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. v.-,-r. iTJ fp ' - , . . . . . r : , . t ; . i -1 vl i kUSWVrtWWUWlViVitt,Vrti.Wki.tilV'.HiiVll,'"'w''v i M 1 i i The Statesman ! will - publish and award a prize - each week for the best essay, submitted by a grade- school pupil on scheduled on this r . -. . . . i . . - . . . ...... . . . . . . . . . v . . . . POUtTRY RJSiuG IS Or;E OF THE ' DIG IlDUSTTIIES OF POLK COUHTY iGeorge Cooper, Successful Poultryman of the Dallas Sec4 . r .; tion, Writes an Article pat Is Full of Suggestions - Valuable toHhe? BeBiriicrHe Has an Incubator -: Capacity of 20,000-f-There Is Always a Market (deorzi Cddct Is ono t ;the fnariy hundrbds'bt sapecesf ul poul trjiDn o t Polk, couat ,' Swhere the Industry is booming as hopefully aa Wi3 all oytfr tT-Sdlem dlstricti I Mr, Cooper now has 5000 Incuhat t or v capacity. He produces baby j $h feHs l will tarn out f 20.000 orj more this year, his aaaress is ; Route 3 .'Dallas, ; add his place is ! three miles northwest of that city ' He does; dairying; and fceneral - farm in); alonic with poultry breed ing, v Mr. Cooper, in January 1925, furnished f Or "Opportuni J ty, the paper issued from, time tt time by I the Dallas Chamber ol Commence, the following articU: ! on the opportunities of poultry ; breeding in Polk county:) Did you ever go into a farmer'i I yard on a sunshiny, -winter's' day - i when It seemed as if every hen ia the chicken coop was telling ahoujt . the eggs she had laid and was gof 1 ig to lay torn orrdwf Is not . this a pleasant experience? t This conj ! dition can be witnessed on an number of , Polk ; county -farm : where poultry ia, raised. successr 'A fully. ?.i$ . V. :-itJ' v- f Poultry ,Tai8ing has .vbecom : more of a business than It was a few years ago when , Jhe.,care of i-lh hens waa left o.JJhjaj houscwifp who scattered a pan of teed nlsht and . morning and , nevr got anr tggs fcxeept in the summer when i t Uey ; were cheap. , '.This I was all right in those days but "those days-are f gone forever. f 'Trf thio successful farmed of today ; poul i. try is cne of the chief sources of , profit; fills' houses axo vtolt, built , along modorn plans, ' bis - flock Is i (ed a ration , ot mash as well, as i groin; his houses :a?e regularly cleaned; his birds are hcaithy and tk best : of all his flock" Is pure bred ' ot some 'well 'known strata. - Of : course, one finds farms waere the 'value of poultry is not regarded ! In its true worth, , but they are , growing' fewer evety year," ; , r The poultrymen - ot any cora- munity can be ; classed' in three r-1 classes: - rX-sp"t . Tho backlotter who keeps a few Vns. to. furnish his family with,1 fresh egps as well as an occasion- i al chicken for; Sunday dinWet.! These flocks. If well cared for, ipan sh'jw the . most profit. and tho greatest records per individual bird, as' the flocks&re small and much of tha ratios Is table scraps. " Under these . cond itionS the ' hens wjll laytibe'fvjaiebt ;;numbcrj ,of eggs for the least amount of feed purchased. , ? ; j .- Tho commercial egg man is one who makes a basiness of Beijing eggs alone. To, make a success of this type the poultryman musj. be la Jstudent with a ; good business head, as at ; certain times of 4 the year the margin J of "profit ls so Eriall that he must get eggs efery month in . the year in order to ehow a proflt for his work..: ,-f. Then there la ; the joultryinan , who combines tho commercial! egg business with that of selling stock, hatching rgs? and baby chicks. To the person suited for this part " of th industry the. great est proflt can be derived, as in the spring of I the year, when eggs are cheap the I surplus'ran be hatched tat a cood i profit. Of course, i this takesi loU of tiiae and Is ' buisinesi of Its own; J,. 