and that all that need be done is to buy a few hens and a rooster, feed 

 the birds year in and year out on wheat, and go round with a basket 

 and gather up eggs. 



Any one wishing to obtain the necessary knowledge to enable him to 

 carry on poultry-farming successfully could not do better than spend some 

 time as a student at one of the Departmental poultry-stations. 



INSTRUCTIONS IN POULTRY-KEEPING. 



The following particulars are published for the information of intend- 

 ing students : 



CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH STUDENTS ARE RECEIVED AT THE GOVERNMENT 



POULTRY-STATIONS. 



The poultry-stations are at Ruakura, near Auckland; Moumahaki, 

 near Waverley; Burnham, near Christchurch ; and Milton, near Dunedin. 



A limited number of students are received and instructed under the 

 following conditions : 



(1.) They must pay their own travelling-expenses. 



(2.) At Moumahaki board and sleeping-accommodation are available 

 at the Government Experimental Farm, at about 12s. per week; students 

 must, however, supply their own blankets. At Ruakura, Burnham, and 

 Milton no Government accommodation is available, but board and lodging 

 can be obtained privately within a convenient distance. 



(3.) Students are expected to stay at least six weeks at the poultry- 

 station. 



(4.) They receive no wages, but must do such work in connection with 

 poultry as the manager of the station may require of them. 



PRACTICAL ADVICE. 



Poultry-keepers requiring any advice on poultry matters should 

 arrange for a visit from one of the experts, by making application to 

 " The Chief Poultry Expert, Department of Agriculture, Customhouse, 

 Wellington/' 



Intending poultry-keepers should avail themselves of the experts' ser- 

 vices when selecting stock and arranging the situations, plans, equipment, 

 &c., for their poultry-houses and yards, and thus avoid many of the 

 mistakes frequently made by beginners. 



Incubators, brooders, and the other machines used in poultry-keeping 

 are now familiar to most of those interested in the industry, and the 

 illustrations of these appliances which appeared in the earlier editions of 

 this pamphlet are therefore omitted. The respective agents will supply 

 illustrated catalogues and full particulars, free, on application. 



HOUSES AND ACCOMMODATION. 



To be successful in poultry-keeping it is absolutely necessary to have 

 suitable premises for the fowls to live in. "They should not be permitted 

 to roost in trees, as when they become soaked by rain part of their animal 

 heat is used in evaporating the water, and egg-production is checked. If 

 only to economize food, shelter should be given from cold winds and 

 rains. 



