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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1926)
Ciiedrcp cfwdcr A .? , . i . v.i -: . One man's effort will not build sa community ' ; How great this community may prow, how prosperous and complete it may I become, depends upon ucourt willingness and our desire to wbrk togetlier- ONE for ALL and ALL -for ON if UN i i i Ia'Ti A l'7ll -"svl i 17" a : 1 '4 . t I T- Tiir inn urn ri nntr mr lilt 4110 it rmb . ur ID OULTO After, the. Second .Year, With Good Stock Well Managed, a Net Income of$1.50 to $2iPer FowlShoId Be Pro duced With th3400 Hen Farrh Floclc Plans lor Ati the Buildings used in Rearing andiHousingi Such4 a RockXan Be Had From the Editor StatesmAn: . : ; -To hare eren saggested . a few years ago ucli , slogan as "4 0 0 hens per farm or" Just enough to supply the family' would hare met with serere criticism. Todar th 100 hen farm x flock ;ls more of a" llabilltjf than an: asset to the state's poultry lndnstryt - H: 'f s . Oregon has deTeloped-from' an Importer: to ai , exporter f ot poul try and eggs.e Only a ifew yeare ago the, farmji of, the state did not 1 proauce enouBU..egKB, t m; euyy; our; own marie'ts andVcarlo1"1 were imported from the middle west to tup'ply Jhe .demind, Today conditions, are reversed ' It 55 has been demonstrated that the tate Is well, adapted to the production of poultry and eggs.A5 Some of the greatest egg -records ln ithc world have been made by Oregon; bred hens. - Some of the most profit able poultry farms tn the country are located within the $tate. This together with the fact that poul try and eggs an' bo produced as cheaply in Oregon asj elsewhere and cheaper thaa in many sections has brought about a derelopment that has changed the entire mar keting problemJ,':..:)-i fi..-b:": S The greatest' problem of, today is not only the economical produc tion of eggs but the production of quality eggs. 1 There ii little de mand for low trades. To produce eggs which will compete faTor ably In the i markets J of : other states the fowls must not only be fed and managed properly; but the ecKs must be gathered often and shipped to market at least two or three times a: week. This Is the reajoa for the slogan 00 hens drrery farm or Just enough to I supply the family.' The 400 hen farm nnit becomes a real branch of the farm and by reason f; this th4 flofk, Is glren proper attention. f;r Balanced, ra tions are fed, : Houses are clean ed when? necessary . and- general management is followed tin such a way as to maae ior proniaeie egg production. 'It la strictly "a I market eg production unit, i The 400 hens will produce enough eggs at all times of the! year to enable the farmer to . become f. a member of the state egg, market ing : organization and j to - ship his eggs in case lots an4 obtain for I them their- highest- market value. The 1400 hen j unit Is not a breeding proposition.! .The farm er does-not attempt to reproduce his own flock. This branch of the work is left to ' the: breeder, or hatchery. s Each year; the farmer ijurchased 500 1aby thicks from which, he should be 4ble to raise 200 roodnullels; 5 Allowing 10 per cent 'mortality and '10 per cent for culls he;'r6ttld? have, approxi mately" 160 pallets left at the end of the firstr laying year.j ftThese would , be kept for another year and at the end Of that year forty or fifty of the best would be kept for a third year.-At the end of the second year and from that time on the 400 unit would comprise 200 pullets, 1 6 0 yearlings and 4 0 two year ! old hens. caring for such , a a m nn n t in from one The labor in flock s would to one and a half . hours work ' per ? day. Rear ing the chicks : each ' year ! is '- the tart of the ;work t requiring . the rreatest :i attention. .The j chicks are all brooded In one lot which - sfmDtifies the - brooding 1 work When the chicks aria fully teath ered out and ready to leave the brooder the ) pullets j are transfer rA in the ranee house hnd the cockerels fattened for market; . The necessary equipment for thn 400 hen unit consists of: i Mft'xl 2 portable brooder hooaa. it I . , X -I i brooder. preferably. .coal burning. .