desiralble development. of the table poultry branch of production. The possibilities are very apparent, j but so also are the- limitations.

The pioneer work of the Irish Department of Agriculture in the development of She egg and poultry industry is well known to all who have anyf acquaintance with the subject, and it is notable that among their schemes is one for the encouragement of taible poultry production, including fattening), and the subsidising of fattening, stations, the latter material form of assistance being far above the/English fattener's wildest flights of imagination."

IMb* 'Hirst then refers to the Irish Department of Agriculture scheme, which has been, in operation since 1904. Tn the year named the At -Midale centre was established for the training of young Irishmen who de v to become qualified ac fatteners, and the general scheme of encouragement was introduced.