'liln Vp ' In a community like Polk'coun- ty with Its thousands of i acres of i orchards poultry raising: cair be uced as a means, of -proSt to all who are suited to IU work or who - care io venture into it As a busi ness. That the industry Is nroflt- able has been proven, in hundreds of- cast's.' Posehs ha tniuai fortunes from the , proSt. of our ; "feafiicred frietjds,"' hundreds of I ofhers have made a comfortable . living and buijt! up ranj enjoyable , rui;ines3 from ; these same "bid dies and hnndreds of others have made a failure' of tho same busi- The poultr' indastryi Istha same as any other business, it re- qufres capital to start and head work to carry on.' Nodoubt (there are no more failures 'and j list as Many successes a3 in any other .line of business. Some made a . "-"fcs frcn"t:.e tt..rt v-it' no the industries page, ; . ...w.L. . . . t ivi t nt -ii .nt iiv lA'wl previous experience. The ' writer has a neighbor wh6 with practi cally; no experience! made a proflt of 12.36 par hen1 from a flock of over 200 hens last "y oar, from eggs afone' and evca tho chicks wero'purchascd. t - 4 -I v,- ' '.The principal variety'! used fey the commercial poultryman is the White Leghorn, though nearly all varieties can be' found 1n Polk county. It isn't : so much : ; the breed . asTit'tS - h? strain'; that counts. With .so inany .flocks jein!g trapnestcd, gaod stockrcaa easily be obtained in any .breed and the best is none Xoo good tqr founda tion 'stock.'; '!vt.v:4 - 1 -H'' ! ' . Location of a "poultry farm-has everything to' do with Its success, As has been';' said, orchards 'and poultry go very '! well together, as .the orchard;1" provides ' excellent range and the soil Is enriched by i'.he hens running ovSr the ground; In,, many instances tlre"orchard nian looks to the poultry' as a source of income until tho orchard Is bearing. The land should be well ; drained wtb' pley -&t tulr draiakgd'as wcli?f T8' humtelv of hens that can be kept on "an acre depends 'chief! upon ther soil, a3 psEscraiBiai urn mm (Vhen He Cafne to Safem; the He topped at Oregon' Hotels Where Stolz Factory Now Stands Th?, Pioneer Breeder of Salmon Fave roilcs Wrttss an'instructive and Interesting Article Editor . Statesman i In response to your request Tor a short or long review of. the poultry industry In the Willamette; valley, will say 'ihat It is a big subject to .deal "with briefly.' -. V i ; . 'When I flrbt came to Salem, and: the Willamette valley, which was 1831, the poultry of thecount iry -were ; suu roosting - m .me trees.' K. What vmakes s me "Jremem ber this in particular J was! the ex prience I toad the first ; night of my stay jn .Salem,' I stopped at the Oregon hojtcl, at that time loi cated on tho corner of Mill and Summer, ' practically speaking where the - Swlts - vinegar ' Vorki now stands, only it faced on Mill street. v Old timers still remember that at that Ilnie it was operated oy a man by -tho name of Sharp, whoby the way, ran a dairy lot cated where the Willamette uni versity gymnasium now stands, ojr a little south. v'My experience was in being- waked froat t sound slu m ber by th,e .crow of a rooste f , now called a eock- bird. The crow was so plain . that it nccmed that the bird must be la my, room, biit l. Knew, this cfuinot "t0 the case. As I was about to doze off again when tho Id fool crowed "agaih and I sat straight up in bed, for I ; wa; sure the r bird must be roosting on my window; sill, ft was a. moonlight night and a qnldk glance at tha window revealed no obstruetioni, I'had just laid dowii again .when the old boys tore' loose again . This1 time it sounded is though he were roostingpn the foot of the bed. . This was too much for me, and bo I proceeded to lnvestigatej I found the bird in the top of a, tall tree which came close to; m window. " The tree was full of chickens, and, as I learned ; later, rco topV were common roosting places ' for the flock everywhere. ; 1 1 - While 'poultry methods hato Improved greatly in all lines, yet one outstanding Improvement his been in the housing conditions. It ia quite unbelievable but yet fa fact that in spite ' of all the evidence-' In favor of good housing for, poultry;: there are yet sonQ whq are practically S 5 years be hind the tirties. ; , ' , ; j ; ' Failures 'an Causes;'' ' i . t f My first experience with a then modern poultry plant was in t90i, when I weut to work on the J.H. IIPOsI pouUry" 'Utlu. ' IpJ'dVl i THE DAILY each? week in i inrfiitfryifs nt 'from boosters are solicited: T-I: -'-.M ' . O . - - . " - ! boost balem. loose candy coil can stand more than the heavier.! cIaT;JBOils. -It U bekf not to have tod wany, as soil contamination v i" & serious prob lem j for the poultryman' ins regard to the health