- : - j ' " 1 4 00 hen laying house with .' double yards, f ! . (Only one-half is built the first year.) . . i ' The cost of the complete plan T7HbT the first six months should not i -exceed 1800. 1 This ' includes the "cost of the chicks at an average price of 20" per.hundred. The - building .equipment, however. Is permanent equipment and only in terest, insurance and depreciation should be t charged: against each year's ; Cock, ; ' : : ' i y - :- I T After the second year there will be an added Income V from the sale of old hens that have com- Dieted their laying ! period. With good ttock well macsjed the ln come- fronj the (ami Cock should Tiir nnirr tL tr ' i : IBnBYJTO-JiC. College produce a - net income : of j from S1.S0 to,2 per fowl, -N.'! - Plans four all the buildings i used In rearing 'and housing the farm flock can bet had from the Oregon Agricultural college. ' H ; " 'J'A .A; O. LTJNN. !h? CorTallis. Otv Feb.! 2311 241 t . (Prof. Luna is chief in poultry husbandry of the Oregon Agricul tural college, and he is our high est: authority in the field.- EL) PRESCOTT SAW BlfoTH ' OF POULTRY INDUSTRY A J (Omtlaaea Umi psge l;j;i f t and a persistent worker, with that bulldog- tenacity that "every j poul tryman needs who ; is to make a success in a bit vwiy.f The; odds were against him. : The odds will be against ' any one who expands in the poultry business too rapld- ' " For the benefit of the orer en thusiastic, I want to mention one i other man's experience and will f say that history is full of Just such .experiences. This happened near Salem.' -..'.' A friend of mine i who: was at one time associated with a certain Salem hop firm explained to me. in response to, h ; inquiry "as xo what he was doing, that; he was In the chicken business, j He said he had, 3 000. This was a surprise to me, as I knew he must ; be a novice ( with poultry. ' A: further 4uery brougnt ine wiprmaiion that he had een in the chicken biosiness but a week. Being press-. filrthw he1 exnlained' that he bought; the st!ock rlgnt'from "the lncuoatpr. b wm mx bnslness all right -1 wished him good lack without any thought of his haTing ft. I knew hi plight only too well. VA short time after ward I met him again and In re ply to an inquiry as to how , he was i getting' along he . explained that he had lost a few chicks. !; A question or two from him showed him considerably isturoea. Tnere were some things - he did not un derstand. We parted only -to meet again! . some time later.' - At this, time !X found him quite uncom municative. He explained that he had lost a lot of chicks. It was hard to find out just how many he had lost, ut being pressed tor; In formation! be expiamea ; tnatr, ne had only one lefti lie was out of the poultry business. In this ease it was his mother, that furnished the money. He did not even have SPECIAL ,vL0W-&-PRICES cl!lllI EVERYj SALE M C H I CKER I ES : ' ; , ' Phone 400 6 Leading Varieties r. 1 Is It'.Cusbtoka1 Is- It Matching- Eggc? We can supply you. Our prices are right. t . Incubator capacity 94,000 es. - j. 1 ' , . ' " Woyd ; - R - rncne .t'x the amateur's experience to con tribute. ' , , As a rule' we hear -but little of the failures. Poultry papers do not like to dwell on the failures. They would do well ; to--deTote space to some of the failures, for by doing, so they would prevent many from tailing.' ; " Outstanding Successes, Too While'history is'full of failures in the poultry business, yet it also records an equal number if not a greater number of successes, and many outstanding successes, not in the east or in California; but right here in the Willamette val ley and in the Salem-territory in particular,,-.. ' i - ..: i.;.; : Present incubation and- brood ing methods with i the . Improved houses has made the present day chick business abonct as fool proof as It can- be mad ei. : Some little gray matter is still , required, how ever. ; - - . ':. tjWit A : ; I remember the' first incubator to be operated lit 'Salem It may have been the first in the Willa mette t valley,: as Salem usually takes ; the : lead. ; " Now1 we have many mammoth Incubators in the valley; and several. In or near Sa