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TV. STONE, general secretary of.
local Young Men's Christian
Association, was not thinking of
advertising Portland when he formulated
his plans for back-yard poultry culture '
ly boyi? and girls' and put his idea, into
execution last F'all by organizing the
Portland Junior Poultry Association. Tet,
iu!te unconsciously, Mr. Stone had hit
Upon a means of advertising, the excel
lence and effectiveness of which could
hardly be improved upon, and which has
brought in a flood of letters of inquiry
and congratulation from oil over the
Vnited States and even from abroad. The
editor of the London Poultry Journal,
the largest and most widely circulated
poultry culture magazine in the world,
being among those who "wants to
know."
Ever since the inauguration of tha
scientific suburban poultry-raising sys
tem, with its competitive contest, the in
quiries have been pouring in continuous
ly, thousands of letters having been re
ceived by Mr. Stone, and thousand more
by Professor James Dryden, of the Ore
Ron Agricultural College,- who occupies
the chair of poultry husbandry in the de
triment of college extension, and who
provided for the juvenile poultry-growers
tneir invaluable reading courses in poul
try culture' also meeting with, them- and
giving them talks on the scientific prin
ciples of the industry. Requests by let
ter and telegram for literature and the
3ryden reading courses are ' received
daily.
Working actively with Mr. Stone and
3rofessor Dryden is George K. Hat, a
great poultry fancier and general poultrj'
"enthusiast.
The Junior Poultry Association has a
membership of more than 300 boys and
girls', all engaged in the scientific culture
of chickens at home in their back-yards.
Each one is keenly interested in the work
and enthusiastically attends the monthly
meeting? of the association at the V. M.
V"-. A., listening intelligently to the lec
tures in simple language given by the
leading poultry-growers of the state, arid
nil carefully following the scientific read
ing course by Dr. Dryden. which covers
very branch of the industry.
As the work, in its. beginning, could
rot undertake a larger experiment and
get the res.tlts desired, the prize-winning
contest could be opened to only 50, and
this number, of boys and girls are now
keeping the required Saily records and
conforming to ll the other rules of the
contest, which is not only stimulating
the interest of the children, but de
signed as well to furnish valuable rec
ords of great importance to the whole
Northwest or of even wider scope.
The prizes will not be awarded until
this Fall, the contest involving an en
tire year's following of the chickens,
from the time of maturity through 365
days of egg-laying brooding, with
dressed-fowl showings Included. The
Incentive, however, aside from the.
character-building influence and the
practical value of the course, was made
alluring, and the boy or girl who scores
the highest point In chicken" culture
will win ?100 in gold. .V second prize
of fhO and 10 other of J. each. will re
ward those scoring next highest in the
f.-ale. - .
a Mr. Stone, who originated the idea,
taj j. It,tias fulL possession of hira,-and
M tbf local Young Men's Christian day. ' Ia."?.p:' 5,cht:Y.c. J;ho. Ti" , ' ' . , 1 ?V
that his enthusiasm is
increasing every
day.
"I ' had been thinking of something
of this sort . for years," said he, "and
I had always hoped to start something
of the kind, but in my wildest imas- I
lnings I never anticipated the splendid
success that my plan met with in
stantly, when I set it going. For a
long time there had been a general
shortage of Oregon poultry and par
ticularly Oregon eggs in Oregon. We
were, at many times of the year, con
tinually eating Eastern eggs, if we
ate any. This fact is easily explained.
"You see, in the great egg-producing
Middle States, such as Iowa, Missouri
and Nebraska, there comes a timo every
year when the over-supply is so great
that the price of eggs gets as low as
3 2 cents, 10 cents or even 8 -cents a
dozen; it Is then that the Eastern
eggs are put In cold storage, pending
a higher market. On the other hand,
the supply is never so abundant in
Oregon that the price drops to any
thing like such a figure, so cold stor
age would not pay. Then, too. the
Alaskan market calls out great quanti
ties of Oregon poultry and eggs, leav
ing Oregon to be supplied from the
East, usually by cold-storage goods,
when the Oregon hens quit laying.
"Now there isn't any reason-- in the
world why Oregon should ever import a
single , egg, or a- single chicken. We
poultry cranks have it figured out that
right here within a ten mile circle of
f the Y. M. C A. building, eggs and chick
ens sufficient to supply Portland. and the
whole State of Oregon can be produced.
