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i - i ' - , , i i 5 ' I 1 1 1 s ' ? f 'ft TIIE OHEfJOX STATESMAN:! TUESDAY. JANUARY 1, 1018 POETRY nmmi -IN THE WELAMETTE VALLE 3. F. Williams, Editor Xorthwest Poultry Journal and Secretary Oregon Stat rotiltry Breeders' Association. t ;; ampared 'with many other sec s of the"ff orthwe8t the poultry istry of the Willamette valley is y.in tta infancy. There are jn any iona for this. Practically, erery iwn fruit.-1 regetable and grain be produced . under the preTall- climatic conditions of this fertile ley. Therefore it ia not sarpriai that the poultry industry hat not wn as it has in some sections ere the land will - produce! little, I la therefore available for poultry duction only. Some of the largest iltry farms in the Puget Sound ntry are located upon soil that is y, very gravelly. as well as ex dingly rough, and is therefore table for nothing else. The soil und American Lake and pana y. Washington where we find so ny chickens, isl exceedingly; rocky 1 consequently drains . rapidly, Ath gives dry footing for poultry 3 year around. recognized essen .1 in - the proper yarding of j birds. Diversified Crops Prevail. A Coming back to the Willamette .lley conditions, the writer believes at there is nearly as much poultry rodueed In thti valley as there Is in ay valley where crops are so diverg ed. The man" who goes In for mar. et-gardealng vhaa little time - for hickens, other than for table pur oses' The man who produces hops, runes, apples, strawberries, wheat, ats and clover is not in a position to ive sufficient time to the prodnc ion and care of two or three thous and chickens, and a . man - cannot claim tor be in the poultry business, unless he has at least 200(1 fowls. If we go Into the Rogue River valley, the Hood River valley, or the Yaki ma valley we find people specifically interested in fruit-growing and only enough chickens for local consump tion and in every - case we find ' it necessary to ship In eggs for local use at certain times of tho year.' So while we may think that the poultry industry is a small one in this par ticular section, we must remember it will compare favorable with this in 'astir in every other esctton, exeept- where little else can be produced, cisg to the grain country of eastern ashington and eastern Oregon, we annot hope to find large poultry arms. If they produced eggs in any irge Quantity, they, would find that he markets were so far from the cene of production, that the express barges would more than offset the orofits. Small poultry farms will be found all over eastern Washington mi eastern Oregon, but the produc tion Just about meets, the demand. ; Poultry fs Profitable. It Is ( unnecessary tor make - the statement that poultry can be 'raised at a great profit to the owner.?' We say it caa tw, aBH We saylt adviseaiy. L:':e any other business, it depends ; ufon "The Man Behind the Gun." Some men would make a failure In the shoe business and a success at mining; others would make a failure in the newspaper business and a suc cess in railroad construction. Tile same is truej of successful poultry production we find men and women who seem to ! be cut out for' raising poultry. If & man believes that it is a small and insignificant business, he is certain to fail. ' A. man must have unlimited confidence In the business and in himself. ' If one doubts that he can secure a ready and profitable market for his produce, then he had better stay out of the business. And again, if a person lacks confidence in himself and his ability to meet the problems which are certain to face him even after years of experience with poultry, then, be should hesitate before investing his capital. . Too many, in the writer's opinion, go into the poultry business believing thut anyone can raise chickens, and there never was a greater mistake mads with regard . to any . business.' After years 1 and years of study, we have seen men "fall flat,'"-as the f saying goes, when it came to successfully In cubating and brooding chickens.: We know a man who has made .and saved around 130,000 from poultry produc tion since 1907. He has direct charge of his plant all the time, and yet last year the first hatch that he brought off ran less than 2$ per cent of the eggs set. He told the writer this In a