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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1933
Rotuloon Supplement Poultry Farming in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, MAY 20, 1933
VIEWPOINT
And The New Territories
THE POSSIBILITIES AND SOME HINTS
(By Mr.J. A. S, Alves.)
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WRITING in 10 American maga. aine, Douglas Fairbanks compared
In view of the fact that the, industry is not adequately develop- Hong Kong, which he visited not
a great ed. long ago during the course of a British Fair of 1832 was world tour, with the Riviera. It success and the Poultry Section would be unkind, even if it were contributed to some extent to that necessary, to reply that we do not success, I have been asked to again highly value "Doug's" opinion as a take charge of the Poultry Section connoiseur of scenery; it would be under the auspices of Lady Peel, more gracious to accept the comwhose entries in this section of the pliment at its worth and leave it Fair will form quite a feature of at that. Unfortunately we
have the show. been told so often by visitors from Hollywood that Hong Kong is like the Riviera that whenever we read or hear that empty eulogy we feel like gnashing or teeth. For it is an unconsidered and speciousing them to take up poultry industry half-truth. In
cold fact, Hong which has been so badly neglected Kong is no more like the Riviera than Ice House Street is like Wall in the past.
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May friends with whom I had the pleasure of discussing the poultry industry on various occa sions labour under the impression that poultry farming in Hong Kong and the New Territories is a dond game and cannot be successfully pursued. Such a view, is decidedly erroneous .one. Experimental The object at the poultry exhibi-Stations conducted under experts tion is to show farmers in Hong by various, Governments interested Kong and the New Territories what have provon beyond doubt that can be bred locally, thus encourag Poultry Farming can be carried on successfully in any part of the world.
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It is a well-known fact that the why travellers should poultry industry in all the farming san
the fal- centres of the world enjoys a fort- in repenting persist iacy. The only resemblance our most position in trade and to sup Island may possess to the South of post this statement I will mention France is the terraced" manner that the census taken of hens und in which the houses are built on chickens in the Dominion of the Peak and Lower Levels; and Canada in 1931 showed a total of there it ends. In other respects, 61,572,000 heads which at an average whether in regard to flora, archi-vaine of 60 (Canadian Currency) tecture, colour, street scenes, shops, per heaxi, gave a value of $36,043,200 anrusements or cafes. Hong Kong (Canadian Currency). The produc- does not possess Buy features in common with the Gallic paradise tion af eggs for the same period 7:08 290,832,447 dozen eggs valued of millionaires, and it is stupid to perpetuate the
Ungentle at 840,209,843 (Canadian Currency) though it was, the blant descrip-giving a grand total of 368,150,045 tion which Barnard Shaw gave to (Canadian Currency). The combin- local pressmen was, when the sun is not shining, nearer the truth, than the sugary compliments which seem to be the stock-in-trade of the tourists, vocabulary. One day we may be lucky enough to have a visitor who sees this Colony as it really is and who, without Sha. vian boorishness, will announce his impressions as cold-bloodedly as Dr. Herklota might describe the anatomy of a snake.
error.
ed value of hons, chickens and eggs
ars
The main considerations to be ob served are:-
Sumitation
Correct Housing. Proper Feeding These factors, I know have beep observed by few people in Hong Kong rod the Now Territories: they re more than satisfied with the result obtained. I hope that in the course of a few years native farmers will seriously consider the importance of this industry and con duct poultry farming in up to date and proper manner and be greatly benefited thereby.
Poultry Section at the Fair.
The Poultry Section in connection
in Australis for the year 1931 was with the British Empire Fair this £8,004,600 sterling. These figures 1 year will be housed in a pavilion at spook for themselves and must, the junction of Nathan and Salis- satisfy even the most pessimist that bury Roads. It will occupy a floor- The the poultry industry is one worthy space of 1,000 square fest. of consideration.
show will commence at noon on Em- pire Day, the 24th instant, and car- Native Birds-Not Good Enough..
ried on until the afternoon of the In the matter of egg-production 27th May. The lines to be follow- native farmers will learn from ex-ed will be more or less similar, to The majority of us are thorough perience that it is quite unprofitable those of last year and birds, can be to handle birds with small laying entered either. tor exhibit or for ly bored with our conception of Hong Kong and fail to realise that records as maintenance, expenses sale. The coops which were used would be the same as in the case last year, numbering thirty in all, it may bear little resemblance to
In my opinion a will bo again available this year. the place it really is. Paradoxical of good layers.
