April, 1914 



XKe General Ptarpoee Potiltry Society. 



When this Society, which now 

 seems in a lair way to make a 

 name for itself in the South Aus. 

 tralian poultry world, first came 

 into being and announced its pro- 

 gramme, a good many people 

 thought it had, what is vulgarly 

 known as " bitten of! more than 

 it could chew." It is therefore 

 pleasant to know that time and 

 its own good work have fully 

 justified the somewhat ambitious 

 proposals. To have got the men 

 together, outlined a practical 

 scheme and carried it success- 

 iiuily well beyond the starting 

 point, is a matter upon which the 

 leaders of the movement may with 

 justice heartily congratulate theni- 

 .selves. Tney ha\e deserved, and 

 will no douut receive the commen- 

 dation of all interested onlookers. 



An excellent beginning has cer- 

 tainly been made, and we have no 

 doubt that this . first attempt, 

 which must, in the nature of 

 , things, be somewhat experimental, 

 will be carried to a successful con- 

 clusion and lead to important de- 

 v-elopments amongst the show- 

 utility, or '>utility-show — you can 

 put it which way you like — ^frater- 

 nity. The present is by far the most 

 practical attempt to combine the 

 indirect benefits of show qualities, 

 with the direct utility qualities 

 which go to the make up of a pro. 

 fitable fowl and profitable poultry 

 keeping. Getting down to more 

 tangible present results, it may be 

 said that the General Purpose 

 people saved the poultry section 

 of the recent show from something 

 very like failure, and incidentally 

 covered themselves, and their 

 birds, with much glory. To the 

 winners in the various classes we 

 extend congratulations, it is a 

 good thing to breed good birds, 

 and a good thing to show them. 

 It is profitable to the man who 

 does it, and also to those who see 

 the result. If Mr. W. Dawkins 

 can put up a pen of six well 

 grown, uniform, matured White 

 Orpington pullets in the first week 

 in March, there is apparently no 

 earthly reason why other people 

 should not do the same. Also if 

 Mr. J. E. Padman can put up 

 cockerels of the same breed which, 

 jat eighteen weeks, are prime 

 quality table poultry, that is, 

 good in size, and fine in flesh, 

 and bone, there is equally no rea- 

 son why other folk should not do 

 the same, and reap the correspond- 

 ing reward, and tlicre were several 

 other entries which were close at 

 hand when the cards were distri- 



buted. It is satisfactory to know 

 that the judges, Messrs. Naismith, 

 Pitman, and W. A. E. smith in 

 the cockerel classes, with Mr. D. 

 .Hart in dressed cockerels, were 

 successful in making awards which 

 were thoroughly approved of by 

 all concerned. Any complaints ? 

 the President wa» asked, 

 whisper," was the repl}', which ap- 

 l>eared to sum up the situation. 



A full entry consisted of 6 pul- 

 lets, 3 cockerels, I2 eggs. Twenty- 

 four fnll entries were staged. 



The possible points for the .six 

 pullets were : — 



Evenness of quality according to 

 standard, 75. 



Growth and development, 25. 



W. Dawkins' pen of White Or- 

 pingtons stood out easily as the 

 winner. The judges awarding, 90 

 points. These were weU grown 

 birds of real good qiiality. 



Koonoowarra Poultry Yards, se- 

 cond with a nice pen of White 

 Rocks, scoring 82 po,nts. 



W. S. Pearson's, 3rd prize, Black 

 Orpingtons, scored 76 points. It 

 was a hard fight for the third 

 prize, as W. E. Greaves pen of 

 Barred Rocks was only i point 

 behind, while three more pens 

 scored 74 points each. 



Breeds represented were ; — White, 

 Bufi, and Black Orpingtons, White 

 and Barred Rocks, Silver Wyan- 

 dottes, Langshans, Indian Game, 

 and Rhode Island Red. 



liOwest points awarded in this 

 class, 46 points (birds far too 

 young). 



Eggs (Points) : — Freshness 30 ; 

 Shell 20 ; weight 30 ; Evenness of 

 appearanjce 20. 



I'ope Bros ist, 93 points (Black 

 Orpingtons). 



W. E. Greaves 2nd, 92 points 

 (Black Orpingtons). 



C. W. Pferkins 3rd, 92 points 

 (Silver Wyandottes). 



Points not to be included in 

 aggregate. 



— Cockerels. — 



.Judged alive the first day of 

 show. 



Evenness of quality aiccording to 

 Standard, 40 points. 



Growth and development, 10 

 points. 



Winners were : — 



.7. E. Padman, White .Rocks, 39 

 points. 



W. E. Greaves, Black Orping- 

 tons, 38 points. 



W. Dawkins, White Orpingtons, 

 37 points. 



Killed and dressed on second day. 



Condition 20, age and ftnisli 20, 

 Fineness of skin 5, Fineness of 

 bone 5 points. 



J. E. Padman, White Rocks, ist, 

 44 points. 



Koonoowarra Poultry Yards, 

 W%ite Orpingtons, 2nd, points. 



W. E. Greaves, Black Orpinjgtonsj 

 3rd, 42 points. 



At 4.30 the whole 24 lots were 

 sold by auction by Mr. Horace 

 Wilcox. Bidding spirited. Buyer 

 of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize lots, 

 Kither. Other buyers of several 

 lots, Conrad and Fleming. Buyers 

 evidently had different ideas to the 

 judge. 



1st prize fetched i'2/9 for the 

 three. 



2nd prize 12/9. 

 3rd prize 9/9. 



W. E. Greaves' Barred R'ocks, 

 nice birds, but 7th on the list, 

 went for 12/. The 24th, presum- 

 ably worst lot, with 33 points, 

 was knocked down at 8/6, though 

 the lowest price fetcned was 5/6, 

 Probably these auction prices 

 shouCld not be taken too seriously 

 as a test of merit, but soine of the 

 differences between white and 

 coloured birds were significant. 



Entrants who failed to come vip 

 to scratch were Bronzewing's Poul- 



H. DE^INNIS 



IMPLEMENT MAKER. 

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YOUNG STREET 

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 FRANKLIN 61 WA.YMOUTH STS. 



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