personal letter last March. ' The next hatch brought off ran less than 40 per 'cent, and it was not until in -May that he succeeded In getting his usual, 75 per cent hatch.:. If a man who ; has had this large experience and who' has; realized" a considerable, sum from the poultry business meets with such experiences, i it any won der that so many people fall In their first, second, ior third year with poul try? We do not marvel at the fail ures In poultry-raising any more; we marvel at the successes. , , Fabulous j Figure Misleading. ; N ; It is not the desire of the writer of this article to discourage-people from going into- the poultry business, and yet we wish to wain those who have saved a ' few hundred dollais and who think that they can get u small piece of ground, get 200 chick ens, put .up a house or two, thnrv grain now and then to the fowls, and sit back, in their chairs and see the money come In. This cannot be done; not as a regular thing. . I acknowl edge that there are books and articles written leading the reader to beHeve that 12000 a .year can be cleared ftom 600, chickens, but they are ab solutely misleading. ' I have several books in, my library which 'would lead a reader to believe that lmmeno-i sums, may, be rejllted f ro,m a small flock or hens. I have "before me now a book Issued by a prominent east ern publication, the title of which is. $8.41 Per Hen Per Year. You may be surprised to know that I believe the ' statements made In this book, butf I do not believe that what one matt has done, another can do. An other may do it. One man may write a book and succeed in selling a million- copies; this has been done, hut what one .man has done, all men cau not do. That is the idea we wish to convey. ; , Edward M. Chase of Bothel, Wash ington, a peisonal friend of the writ, er's cleared, the third year he brea White Orpingtons, better than 127 per; hen. This is an absolute fact, but when I explain how it was done, readers will acknowledge that every one could not do it. In fact, that was the only year he succeeded in doing it. Now he is out of the poultry busi ness, strictly speaking, and is sup plying over $500 worth of milk a month to the people of Bpthel and vicinity. Had he been able to con tinue the wonderful recot-d . estab lished during his third yean. It is not probable that he would have ex changed the poultry business for the dairy business. But listen, he paid as high as $250, for a single male bieeder; he paid as high as $110 tor a single hen. At that time , a great craze was on over the value of the White Orpington. Ernest Keller strass. "a multi-millionaire of Kansas City, was boosting the White Orping ton to the skies, by purchasing full page advertisements and many times a double-page spread in all the poul try publications as well as farm mag azines of the country and continuing them for several years-The Orping tons were heralded every whereas the greatest meat producers, tbe greatest egg layers, the most beauti ful fowl, that was ever, known to mankind. People fell .all over them, selves trying to-get hold of White Orpingtons, known as the great "Crystal White Strain." Many people could not pay Kellerstrass's prices, so were very, willing to pay men tike Ed ward Chase, $40, $50., $75. and even more, per bird, i I know that Mr. Chase sold single specimens, himself, as high as $175. Not only one, but many birds went for $7.5 and $100. You say the people were foolish? No sane man would dispute it. But it is no wonder that Chase cleared $27 per fowl, when you take Into consid eration that lie sold ; ha'hst eggs The large farm that rced ?';4 profit per hen in a year?, notninc remarkable. Ha sold hitching eggs. babr chicks and nuliJ t good: prices, but when I say out of th question to clear -$20f trom fowls, I mean that it iiaot PiM It one markets the eggf11" poultry meat at the corner gro- tne com" mission house, or even individual patrons, and. afteV att tne founda tion ofv' the poultry bu,e8S must.be placed upon a eoramer1 basis. . Money in Commert Fowls, i The question is1 asked the writer a thousand times alyeaft'1 there any money In commercialrOuKry?'' And my answer is this. fHere ought to be, for surely a grA many people have put money in ho have taken little out of it." Ati& Bame Ume I could take the reader to j