lem, and! all running3 at their full capacity, i ' Exery I season . large farms are being icut up into small tracts, ana . evetrrWhere we see new poultry blouses . ' going . up There is nothing: that produces, so much for the fepace "occupied as does poultry.: With the great ma jority; of people the greatest re turns from, poultry ; are secured from the small ; tract! While the small tract owner possibly makes the greatest percentage of profit, . yet; the large farm -owner Is fre quently heard to say that' he does not know what he would do were it ! not for hispouUryJ Had he hob so many tongs in the lire, he would get a greater 'percentage of profit. . " ' ; hi ' : 0 tir. Usf: -..i'- . Practically speaking, I possibly saw the birth of the poultry Indus4 try; in the Willamette valley, but I am frank in saying that X have not even a vision' of : its ultimate development, as 'the - possibilities here for poultry are unbounded., i EUGENE ,T;- PRESCOTT. ? Salem. Or.,: Feb. 25, 1 : (Mr. Prescott has .been a .con stant bieder and . advertiser of the Salmon ; Faverolles . for 17 years 'and is well, known not only to the poultry public ' but to the general t public aa well. " He fur nished to The Statesman the ac companying cut' of George Shaw, an old time-enthusiastic poultry man, who is now with the Willa mette Grocery company.- Ed.) - i FISHING VESSEL DOCKS SEATTLE, Feb. .23 The first halibut vessel, to reach. Seattle since the opening of the halibut fishing season ' February 16. . the schooner America arrived . here to day from the fishing banks off the west coast of : Vancouver -Island. The America brought 1500 pounds of .medium halibut,. 3,000 pounds of small halibut.' 9,000. pounds of ling cod. and 6,000pounds of red cod. TUESDAY t 4 it . 264 North Cottage Street HatcSaisiff ? A. Lcc Hatchery end ' ' irouicry rem - Koutts 6, Box 115 ( xs i j Visitors welcorao any day Except Sunday. . TIE SiLGil DISTRIETBECOMlfJG A j POULTRY INDUSTRY CEFJTER RAPIDLY This Is Evident to Any One Who Goes About in the Country in Any Direction From saiem some intormation From a Man Who Is Making a Success in One Import ant Branch of the Poultry Industry ; , j Editor Statesman: Hi. ' r W , To be -convinced i that this dis trict is fast becoming a poultry center, one has but to take a trip' in any direction from Salem -to find nnmerons , good sized poultry plants in full operation. ' ik ;;. i No line of J industry has gone forward so rapidly in eur district as the poultry business in the last five years. 'ihi x,y - . 4 r Modern poultry houses are sup planting' the rickety, reeling shacks that formerly, housed our flocks, and the buildings are be ing made even more attractive by being , either painted or stained. A majority are using number one lumber or hollow ' tile; ' are laying concrete floors and installing mod ern ; equipment throughout. : i Our Poultrymen Serious ; ; It does not take 'an expert: to realize that our poultrymen are taking the business seriously, and any idea ; that will help them to build on a sound business basis Is being accepted and put to good use, ;4'- Mst-1"- It Is a well-known fact- that good housing" is - one " of the fundamental principles in success ful poultry raising. ? and, when poultrymen realize the importance of this phase of the industry they are headed successward. ; f lFtavaen!' Wives Helping In addition to the large poultry plants, nearly every farmer' wife keeps a large flock of. hens which adds materially, to the famQy in come, and one would be surprised at the many find flocks of thor-f oughbreds that have , had their start as ai small ."side line' flock! Tho'few farm -women in our dis trict who have' not. taken to poul try raising are missing a great opportunity for pleasure and profit. ' j Quality Will Bring Success '! The; continued expansion of the poultry industry in our valley is dependent on one thing, and that is quality, and this rests in "the hands ;. of the producers ;- them selves. .; The poultryroan . In the commercial egg I business should endeavor to market I a clean egg. and a large egg, and market ; it fresh, thus giving real quality to his product. V ' For Higlier Grade