of tha "flock, i Poul try honse3 "should . f ace f so,, as to have the suwhino part of the day. The Oregon . Agricultural, col lege i$s always roatly with advise and; other help! having -a very able extoasion f man in II. . KCcsby, who spends his whole time with thelpoultl-ymen of tho state, j ; . , There, is always , a ready,- market for poultry products. In. Portland is located; an, efficient ( cooperative assccial ioli which y lat idoiijg ; very sat sfactory work juarelijog tho produce 300,000 Ihe.ns.,.. f ; The' writer has iv flock-6f CQ0 Ancona ileqs which he has -brod for; thje ; past t wel ve year s,C 1 ft, has prcucedi";as j high; an i average : as 21$ eggs per'hea in a year. .'The past season . be hatched 11,500 bay chicks; ".the -coming yeat the incubator i capacity is to be ' dou bled and he vhopes to ; hatch 20,- ooo. f ' sj ', Poultry raising is no of Polk county's;! principal '-and . rapidly grpwingf industries ? and can ; be dobe byf anr otK who ; will, study the needs Of n flock and who isni. afraid to work. The beginner has znUch to learn, eveji the old hand learns eyerydtty.f 'Ifr requires loU off hard Work, lots of perseverance as well as lots of good sound sense tq . Bucceed. ; Itr is ' well to start slow,' as a profit: from a hundred ii better than a loss from a thou sands f ' Others have ; succeedetl, others are going. to,s succeed.; A great deiil depends upon'the per son who 1st 'nndartating 'the 'vea thre. . i m m cf poultry lira? Fowls Roosted in the Trees i - GEORxiiS SHAW I I Pioneer Poultrynian, short distance east of Mont a villa, a suburb of Portland J Th!iS farm was one of the largest, if not tho largest poultry . plant in' the. valley at tho tlmo and -was . "the ' last wordT' C in ; modern ; equipment Whilo ' all the appearances ' ,wero those 1 of prospcrity'li yet ict: the time I went there the farm4 was. a losing ; venture., I , was employed that tho owncrmight work Jn Portland at his trade to get money jto carry the) farm through';what was hoped tq bo a temporary los ing Reason. Lack ' of expejience was ; the ' contributing trouble at that time, as it is today fn many cases of failure with -poultry on a larger scale. In a small way this marij had been sucees3tuli-j Had he developed his plant with r money hiado from ' hi3- poultry he moat likely wbld havo succeeded,' as Ihe development would have been In harmony with hia- experience; As It was the - money 'that- went Into the modern plant was far pished by, two rallroad men who knew nothing, a bo ut : thc poul try business but were willing; to put their money up against his ex perience;. ; It fs "'needless to say they lost their money, but for It they got a lot ot erperier.ee. The last; 1 heard of this man ho was carrying mail for- Uneio Sam. Thofee two men spoiled a-bright faluro for this poultry enthusiast, for enthusiast' he was, and hot only that, he1 wad a heady fellow (Canticaed oa pas Jl) . .';.. -.f. J. -.j- ! ". . S " -.--Jv -f I ' " 'J''?-. '; I STATESMAKf: dedicates one full page the interests of one of the fifty-tx-r basic the aaiem aistnct. Jueucro THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that the Salem district is IdeaJ for the poultry and pet stock in dgstry; that this is the greatest ' poultry country in the world; that there is now a fast in' creasing interest in all the -branches' of this ." industry; , that there ia vast room for expansion here, in connection with fruit and nuts growing, dai rying - and live stock ; breeding; that-malty i more large- commercial poultry I plants "ought to le established .here, Imakinsr this the ? Petaluroa of Oregon; that more intensified farming methods ought to be foltowed all over this district; that ' we should have less .'scratched over land, unless it is 'scratched over by poury;?that the invitation for more farmers who want to engage in diversified farming, with the poultry industry-as a ,part of it,4 ought to be given r broadcast throughout . the, country and, throughout the world; that the warm welcome Kiat is here and the splen did opportunities that are here .ought; to be much more 1 generally known? , T ! -f T r . v ' - Dates of Slogaris in Daily Statesman : f ;.' (In Twlce-a-AVeek ,Siteman FoUowing Day) (With a frw prlW chants ; fjosanberrics, October 1 1023 Prunes, October 8 : ! r. Dnirying, October 15 ;, ' ' : : ; . Max.; October SSi ..' '' - :'"i?A : FIHterts, October 20 V ; i Walnuts, November 8 : ! Ktrawbfrries, November 13 ; U Apples, November ;19 ' i , Itaspi)erries, November 30 ; : Mint, Ieceinyev 3 i Bcantt, Ktc December. 