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  2. POULTRY NOTES

    Always try to improve the laying qualities of your flocks by single testing and introducing better quality. Poultry will only show, a profit when the ...

    Article : 240 words
  3. INCREASED PRICE OF PAPER.

    Newspaper is selling at 2¾d a pound, and some firms are paying 3d a pound. An advance toward 4d a pound is anticipated by the end of 1917. ...

    Article : 223 words
  4. PRESERVE EGGS NOW.

    Housekeepers who intend to preserve eggs for winter use will need to act soon, as after January the supply of eggs will drop off, and prices will naturally go up. ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. "BOOSTING" THE INDUSTRY.

    Last October a number of experts in all branches travelled on a chartered train on the Great Eastern Railway, England, called the Great Eastern Railway Egg and ...

    Article : 264 words
  6. POLICE STATIONS TO CLOSE.

    An inspection of police stations in various parts of the State had been going on far some time, and as a result the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. G. Sainsbury) ...

    Article : 157 words
  7. CROSSING FOR TABLE USE.

    Crossing for table purposes is much in vogue. A Game cock crossed with Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Sussex, etc., ...

    Article : 93 words
  8. GRADING EGGS.

    A poultry shop in Errol-street, North Melbourne, which does a considerable trade, sells the eggs in two grades—large and small sizes. When I was at the shop ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. THE BLACK HAMBURG.

    This week I give a drawing of a Black Hamburg hen, at the request of a Hamburg fancier at Ultima. The Black Hamburg is very hardy, and is suitable for any ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 525 words
  10. WINTER EGGS.

    Eggs are likely, to be dear this coming season, with grain at its present price, so poultrykeepers should give their birds every attention, and the pullets will want ...

    Article : 199 words
  11. WHAT SELECTION DOES.

    I have always advised poultry-keepers to select their best layers and mate them to cockerels of proved laying strains, as by this way a really even flock of good layers ...

    Article : 187 words
  12. CANADA'S FIRST FARMER.

    The first farmer settler in Canada who lived on the produce of the soil was Louis Hebert, an apothecary from Paris, who landed in Quebec in 1617 with his wife and ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. FATTENING GEESE.

    A correspondent, writing from Gisborne, asks the best way to fatten geese for table purposes. An English export writes on this subject as follows:—To fatten geese ...

    Article : 173 words
  14. NAMED AFTER REPTILES.

    The ill-luck attendant on warships bearing the names of reptiles is almost beyond coincidence. The first of our fast turbine destroyers was the Viper. She was only ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. BLUE VARIETIES.

    The breeding of the Blue Leghorn seems to present difficulties to most fanciers. I have not seen a really decent bird of the breed exhibited at any of our shows. Lately ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. BOWEL TROUBLES.

    Protrusion at the vent is usually caused through the bird passing a large egg and not being treated properly at the time. To treat the case, bathe the vent first with ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. FOOD SHORTAGE IN BERLIN.

    Eighteen civilian prisoners released from Germany reached Gravesend (England) on the 7th November by the Flushing boat. They included three men from Ruhleben, ...

    Article : 186 words
  18. SUNFLOWER SECRETS.

    Varying front gould to pale yellow, the handsome sunflower stands merely for decorative purposes in our Australian homes. But other countries—Germany. America, and ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. DUBBING BREEDING BIRDS.

    Now is the time to dub any cocks or cockerels which are meant for breeding purposes, as the parts heal quickly in warm weather. The comb is generally cut off ...

    Article : 141 words
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