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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Riccarton.—At this season of the rear the lucerne should bo chaffed and fed to tho fowls about mid-day in troughs. Amateur, Spreydon.—Birds at times become gradually We of feathers from no apparent, cause, but on examination whitish scales are found on tho feathers bordering the denuded parts. The usual cause is too Wins food. The best treatment is to add Ensoul' salts to the water with which their soft food is prepared, feed on food of a more coolinpr nature, and let them have a g-ood supply of fresh green food. Ihe bare places should bo bathed with a. solution of Kerol or Jeyea' Fluid, and in bad cases a thorough good wash will prove beneficial. T.W., Christchurch. —Fowls for fattening should be kept in a small shed and fed upon plenty of fattening food, such ns Indian corn or barley meal, ground op..a and pollard, mixed together with slum milk, burincc tho last ten days add a email quantity of boiled fat to tho mash._ For a change for the last thing at night, sue plentv of boiled barley cr wheat, but th.s should not be allowed to stand more than a day, for it soon becomes sour, and will do tho birds more harm than good. -Aim milk is excellent for the birds to drink, and if there are a number to fatten boiled potatoes may be added to the mash. A special meeting of the Executive Council of the South Island Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Association will oe held this ©veiling. The South Island Wyandotte Club will meet this evening to consider it request from the Chnstchurch Poultry Club with regard to recommending a Wvandotte judge for its annual show. Whilst being returned from the. Courtenay Show Mr T. 3D. Conway s valuable utility Silver Wyandotte cockerel got both its iegs broken. The bird's legs have been placed in splints, and Mr Conway hopes to be able to save it for stud purposes. At a meeting _of tho North Island Poultry Association last week the question of framing a utility poultry standard for New Zcala,nd was and it was decided to set up a committed consisting of the presidents of _ the North and South Island Associations, th? president of the New Zealand Utility Poultry Club, the GovernmentPoultry Experts, with seven other leading utility poultry experts from all over New Zealand, with power t-o_ add to the number selected by the North and South Island Associations. Mr G. E. who was successful in utility White Wyandotte pullets at the last Ohristchurch Show, has_ received a large order from the North Island for pullets Mr W. T. Green has received an inquiry from Tennessee, United States, tor some of his noted Laying ducks. Mr Green has had a successful season, with his young stock, and he hopes to finish up shortly with over 1000 chicklings. He has already selected his team for the next competition, and these are receiving special attention. Mr H. G. Hunt, of Christclnirch, has boon placod on tho North Island Association's list of canary judges by request of the Dominion Canary Specialist Club, Wellington. . The following aw- the highest totals m the Mastertlon single bird competition, dry mash feeding:— "Whito Leghorns—

J. Stevens No. 2 , , . 173 W. A. M'Kenzia . , , iec T. W. Barnes .... 161 B. P. L. Clays on No 2 . . 15G X. Barnes 154 i!. O. Jarrett .... 149 E'<" '• o>-l>in<rforif' H. if. Boddinartoa , . . ISO i'. Staines . . ' . . . ]S9 C. H. Johnston , , , . 152 *3i 1 ci' Wy&ndottea— T, Lowthwaite • • > . 337 I'i; 0. 'jirrett > . . . 127 Wljno Eecks— V,'. Knight » < . . 140 P. Freeman .... l?,Ji At the-Papanui egg-laying competition Green Bros.' White Leghorn reached its second hundred eggs on Tuesday last. This great perform anoo has been done in 227 days, tho iirs-j. 100 eggs being laid in 118 days and! tho second'in 109 days. Tho perfonannc-'i of the bird during the remaining IMS days of tho year will no doubt; be closely followed, as its chance of c;valing a world's record is The, following: are the highest totals in the single bird pens:— Green 8r05.., W.L. . . 1111111—-7 200 Mrs Mills, W.L. . . 1110111—.6 183 T. Wilson, S.W.. , . 1111011—-G ]?0 Atkinson ~Bros., W.L. . 10111.11-.-fi lf=o H. 'Williams. W. 1,. . 1111101-.-6 173 K. H. Taylor, W.L. . OloliOO-i-t 172 J. Nanoarrow, WL. . 1101111--6 171 In the teams contest th e leading pens of light breeds aro•• —W. 11. West 910, Calder Bros.' No. 1 899, Galdstr Bros.' No. 2 854, and H. Ball 843. "W. T. Green's duclcs are leading "H. W. Bower's by forty-nine eggs in duck test. The following are th B results of the Southland Egg-laying Competition, held at Ivew for the thirty-first week, ending November 13, 1917 : Daily Grand laying. total. J. J. Sdhulfi , . 33 S."Q Gaidar Bros. , . 4S-153t : fe—32 S2N Jrtc. -Stovena . . ftffM4 ; >o —3o 818 Mrst Anderson . . 05.>5,t'2!V—,31 fino O. Raines . . . 'si-155:66—33 796 Mrs Gorinski . . 204&!35—28 ~S7 C'. Th-om=*>n • . ?.54fy!-54—31 '75 R. Joo Thompson • . SSM->!5—.33 7r ; .% H. The highest returns in the Auckland competition are:—• . G. 11. Shaw, W.L. . . . 29 771 W. Bloomfiold, B.C. . . . 27 7R2 C. Sinel, 8.0 ..... 23 7RO Hckowhit.it, 8.0. • . . 10 753 W, Wallace, W.L. . „ . jTeliablei Fa.rm, W.L. . . . "S 717 A. Sim, W.L. . . , ! ,32 GDI The following are the leading duck competitors in the Auckland competition S. H. Scott, I.R. . . . 14 536 S. H. Scott. W.R. . . .25 ."17 J. O-ren, I.R. . . , .IS 470 W. Bloomfiold, I.R. , , . 17 416 Sea,view Farm . . , .2-3 415