10 "Blackberries, December It " Cherries,' December S-l ' T .' I'cars, Ieccmbcv 31 , a tmseberr ics, Jan uary 7, 1 02O Uorn; January . 14 . v ;, l Oalery, Jannary 21- Kpinacn, Hu, January Onions, Etc February 4 Potatoes, j Ftc, February H " Bocu February 18 . - -I'oukry and "Pet Stock, FcK225 City IJcnutiful, Jitc Aiarcn ; Great Cows, March 1 1- PavHl llijrhwaysf, IrcT 18 Head Ijcttuce, March S5 Hiloi, Vtc AprU 1 . . : ?. Ijcgutncs, April 8 Asparagus, Ktc, April 13 Crapes, Ktc April ti Drug Garden, April. 29 fi BOyS' AND GIRLS' CLUB WORK IN The Number, of Club Members Beginning Vork Last Year Was 7583, the Number) Completing Work 6081 , Num f ber of Clubs Organized and Completing Work 9 12; and -' Net Earnings,, $107,763.53 The Bee Keepers' Clubs Have Very High Earnings - . I - -' - ' ' (H.t C Seymour? rotate club i leader for the boys and girls clb work of the cooperative (extension work in agriculture ja.nd.home eco nomics," the Oregon' 'Agricultural college and the UnitfeoTStdtfes pen Iartmen t of Agriculture Jcooperit infe, ; Was one of tho principal Kpeakersj at the bee keepers, con Mention at Dallas oh x Friday, Fcib, 12-f What Prof Seymour: had lb say gave a most encouraging su;r-t vey of., this wonder fulr work that ia . being : carried on ' in OregojJi Oregon stands next to4hQ;ieadjr pf all the states, Minnesota," In the scopcf 'of this 'work in proportion. to total population and the' Oro-1 f,ju fudui aits u i uu ,uuir Lns and are forging towards"lhohighi est place in this country in thla field. Prof, i i Seymour did not" have, a -written . Epeech,but tbf -following is a fair report of what; he said at Dallas:) - . Boys' and girl3 club . work has grown; throughout the state of Oregon, luntil tho annual" ireporr for 1923 show the following re sults: " ."Cumber of rlnfct , oreanlscd - mni romplrttnc work ... ' 915 Number fcf rich mmJer : jnninng . work - .. ,s j 2,n!Mr - of dab 'member .1 " - mmpl'tiny . . , -,) 608J PerpBt?f; tit completion..' . " J - SO.'l Valuation of alt irodnrt....$l 62.601. HI, Totar ft . 104,40.2 trot 3tn rlnb memlwT,. 68,19ii54 Pritrt moTiry ofTertKi in com- i jnilnity, rnnnty, atat fairs, . k tf - and v Partfle--, lnlfraationaL. 49,573.t'J which "givos us a total , of money earned by wcrt and prizes ofet ed, cf $107,768.63. i.- ;; n v Vl ciuos war ueT b wuxk m uie siaie, mere were mof these that finished 19'J.por v-ruwt iii is snows inatj!to, prpra and girls in club work are iearn Ing.to etick to the Job and flnfsh it up. The plan of club work, in Orelmunity, and we are particularly ;::.S2ND).'.:CQgJl rf!Tisfis your Sopir Hwfu. Sorghum, Ktc . May O, 1,020 1 Watei1 Powers, May 13 , . Irrigation, May 20 1 Mining, Jfay 27 Land, Irrigation, Etc., Jane 8 Floriculture, June IO Hops, Cabbage, Etc, June 17 Wholesaling , And Jobbing, : June SI.,. Cucumbers, Etc, July 1 ' i logs, July 8 - Goats- July 15 '. Schools, Etc, July 23 .; Sheep, July CO - National Advertlstujt, August 5 -Seeds 1'tc, August 12 . Livestock, August 19 ; . Grain -and Grain Products, Aug r '.Kfr26 f;;rt-X "v f--:: I, ;, Manufacturing,' Reptrmber a 1? Automotive Industries, Scptem- .A ,hcrO,,-- v; . ,.. . A Vood working, tc, Septennber ..;..i..; j . ' ' v Paper 31111s, Sept. S3, 102O v ,(BAck copies of the Thurs-'l' day edition of The Dally pre-:! gon Statesman are -ci. nand. I They' are Pr Mte at 10 cents i eaci, mailed to any , address, current copies 5 cents), gon la carried on by. the U. S. De partpxent of Agriculture, the Ore gon Agricultural college, and, the state department of education co oper atin g. i CI ub ; are organ Ired' in every county of the state, and the work' in the county Is conduct ed through the county school su- perintendefrt. county agricultural agent, county club agent,; and the home demonstration, agent coop erating. , ; . Clubs are organized under the standard club plan; . a standard club consisting of five : or more members, working op tho- same project under a local cltib leader. This clu.b , leader, is some 'adult In the community Who is interested in that" -: particular project. t The loader, isi the person - who Js" the real shock absorber.; for the . boys and., girla in , the , work planning meetings, outlining to these young people, the .work they ' will : have, and giving ihem the necessary as slstahco In their work; checking Up on their ; work, their- report cards," and their, final report. 