many mighty successful ftfultry plants in the Northwest, and little later In this article 1 will gfre facts and fig ures about the larft poultry plant In the West. A Salm man Called In my office the othr''day and wanted to know If there wre any successful commercial plants In - Marion and Polk counties, iff answer was that there are faany successful poultry plants, if we can tall a sideline of poultry a poultry jlant. There may be one or two comercial plants in (Continue on age 6) -. . nr MnrewsferiOreRon'Glrl.fTlie krestest of layiog hens. Owned by IT land, Oregon. Ured by D. Tancred. Kent. WaiOu Record, 3MUej (303 days) of laying; 317 eggs In 12 months and 17 das. ; Brewster; Port-" ir In. tint year ifflE SCIECCE OF OIffiCPX The science of chfroprtctlc Is' com paratively a new science. Th found er; of chiropractic was Dr. p. H,Pal mer of Davenport, j Jowa. I The school he founded from humble be ginnings has grown to siich an ex tent that It now has 200 students who enjoy a clinic, of several hun dred patients.- It has grown In, the favor of the people, and over seven thousand practitioners are now found in the United States.. If has been defined as the "Science and art of adjusting by hand the cause of dis ease of whatever character that may occur in the buman body.", If Chiropractic needed any defence the fact that Clara Barton. Mother of the Red Cross; Opie Read, the no velist! Charles Schwab, president Of the Bethlehem Steel, Corporation; Miller Reese-Hutchinson, of the Edi son - Laboratories; ., John Temple Graves, editor of the ; New York American; Christy ' Mathewson; ex Governor Hoar of Wisconsin; , El bert . Hubbard; ministers; congress men, and atheletes have been suc cessfully treated by Chiropractic, would he conclusive. No other school can cite more opposition, or has made greater progress. Elbert Hubbard says: "Above all things, a. good chiropractor has faith inr Nature. . lie does, not make a proud boast that he c;i he knows that it is 'atsre t All. that the chiropractor i put his patient In line Ing of Nature. The c never knows an adverse i does not rely on sny r simply knows the physical r the pressure of bone on 1 1 brings about a condition v telegraphic system fall t perly. With skillful r. by hand he brings about : JustmentIIe finds the removes. It. Chiropractor i doctors of medicine. Fror a t get a new science, which 1 greatly Ho the happiness ar i of the world." Dr. P; H. May. of this ci: past five years has teen i ChlopracUc in the lin ing. His long experience I up a clientele that establish a successful practitioner, tor Is a graduate of Palmer I at Davenport, Iowa, and t'-J : expcrienco enauiTs cnu ... public the best tnat ccirc. r; fers. The doctor has. f or t In a publJe-spIrlted way. ... those unable to pay for tl a free clinic, and many 1 advantage of it. . This ofr open and If you are ill, call c as consultation Is free.-. Reference Ladd & Bush, Bankers Established 1000 ' . . THE' 7 Hull IG REALT" - - CUCti:3C:reet,CALEII,9IlEGON -r" -'i'- ' ,-;.AvA ' . - AGENT NEWARK FIRE . INSURANCE CO. j Established' 1811 "Our aim, and claim is rcliabilil. Wm. Fleming, Manac- , 1 Associate Members j Irtland Realty Board ( ,; v j. ... Intcr-State lioalty Assoc : .. ' ... , :. - 1 ---,. ' - - I. : r - i . , v. l Jh - s .: -i: i - . - ' - 1 -i-- i ;-i 4 ; . ' 0 '"-i :"r ? ' ' . ' - "' ' i -:- ' . . " - i - i 1 ' . !. - : , Elect . . . - , i Progress and Development in me and. t ; : 1 f1 matas tries. . -1 - - - j 1 ; : - : ! A- ' e r, j- f ;A":- IN SALEM AND VICINITY DURING 1917 The following figures indicate the confidence of the owners of the Portland Railway Light and Power Col in the future growthand prosperity of Salem, and their liberal jpolicy in providing adequate facilities for famishing Electric and Gas Service to the citizens of Salem and vicinity. j r Hi f i -i ADDITIONAL DIVESTMENTS iMADE IN SALEM A vicnmif by the p. r. l & p. co. in im. 3 .-r'v Ecr additional ns!es. and wires For addiiicnal gas naias - - . Fcr addllicni to gas'aad electric plants $68,213.72; 2,903.13 20,944.51 $92,0606 CASH PAH) OUT IN SALElI AND. VICINITY BY TIIE P. R. L & P. CO. DURING 1917 .1 . 4-,. For labor For material For taxes, Hcensev assessments, etc . Total i;. ;:- v- v -v.fr- --. $46,235,47 18,891.05 v 18,665.44 r $73,791.96., 4 ' 1 1 - - -v. -