JSasMly $100,000 w orth of poultry products
could be raised every year within the
city limits of Portland, without anybody
going into the poultry business. Nor
would anvone have to stop growing lawns
or roses it could be done in the sub
urban back yards.
.It was something like this that was
buzzing in ray bonnet when I began
working on this poultry culture idea. I
spent a good deal of time and thought.
and took a good many trips to Corvallis
to talk with Professor Dryden, before I
had the details worked out. The first
thing, of course, was to arouse interest,
and it has been clearly demonstrated
that the way to do that, and to get
results, is to appeal to the boys and girls
if you get the help of the growing gen
eration. your cause is won. That i
why we went after the children, and
you see how it is working out.
"Let me tell you some of the objects
of this undertaking, and what it is doing.
Every boy or girl in the contest must
keep a careful daily record, and back his
records up with facts. . That means dls
cipline and business training. There are
points for his intelligent application of
the scientific principles given in tlie lec
turea and reading courses, as shown in
the condition of the flock, the housing
and the cleanliness and ' wholesomeness
of the f urroundings; think what that
brings out in a boy and how much it
will count for in later life. There are
also points for his marketing system and
his success In the venture financially
through this each boy exercises his
shrewdness and cleverness by working up
neighborhood trade. The demerit points
also mean much. A boy may lose points
hv getting results et the cost of ex
pensive feeding, which would be against
practical poultry-raisins' principles. And
J there are demerit points for 'excessive I J v J. i-- , v ''Vr1' C 1 t-li ' Z- 4VJ
there are demerit points for 'excessive
labor." which covers the same thing and
something additional it prevents the
wealthier boy from hiring the work done,
and gives him no advantage in the con
test over the poorer boy. who could not
afford It. and both boys- get the lull
benefit of the personal effort. Many other
points, too numerous to go into, cover
other phases of the undertaking."
Going back to the possibilities of poul
try-growing in Oregon, Mr. Stone said
he desired to say something to refute
the oft-repeated statement of tha "knock
ers who say the Oregon climate is un-
suited to poultry .culture or egg produc
ing.
'That lias become a superstition,"' said
he, "and we don't think it's true nor that
there is any foundation for it. But even
if there should be, let me fell you this:
If the hens we have In Oregon won't lay
eggs for us, we will produce a hen that
will; we'll develop the Oregon hen! Un
der this contest system, you see, we have
the exact daily records of hundreds "of
hens, of all varieties and breeds, and just
what each hen is -doing under certain
kinds of feedings and treatment.- With
this data we are going to be in a posi
tion to work out the very best " kind of
an Oregon hen, and climate or anything
else is not going to stop us.
'Furthermore." added Mr. Stone, "our
system shows that hens are already lay
ing, and laying generously, at all sea
sons of the year, in Oregon. They are lay
ing in our city back-yards and are thriv
ing there. Why, one of the most en
thusiastic attendants at our poultry meet
ings is an old gentleman of nearly 60
years. His name is J. A. Kandall and
he lives at 145 Graham street. He is not
a member of the junior association, na
turally, but he has availed himself of
the opportunity and has followed the
reading courses and lectures, applying
the scientific principles to his own little
flock out in Albina. The other day he
came in here and told me that he had
been a farmer all his life and had never
known before that you could make hens
lay in the Winter time. His hens, he said,
had laid eggs the whole season through,
and he was glad that he had lived long
enough to become a convert to scientiiic
poultry husbandry."
Somewhat to the surprise of the poul
try culture promoters, the girls did not
take up tlie idea as quickly nor as serious
ly as the boys. About S5 per cent of the
300 juvenile chicken-growers are boys.
To the first scries of cards sent out, out
lining the plan of the contest, more than
l'MO written answers were received, and
a larger percentage of these were girls.
The difficulty of building houses for the
fowls, not so hard for the boys to over
come, is ascribed as one reason for tlie
falling oft in the interest of the girls.
At the outset.. Mr. Stone. Mr. Hat and
Professor Dryden obtained the indorse
ment of the Chamber of Commerce, the
Produce Dealers' Association, the Board
of Education and the Y. M. C. A., also
the permission of the directors to present
the matter in the public echools. Fol
lowing this, all the city schools, were
visited and the poultry-growing contest
was explained in each school, it being
announced that all girls and boys between
the ages of 12 and 18 years could enter.