Chickens vThe poultryman who ts in the breeding end of the business must extend himself to produce a high er grade chicken if he is to stay in the buslness-and. make it pay. In the opinion of the writer, poul trymen as a rule hare made the mistake of ' buying j cheap male birds, and :. consequently lowering the quality of their stock. As the male bird is over half the mating, one can readily see the importance of buying the best male birds pos sible, and. buying them rfrom de pendable . breeders with a reputa tion for fine stock. ' ; 1 ' - VALLEY GRILL Good Coffee ISO South Commercial 1 PUBLIC MARICET v Cijjar ' Store ' v;-;r v Cigars Cigarettes Tobacco ' Soda ;Foontala Soft Drinks ' ! Candies - " W. n. nolcomb Electric 6tore 1 SotPoint sad j ValTtrul -ApplisacM i SO?0 S. Capital . raM aat Ovcrln VViUya liidzhl 1 , T ' , Calca ad Scrvic3 VICi; DROS. " : r - nijh Street Bt Tniia " .Kever before in the history of the poultry Industry has there been so much attention j paid . to QUALITY. . This .has been im pressed upon the writer. very forc ibly, this 'year in particular, for ovet .75 per cent of the inquiries for baby chicks, have asked num erous questions about the strains. matings, and ' care of the Ifiocks. showing that they no longer; care to take chances on hayhazard bred chickens. " - ",'"" ' i i " - ' ' iiDpruTO uovu . ivepnwuon i. -.Oregon in general has an ent able, reputation for the high qual ity of its 1 poultry, and we of the Salem district should cooperate to ward i the production of MORE HIGH GRADE and LESS low grade stock, thus enabling our ex panding industry to look forward to an ever increasing, prosperity, " We need not fear over production-: if we produce the. best, and It Is the humble suggestion of the writer, that the poultrymen of Or egon, and especially of the Salem district, adopt the 'slogan "Quality First Very sincerely yours, '. :". ; C. N. NEEDHAM. ' 'L Salem Chickeries. 2t4 N. Cottage street, Salem, Or., Feb. 14, 1920. J , ' : Mr. Needham, the writer of the above article, is one of the pioneer baby chick men ; of this district; .who has enlarged 'his op4 e rations from year to year, . and is now one of the leaders, in this line of production in the - whole valley. He speaks from experi ence and years of study. Ed. ! Medford New high school will have 45000 . farm buUdlag, with four classrooms.' " ' r - - , WELDING j ELECTRIC iU u ACETYLENE ' TRACTOR SPROCKETS Tracks 'etc.; , built . up good as hew for less than half price. , General tweldlng of all kinds Steel, cast, lrqn, aluminum etc. An Oppen Weld ' . ! 1. ' - 1 . ' p: Has Always Held - REMEMBER . THE t PLACE ' r 60S MILL ST. . '. C D. OPPEN Electric Supplies v FIXTURE INSTALLING j ' . - WIRING ,. , J tVTBBERT & TODD I f ,; Perry and Hljrh Sta,- RADI6 L LIGHTING . MOTOR SERVICE ; GIDEON-STOLZ CO. ; ; ".Manufacturers of - ! VTNXGAR i 6QDA WATER Fountain Supplies ; Salem.,.: -. Phone' 20 i . ,' Ore. DUNSMOOR BROTHERS salt stou , tuob saso , Painters and Decorators . Interior t Zxtsrtor Work W peiaUM 9m . Interim wrk. Zt CEO- IIE1LTII C:.Zf.D : ; if ...... t I ' . ' As! Yczr Grocer ' (St BOYS' AHDlSIRJ-S' CLUB V0RK HAS BIG GROWTH ; (CvatiBaad tinm pas 10) made of the exhibits made at the state;, tair the last two years, by Kenneth West, of Knappa, " Bee' clubs have been ' organised in Oregon , jin Clatsop, Umatilla and Clackamas counties, and have been very successful, The average per capita earned by all club members in the state of Oregon - for 1925 amounted ' to $9.57, while the average for the bee club work amounted to f 98- In organizing a bee club there should be five or more members In the community with some man or woman who is intensely interested in bee work, also in boys and girls to assume the leadership of the club. - I 1 A ii- The minimum for each member is one colony of bees.' However, In ail club work we are j insisting that the member hot hold to the minimum, but make his project as large as possible. The more col onies the member has the better. I Professor H. A. Scullen of- O. A. C, has suggested that these bee club members on the farm take over all colonies of bees on the farm and be made responsible for the bee work. : After the club Is Organised the enrollment blank Is sent to the ; college, and full in structions are sent out j to : these members.'