'Then at tho closet of the year help In arranging for the f exhibits, i and seeing that these v exhibits reach their, rarious community, county, and state fairs. The 'work with the local club leaders - of Oregon has been very effective, and to these leaders belongs very largely the credit: for the success of the work throughout the state. 5 -i There! . am 'Ale'Titoon'? : Att tyrant club projects being carried In Ore- rr:on, as;state wide projects. There , are two or three projects carried las county projects, where the con jdtlons are suitable In these coun coun- wca umjr. tn no case snouia a club . be organized In any! county or communfiy unless this club project-is adaptable to. that com ouu cu uwcu page.; Help stressing that the clubs of a com-, munity or a county be those those correspond with the agricultural program ' outlined- by', said com munity ( and j county, -; so - that the young people, may become part of the activities of 'the community or cunty4!;v!; , As this is a bee keepers asso ciation tile -principal project to be discussed here A is ; the i-bee club project! Bee club vorlc first be gan In Oregon - three years ago, when a .clqb i was 5 ; organized in Clatsop county, by E. W, McMIn--des'coun ty,-egentf of- that- county. Mr Herman .Ablers, who was in tensely Interested , In - bee club work, and la boys and girls, as sumed -the. leadership of this club, and wtthj these, Jdeal qualifications made a. mos.fo successful ,r leader.' rThis club hash.done some very good work andjthe members have gone into tho ? county i and state ,falrs, competed. In the jclub classes,- and also in the open classes, and have won their share of the prizes In competition with exhibits made by adults. -!,', Particular, . mention may be ConttBnd so pags 11) Can Be Made Profitable Bus iness to Those Who Will . , Do It Right - Pigeon raising Is conducted sftc cossf ully as a special business, but is. often adapted, to serve as- a side Issue- on ;a small? scale in- towns and; cities "and" on 'general 'farms. A reaaonable profit on the invest ment and Jabor required can be made by those-who" will give the pigeons careiai " ana regular at tention.' - j Thre are a number of roorl breeds of pigeons from which to choose ' for .squab raising. But special care JiV selecting- and ac quiring the foundation stock is1 very esential, as it is difficult for the novice to determine either the age or tthe sex pf pigeons by their appearance. - ,'.".' I These are some of the questions that- bavp been frequently asked me , hy visitors ; at my lofts: f . - t"Wrhat breed do you find -the most profitable for squab produc tion i- . j - ... I have tried lied Carneaua, White Kings,. Homers,. Malteese Runts and Hungarians, and i will iy j that- 51 ; think a; medium size Carneau is the very' best , as the larger breeds are a little too slow in; proTlnctloHC-'r. 'r:?i A good pair of birds will raise yon JL$m?7 1 8-to 20 bq nabs a year For e,ybay cart get from 40 to . 6(r cents each at 14 weeks old It ' req nireji jibout 16 0 poXinds , of pigeon .feed lot feed each pair to gether '- vt ith iall the squabs ther producefn one year. qbls will cost you irom sj.ou to S3.40 per hundred. Then yon ,are out a little ior gru ana nesting material, and the balance tot the income is " for your profit, after you ded uct the price of your buildings and breed ing stock and Interest on yonr.ln- vesunent. r 1 ' 1 - f To the beginner, I would advise you to I buy, mated and . mature stock from a reliable squab man and, one who. is not afraid to give you a guarantee with .every pair yon buy from him; - ? ; ' Avoid buying job lots of birds in a buhch, even though you think they aire cheap, t ,Tfou will pay dearly tfor them in; the end, be cause they are most always 75 per cent cock birds, and by the time yon keep .them six months or year and