All three promoters talked in the schools
and further worked up th interest by
meetings at the Y. M. C. A. The chil
dren -were told that the ordinary, "scrub" 4
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hen could be made, to produce every
year, under scientific treatment, an aver
age product of Greater possibilities
could be expected of hens of good breed,
and the coffer of cash prizes gave fur
ther inducement.
When the plan was actually under way.
the work afforded its own incentive, and
none has dropped out. Social gatherings,
as well . as the regular monthly lectures
and report meetings, have come out of
the industry, and recently a big "poultry
growers' supper" wa given in the Y. M.
C. A. cafeteria, more than 200 juvenile
enthusiasts being in attendance.
A unique event of interest will be the
Spring poultry show to be held by the as
sociation on April 29 and 30. There will
be numerous prizes for single fowls and
groups, and for. the largest dozens of
STATE WOMEN'S CLUBS
OPEN WAR ON HOUSEFLY
Circulars Are Sent Out Sounding Warning Against Disease-Carrying In
sects. "Cleaning-up Day" Set for May.
The civics committee of fhe State
Federation of Women's Clubs has des
ignated two lines of work for the
clubwomen of Oregon which they in
tend to make of permanent value, in
promoting cleanliness and consequently
healthfulness in every community. Be
lieving that there should be a gen
eral movement toward making the
cities and towns of Oregon as clean
as possible, the committee has desig
nated the second Saturday in May as
state cleaning-up day," and is enlist
ing the co-operation of the various
clubs in tlie federation, the civic au
thorities, commercial organizations,
churches and schools throughout the
state.
Each club or town will formulate its
own local plan of work. It is particu
larly urged by the committee that It
is better to accomplish one or two
permanent results than to a'tempt too
many things at once. Hence, as yet,
onlv- two lines of work have been
designated. As stated, one is "state
cleaning-up day," the other, which s
probably of more pertinent and gen
eral importance, is the educational
campaign against the housefly.
. Circulars and much printed matter
are being distributed by the commit
tee, showing the cause of flies, the
danger from them and how to de
stroy them. In this connection, one of
the circulars sent out says:
A ji'oysician who was. in attendance or.e
June at n menlcal convention was aked
why the meeting had not been called in
eon'ler weather. The renly was '"This is
r.nr nlAck wq.wn. It. Is this way. you ffeo:
In. cold weather peopj shut- -themselves up
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white and brown cgss. The rooster will
also come In for incidental honors, a
cash prize being offered for the spirited
rooster that will crow the greatest num
ber of times in five minutes.
When the ' contest opened, each fowl
entered was numbered and tagged by
having a patent metal band bearing its
number, placed around ifs lee:, and this
band the fowl will wear unLil it. dies of
age or goes "in the green Sprinsj-time
of life"' to grace the big platter in the
center of the tabic for some Portland
family's Sunday dinner.
in close, poorly ventilated houses and get
pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis. and all
sorts of diseases which affect the lungs and
throat. That keeps us busy In Winter and
Spring. In the latter part of the Summer
eome the. flies. They carry from one person
to another all kinds of diseases winch afto
the intestines (dysentery, typhoid fever) and
then we are busy tucain. .Bul just now wlien
people are living in tlie fresh, air and there
are no flics we are free to go to conven
tions."
The inference from this remark is that
we could almost put doctors out of business
the business of curing diseases at least If
we couid get rid of bad air and flies.
The Health Department of Chicago is try
ing to do both of these good things. l,ast
"Winter it told the housekeepers of the city
in its weekly bulletins that no house is
ciean mat is poorly ventilated. i nis sum
mer it has issued a large poster, headed
Speaking of Flies." which shows more
clearly than any words could show the way
In which disease and filth are carried by
means of these insects. From the reading
matter we take a few sentences.
. Don't allow flies in your house.
Don t permit them near your food, espe
cially milk.
. Don't buy foodstuffs where flies are toler
ated. -Don't eat where flies have access to the
food. . .