all as this may sound, there is more hoa whose record during her pullet This facility should remove than a vestige of truth in it. Welaying season is below 150 eggs, is anxiety to owners of birds, as the see Hong Kong, or rather its at not worth bothering about and internal walls of every coop will be tractions, from the viewpoint of should be culled out of the flock whitewashed and throughly disin- our daily activities. Our impres- and be consigned to the market for fected and the outside "colour-paint- sions are, therefore, largely pre-table purposes. This being the case, ed before use. No entrance fee will conceived and nothing can change it would be the height of felly to be charged and there will be no them except new experiences. In contemplate starting a poultry farm competition. As a protective mea- other words, we see this Colony, with native birds as these are ab- sure an insurance policy with the not as it actually is, but through solute "mongrels" and worthless China Underwriters, Ltd, will be the medium of our friends, our
as layers. Profitable poultry farms taken to cover against fire and musements, our business, Our must consist of birds scientifically theft risks, clubs and our newspapers. Each of arented and bred for the purpose of In the poultry section will he these influencca. our reaction to what we mentally know as "Hong laying eggs and these birds are now Kong." The routine of our lives known as "Egg Machines" Half are unsatisfactory has etched in our minds a series of way methods impressionistic sketches with which and economically unprofitable and we are only too familiar; preju should not be attempted. Egg-size dice prevents us from challenging is also an important factor and I the perspective of this mental pic would say that the World Standard bure gallery, and we retain, pos- is a two-ounce, egg, sibly for the rest of our lives, a memory of this Colony which is probably aa inaccurate as that of Douglas Fairbanks."
changed in favour of "weight basis." Eggs vary considerably in size ant if sold on the basis of weight it should prove a better system and avoid much inconveni once between suppliers and the housewife.
included
canaries, pigeons and turkeys, and a good display in this combined group is expected and should decidedly attract and please those visiting the Fair.
For some daya now the 30 coopa available for poultry have been taken up, but this should not dia-
rage those who have not yet made reservation as everything pos sible' will be done to accommodate late comers,
Weight Not Dozena a Sale Unit. As regards the method of selling eggs, Le., price per piece or dozen, Of course, this indictment doen I am a strong advocate that it is not apply only to the residents of high time the per dozen system be Hong Kong, but to every part of the world for wherever they are, human beings create their own surroundings. Thus, the man who at his first glimpse of a South Bes island will declare himself enrap tured, sooner or later adepta him- self to his circumstances and, shut- ting his senses to the things which àre of no u80 or interest to him, breates an unreal world of his own making with which he becomes bored. Actually, did he but, rea lise it, he is not bored with his surroundings so much as with hin- |- self. In Hong Kong the average | | foreigner quickly Bnds his place in currents which run through the high alsas Black Orpington and a particular set" and "seldom social stream, affecting the psycho thcso most probably will be for dares to foresake it; he is thus logy of the community, and deterle this breed is much fancied in imperfectly (if at all) acquainted wining the forces of public opinion. with the multitudinous phases of The man who understands, those life of which this strange Bast currents and knows how to infin, Cum-West Island is composed. He once them probably does not exist is wholly oblivious of the varied if he did it would be essential to (Continued et foci of neat Column) keep him under close observation !
Leading Exhibitors. Lady Peel has very kindly con sented to show some of her birds which will be Single Comb White Leghorns specially imported from Australia. Mr. A. Popes, of Kow- loon Tong, will, de last year, ex- hibit some real good leghorns, Ex- English Stock, Tom Barron, strain | Hong Kong and the New Ter- and bred here. Mr. Victor Stre ritories, blessed with a mild winter, jesky, a great lover of poultry and offer very favourable opportunities who had exhibit birds in Europe, for the purpose of Poultry farming will have several coops of Barred and it is to be regretted that this Plymouth Rocks and Black Orping
tons, Mr. RA. F. Rayen has ap plied for permission to show some
Australia and is a double, utility bird. Mr. F, M. L Soares hae booked space for the exhibit of some. Lovely Single Comb White Leghorn cockerels of Tom Barron *(Continued on Page 15,):
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