feed them high nriced grain, you -will bo ready to throw hp the business; declaring there is nothing in it, when In reality yon xiavo ,aot given the business a fair".! rial. 4 5'Another lisad vantaee to a man In the business on - a small scale Is thai' sometimes he Is not able to fill an order for several dozen dressed squabs at one time, but It i3 always best to begin with a gooa pair ana work np your trade as yoa go along.; You can always sell squabs to high grade restauranta, hospitals, meat mar kets and private trade.' y. SV-J J 4 As our game .birds" are.; rabidly decreasing each year, squabs -are taxing tneir place, and squab raising will be a very nrofltable business to those who will make a tnorougn study of it. JOHN R. TOWNSLEY. SQUAB 6 1 WS For instance: Salem district hza ' two counties1 growing the xacrcd ; myrtleV-the only place it grows on this continent. J Wnat unique : fact do j ypu! know about thef district? Address articles to Slogan Editor, care statesman. , V - i 1 WDr!DEBFULlKCBEASEinBUSir:ESS; : fni-Tiif- nhrinn"! :-rnfi nrinnrnfiTiur Uh IlitUiituUiJtbbbUUmijllll't: The Association Last Year Done the Year Before,! and ViII Tnis year uous.3 me Riicinc: nf i net Ypftr: Some . Points of Vasuable Advice bn Raising the Quality of Eggs for the Eastern MarketsExtracts From the Annual Report Following are extracts from the annual report! of the Pacific Coop erative Poultry Producers assocla-; tion an Oregon state organization which handles : a large pro portion of the egg prpduct of the poultry- men of the state, who are atriliat- ed with the Association, its officers and plant being located In Port land: w --4'':-X:v.:"-'-,:"ir? Business Gpowlng Wonderf ally To begin with we will state that the past year was. the best ever en joyed by, thfj Pacific; Cooperative rouiuy ; rrpuueers asBucuuua. There Is a pbflt of; $14,379.59 as the result ofj the year's work. This glves:s a surplus pi "iu,7 8 6.y, as";we started the' year with a de ficit of 13,593. 2X. ! This surplus will doubtless be reduced during the first twb or three months 'of this. year. . j. ,t - ' 'j J We are" jdolng nearly ' three times . the business ; this . ycarj as last and losses which always occur at this season of the year must be expected to be in proportion to the,, business, we are doing as com pared ito- la$V year. These losses cannot be escaped, as the egg mar ket at this period Of the yeat- Is generally on the decline; and eggs shipped east" reach that: market two weqks late. ;: We have a bet ter start this year and expect to show a surplus at the close of this year doable that 'shown- for last year. ' ';."', y ". I Big Gain tn Members and liens In Total number members, Jan. 1. 1925734;j JanAl, 1926, 994; gain,! 260: I : Total number - hens; Jan; 1, 1925. 290,375; Jan. 1, 1926, 372, 529; gain, $1,654. 1 ' Average size of flocks in 1925 W . , L. - AveraKeisIze of flocks' In 192S 375 hens. . Facts Disclosed by, the Annual .''.',,. Report :s' ' ' i V The number of cases of eggs handled by the Association during 1925 was 132,332 cases. 5 v j t The increase over 1924 In! this respect j, was 30,937 cases. i) , The average price per case paid to prod ucers jwas $10.65. ' This price, was. 1 1 .3 1 per case above . the j 1924; ayerage. ; ;- . r. j, The actual coetof .handllng.eggs was .54 jer -case. Tbere. was a profit made ,'ln-the- business of L' Not An. .Overproduction i Some fear has been exoreaaed that egg jproductlon has reached the point; where . it exceeds the consumptive demand that there are more jhens in the country than are really needed. Personally I do not hold this view. I do not believe j there is more : than I a na turally' normal .' increase n the number pf bens in : the country. This Increase does not exceed the natural consumptive demand that may be expected to develop from the natural Increase in the coun try s population. This increased consumptive demand should and will readily absorb the natural in crease in production, should fcoth hold their relative positions, but egg producers are no exception to the general rule that seems to gov ern, all producers with respect to the action, they take following 1 a slump in prices-of the commodity they - produce. Such a slump - is usually followed by a certain per