-These ; w instructions hare been prepared by Prof Scul len,! specialist in bee culture; At the close of the years work the club member makes his final report, filing this with the college; also prepares an exhibit which EE PARKER FOR . PROSPERITY y Parker Realty Co, 160 S. Libert y Phone 2243 1 Offices: SALEM, OREGON PORTLAND OREGON ' KMp Tear - Xoaty la 1 Ortiro Bay Moanwwti Sfd , at Ealeu, Oracoa i oariTAz, icovncmrTAX, woasa : J. O. 7 ohm o. Propitetn '. All Kinds mt Uavamn Work - ' yetry and Offteat tSlO . Cem'L. Opposite L O. D. T. -1 1- :i ;Ctfnti7. Sox xl, ' " Vtm ggt. SALEM. Q-RT&OJt ORPER NOW FRUIT AND SHADE ; TREES, SHRUBBERY From our splendid assortment of varieties for spring planting. SALEM NURSERY COMPANY vSltt Oregon -BMg. Phone 2305 -v"- Is Your Well " . . . . . Properly Lined? '. .Use - our ; , sanitary , well pipe, that keeps out . surface ; water, v and lets only, deep ground ,,. water in ' ' Made of strong ma- ; tcrials, .; and - reason- . , able in price OREGON GRAVEL COMPANY Hood at Front Street - ' Salem .' SniP BY : : .' fc (Laa OPERATING ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE Handling Merchandise and Carload Between SAL122I and PORTLAND and Way1 Landing . SCHEDULE Leave IX) RTLAND 6:Ca A. 11. Sandays, Leave BALU'l 6:C3 A. II. Mondays, C:rs CUPPLE3 frm -wir . ' VaAAii3Nai will consist of two pounds of comb honey, .or two pints of , extracted honey; pur reason tor putting In the comb hohey is that Injmany cases the club members are so situated that; they, cannot extract the honey; and would be barred from exhibiting If held to the ex tracted, honey. VXi , i . -"; 'k - Polk county is"; starting out with the work' In good shape, as a club has been : organized in the Eola community, with .eight mem bers. Mr. B. I. Ferguson, who Is one of the reliable men of j Eola, and ' interested in ble club work is assuming the leadership of this club. . : -- : -- i ; , - j DEATH IS PROBED OLYMPIA, Teb. 23. (By As sociated Press). Assistant I Attor ney General A. G- Sharp left Olym ALWAYS BUY i Independence Brand Butter ' Bfakes: Good Bread Better FRESH PURE AND CLEAN Established 1900, Independence Independence Creamery . CAPITAL CITY CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY l1 BUTTER-CUP BUTTER I "Know for its QUALITY' Buyers of Best Grade Cream Our Method : Co-operation ' Our Iideal: The Best Only 137 . South Commercial Street . Phone 299 1 DAIRY : - tt -'r .-r - - Perfectly Pasteurized f.!flk and Cream Phone 725 DEMAND "WarioriButter" The Best ilore Cows and Better Cow Is the Crying Need - 'i. V J ' j v-:; if.v;'';;; Marion Creamery & Produce Co. 4 Salem, Oregon f " : Phone 2422 ' T. A. Livesley& G. Largest Growers, Shippers and En c . PACinC COAST HOPS Offices: Salem, Orejroa and Sen Frr.r.! :.z f-'- I " California ! Oregon Pulp & Fan 2J J. f . - . r jllanufscturers of ! j BOND-PLEDGER GLAS3IND ' i J I . GREASEPROOF TIC3UI: L Support .Orcson Products Specify f'Sakra Made" Paper fcr Ycux ' 1 , Office Stationery ;. WATER and SAVE TUB DIFFERENCE STEADIER "NORTUVrXSTZRN Tuesdays eul T Wedacsiays and ECCi: . . i r 1 t 4 pit tonight for Newport, real O'Reille county, to investigate tti killing late last week of Kdwarcl Jarrish, I deputy county g a ta o warden. S ' Buy h Want Ad It Pays Bis Consider ! what Is cl<aed fcr Chiropractic methods and you will easily realize what a com mon sense science it is. It alms, by removing causes, to eliminate disease, and does to successfully. i ' ! i- Phone for an appointment . Dr. (XL. Scott, D. C. 256 North High Street Phone 87 or 823-K OiI-9-r.lrti What Is It? ' sees ; : THEO. Mi B Ann Phone' 102 NEW SALEM HOTEL Where Hospitality Awaits You New; Building, New Equipment, Best Located : ' -Georgwi Crater, MnJtrr W. C Culbertaon, IrorTJ:: j Blaesiiio Gu.:.'l : Roy Bohanncrs, I!r. . City Vbvj C::l:r: Salezn, ; . Crcc .. , - I. b. xun&. dcj ; BaJrm Aflcker iTini'trs Jfanufacturir Co. vr. ga rsr '.A l 1 urfiitnr. Epa!r(ng. nfinUhimr. TTioinfirtz 8218 6tt hU, Sm. Ut J " 3 A ' . L:rr " " '- i I