Flies are the most dangerous insects
known to man. Flies are the filthiest of all
vermin. They are born in filth, live in filth
and carry filth along with them. Flies are
known to be the carriers of death-dealing
disease germs. They leave some of these
germs wherever they alight.
Under a heading, "What to Do to
Get Kid of the -Flies.'' the circular says:
Screen your windows and doors. Do it
early before fly time and keep screens tip
until snow falls. Screen the baby's bed and
keep -flies away from tho baby's bottle, the
baby's food and the baby's "comforter."
Keep flits -.way from, the sick,, specialist
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that for homes, storea, hotels, restauranca, banlcg,
churches, linlis, school buildlngx. etc.. these llRiifs
have not a superior in thu world. For more inaii
a decade we havf been headquarters in Portland
for lights and Hunting supplies, but have never
before been able to pffer a light so perfect as
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those ill with typhoid fever, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, and tuberculosis. Screen the pa
tient's bed. Kill every fly that enters the
sickroom. Immediately disinfect and dis
pose of all the discharges.
I'm lliuid poisons, sticky fly papers and
traps.
Place either of these fly poisons in shal
low dishes throughout the house:
ta) Two tapoonfuls oT form-aldehyde
to a pint of water.
b One dram of bichromate of potash
dissolved In two ounces of water sweetened
with plenty of sugar.
To quickly clear rooms of flies, burn py
rethrum powder or blow powdered black
flag into the air of the room with a powder
blower. This causes the flies to fall to the
floor in a stunned condition. They must ba
gathered up and destroyed.
To eliminate the breeding place of
flies Is equally important, and the com
mittee lays especial stress on this
point.- Among other interesting mat
ter, tlie circular reads:
Sprinkle chloride of lime or kerosene over
contents of vaults or garbage boxes. Keep
garbage receptacles tightly covered and
clean Ihem every day.
Sprinkle chloride of lime over manure
piles and other refuse. Keep manuin
screened if possible. It should 6e removed
at least once a weeK.
Pour kerosene into tne orains.
fitsn!,tor every day. Keen a 5
per cent solution of carbolic acid in them.
ron't allow curt to actum ui it- m
behind doors. back of radiators, unur
stoves, etc. Allow no decaying matter of
any sort to accumulate on or near your
premises.
The slogan of the committee Is. No
dirt, no flies. In another portion i.r
the appeal to housewives the follow
ing instructions appear:
pm,m ask vonr grocer and your butcher
to keep the food you buy clean and free
from flies! Flies are the dirtiest and Tinn
iest of vermin. They are Horn in imn anu
carrv filth around with them. They de
r,ofii, this filth uoon the food you eat and
in the milk your oaoy uhum, ui iu
baby's lips. .
Thev come to your Kltcnen. i uiu's
table, fresh from tha garbage pail, from the
cusujdor. from the sick room or from de
cavlRg animal or vegetable matter.
They mav infect you with germs or tuber
culosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, as well as
typhoid fever. .
Any. housewife who tolerates these dirty,
disease-bearing pests in the home is guilty
qf slovenly housekeeping.
Restaurants iniesien -wim tiieT mm..
vermin sl-ould be avowed a.- uangerou
to health and life and any meat marwri.
grocery, milk depot or fruit store lit which
flipjfl are iipimitled to t-ome in crontact wiin
food stuffs must be regarded as unsani
tary and unsafe plare.o to trail".
. irlio53 aniwar to ne everywnere. aim a -
er, t,r,,ltt their extermination seems an
imnossible undertaking. Bui so oia mat ot
mmnniinw. Yet manna ana ycuow lever
district have succeeded in getting rid of
mnpnuitocCT carrying those diseases. Flies
nmhahu- are in a degree lof-al. as mosquitoe:
are. arid if their principal breeding places
,-A ,-nvered with lime or kerosene or
screened, tliev win most -iiKeiy m?ipp,-i
more easily than we Imagine.
These places where food is bought should
b na carefully guarded from contamination
as the best-kept houses wnere it is pre
nared and served. Women little realize
their power. They do . all the buying.
They ran. if they will, by organized effort,
hrln'a- butchers, bakers, groceries. laundries.
up to the highest standard ot correct house
keeping. ' '
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At Mason. Mich., a boy was sent to
jail for 30 days for stealing. He had
been in jail about 30 minutes when he
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