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New Zealand Tablet, Issue 3, 6 August 1908, Page 19

A United States Consular report quotes a Nuremberg paper for the statement that, of a total product of German toys in 1907 estimated to be worth £5,000,000, about £3,800,000 worth were exported. The United States, and England took, more than 'half of the export.

Amongst the correspondence recently received by the DeparV ment of Agriculture at Wellington was .a communication from Mr. H. D. Irwin, of Opotiki, raising the question of whether the destruction of small birds' eggs did not make *he birds more prolific layers. The Minister referred the qusetion to Mr. Hyde, the Chief Poultry Expert, and that officer has "reported as follows :—' Mr. Irwin 's contention-regarding the destroying, of small birds' eggs is perfectly correct". This I proved many years ago, when breeding canaries in considerable numbers. On removing the eggs and destroying the nest the hen would invariably rebuild, and in a few days again lay from three to six eggs.'