centage (going out of business, and a ; production that will Inot meet the demand will result . :? Indications are that we. will do approximately twice the business we, did a year ago with but little Increase! in our capital. We are turning our capital over some twenty-seven times a year. A Whjave,: I believe, a member ship thsU 13 intelligent In Its un aerstanaing of the workings of their organization to f ar jgreater degree than most, timilar jcooper- aure organizations. - f , x ne j ooara tjf . directors; the members and the employes ; have s9WB i tjia; - wpfiiiuj tojetir t..1 ... m II Did Three times the.Busincss makes ; cooperative work ! success-1 fuu : y : , ! ? Most Improve Quality In order to lncrease the" demand in d istant; markets " Ifdr Oregon's 1 egg - product,and . bulidi np thek business of thev association, Im prpvements must, be. made In two .' respects. . . ;,'' "j" , . iv -' It is absolutely-essential that .we produce more chalk white eggs' than we are doing For the past two years there has been a steady and sure . Increase in the propor tion of slightly tinted eggs.'eggs. that are ' slightly cream colored, possibly the tint Is ever so slight, but any tint off of the chalk white will -not, bring , the money in the New York market. This of course, we say-is foolish on the. part of ; the New Yorkers, and jit may, be,- but It is '.the existing condition and we must endeavor to meet it, I suggest In this connection that the breeders in the organization take the lead in the matter. . f . ' -The other thing we must do, if, possible. Is , to produce a - lighter yolked egg. Eggs of this charac ter are bringing the highest prices In the eastern markets. ! We have nowhere near the," proportion ol llghi; yolked eggs that the" Washington'- association" has. ' Impf ment along these lines Is abs lutely essential If we are going to be -able to profitably put our eggs on the eastern markets. Socalled white eggs are being more and more extensively, produced In the east and middle western states, but they, are mostly of a dark yolked and slightly tinted shell variety. ; It: purs "are no "better than : theirs ; we .cannot compete with.. them, as they have' the ad- , vantage of both a lower freight rate and a shorter, period of time between the time of production and delivery In the eastern mar kets. jWe believe that by thorough Investigation we can pave the way for these Improvements, i I be lieve we can accomplish the fore going objects, a whiter shell and a ; lighter yolk, and there is one more thing that I positively know can be done and must be done, antl that . Is, relative to cleaner eggs. It is Imparatire that only clean eggs .be marketed to realize the highestunarket price. Washed eggs never? command as high a price as ; pure" i. .white , eggs .'that never ; have tbeen soiled, but ,kept clean. - v-ii ';-!.. -, ; ;. Total Egg and Value ,. ' ' Oosea. I: - Jan ' 1 - 1935 - . - f . ., - Eggs on kand 14,774 S 7.423.8S Dec. 31 1925 ' tor year.-J..3,47.700 1,402,044.83 Pee 81, 1825' - Sold for year S,40,839 1,402.837.80 lfc. 81, 1925 Inventory en hand 21,615 6.635.43 Totals ' 8.062.474 doi. i ! ,1 3.962,474 do. ' . .... ' tL.403.473.2S X.....3.862.474 f 1.409,473.23 ... - Prices PaM for Decs Regarding prices paid for eggs during the past, year by the Ore gon association and the. Washing ton association it has been shown that both associations paid about the same prices, and that both associations throughout the year paid more on the average than pri vate interests did. . A.' G. Lunn, professor of poul try husbandry at O. A. C, attend ed the recent annual meeting and congratulated tho officers: on the year's work. V , j " A resolution was passed unani mously expressing confidence Ijn and commending the good work of E, J. Dixon, general manager, by the association. The general manager has just returned from a business trip eat, where he t cured much ,valuat!a IsforiMt' i on egg. marketing and riarl : , conditions generally. - - : .Blixi: casij - VANCOUVER, D. C.. Feb. (By Associated Prc3.) A of Martin Woldsoa cf T; c1 rQ0ver from, tha Ar cri -ngs bank and trust cenj . 'ir -- G ,- . ' on - Irew Atlin, ;reme uuv ana costs lor v. ;. had been found V '.: Sostad, minirs cr:!ni D. C, was i : ta cr c! ii