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14 Hf Statesman, Salem, Orexron, Tdee day, July 18, 1850 THE VAttEY NEWS COLUMNS fponvth Oregon Statesman's VolUy Correspondent Mount Angel Woman Farmer To Raise 62.000 Chicks a Year V By Loretts E. Dehler ':' ..' ' SUteamaa Newt ferric " r 1 ' i- MT. ANGEL Raisin of 62,000 chicks a year, from the baby atase to three-pound fryers, is the goal set for herself and two young sons by Mrs. Teresa Hoffer of Mt Angel. The latest in chicken houses is being completed this week on her 40-acre farm about a mile north of ML Angel. The building is 32 by ISO feet, built of pumice" blocks, two stories high with galvanized roofing. Feed ana water ia auto matically controlled to minimize the work as much' as possible for the Hoffers employ no other help and run the rest of the farm in addition to the chick-raising. , Mrs. Hoffer, a widow, has been , running the farm by herself for a number of years and has been in the chick business since last Octo ber. (The three previous batches of 5,500 chicks were raised on two floors of the farm barn, converted from a stock barn into a chicken haven. Here the Hoffers worked with less ideal conveniences and were faced with a good deal more work and yet managed to market the first two batches of chicks, 11,000, with a loss in chicks of only about 1 per cent The third crop is just about ready for mar ket. The new chicken house will bouse 10,000 chicks with 5,000 on each floor. In addition to these, Mrs. Hoffer plans to continue raising 5,500 in the old barn. This will mean a new batch of 15,500 baby chicks every quarter year. - The chicks .are purchased from Bwift and Co., Portland, who also supply all the feed and market them. ' Mrs. Hoffer thinks this mA . im iko rwirtfina1 If m in the Success acnieveu. i uiiugs uic chick to a plump three to four mum civs in from nine to 10 - i; i t i.: w n weeks. Five thousand were put into the new chicken nouse on Juiy 7, ana another 5,000 will be added this week. About July 21 another 8,500 will go into the old barn. Thus ; far the breed raised are New Hampshires. Beginning with the next 5,000 Swift company will aeuver a new rea Dreea oi cnicxen known as Cornish. This breed, Mrsr Hoffer states, has been prov en to develop still faster and will reach the three pound stage in from eight to nine weeks. Contrary to the prevalent meth od of keeping, the chicks on wire In small spaces, Mrs. Heifer's chickens run about the entire floor of the building. A thick covering of planer shavings cover the floor. Lter they are hauled onto the farmland for fertilizer. Eight automatic brooders, run WITH PERMANENT 50-FT. FREE NOZZLE viactac TO WATERING LAWNS AND GARDENS IN RECTANGULAR PATTERNS Average lewas reqafre ae efeclaa ... fewer ' lefflae. f eiWy evee' wlf leaf thiU lee: eff wafer. Osclfferlee ateflea euaret faereeaa wafer eaetr , flee. tleafwetaaf. eea-eerretfe eeetfrecfiea. - war mp i t.eoo n. to fiied borders. ; SAVES TIME SAVES WATER SAVES YOUR IAWII mm I. FRONT TT by butane gas, are installed on each floor of the new airy build ing. After about four weeks, de pending on the .weather, the brooders are raised in the air, leaving the entire floor free for the flock. Space Is figured at about one square foot to a bird. A metal feeding trough about four inches wide and a few inches high extends around the entire floor several feet from the walL '.. This is kept full of feed at all times. , A chain belt at the bottom carries the feed about the building from an electrically-controlled feed box. The same principal is used in supplying water. A por table electric elevator is being in stalled to bring the feed into the feed room. The new building was 'started last April. Jim, the 18-year-old son, helped with the building. Mrs. Hoffer and the two boys also did most of the work on the farm. Chuck, the other son is only 12, but carries his load of the. work. Jolly and cheerful, Mrs. Hoffer does not 'consider the achievement arrived at by herself and children as unusual. She said, "Oh, there isn't so much work to it. The greatest Job" is getting the birds ready for market. We really have to work then. It takes us about 2 hours to catch and crate 1,800 birds which is the amount hauled on one of the big Swift Company's trucks. Keizer Members and friends of Keizer Community Sunday school class picnicked at Dallas city park last week. Over 70 particip ated in swimming, basket dinner andNother activities. i I Keizer The George Durham and J. C. Mount families attended the 4-H clufce'picnic Sunday at the recently acquired recreation area near Mehama. Detroit Army engineers at the Detroit dam said they will open bids July 21 on an egg-collecting station at Minto pool located be tween Big Cliff dam and Gates on the Sanuam river. KEEP YOUR LAWN GBEEII! SEE THE V0 GARDEN HOSE SATION SEN Beautiful. Smooth. Clean. Only V4 weight of ordinary garden hose. Won't kink, crack, or dry out. Amazing value. PLASTIC GARDEN HOSE AMERTITE COUPLING - 6.95 WITH EVERY 50-FT. HOSE PURCHASE M0 t SPBIHKlEn... Iowa tt priced spriakler af Its type ' ONLY - m Powerful water-driven motor sweeps gentle curtain of rain over uniform areas. ' No dry corners, overlapping, nor flood ing. Adjusts to any exact plots end up end COURT 200 Pflots See Air Show At MiUCaty MILL CITY Nearly 200 visit ing pilots participated in the gala alrshow here Sunday, ruled over by Queen Joan Ryal of Gates. . Over 200 couples attended the air show, dance Friday night at the Gates high school gymnasium when the queen winner was an nounced. She was presented a corsage by Mayor Albert Toman of Mill City. : Pilots began arriving in planes Sunday at Davis field here from over the state. Mill City cham ber of commerce sponsored a tur key and corn feed. Queen Joan was crowned by Mrs. Viola Lyons, aviatrix, and Mrs. Agnes' Schuck- ing, Salem first cherry fair queen in 190J, presented the queen with a corsage. . '. Davis field was dedicated by C W. (Jack) Bartlett, state aeronau tics director. Participating in the day's flying activities was a group from Multnomah county Aero squad. 1 A feature of the preliminary activities was Gates' "Walking Man," Paul A. Smith, who walked from Salem to Gates Saturday bearing a suit .from . a Salem women's store to Queen Joan. Smith covered the 39 miles (70.- 300 yards) in 8 hours, 25 minutes and 10 seconds. Frank Wilde MT. ANGEL Frank Wilde. 80. long-time resident of this area. died Monday morning of a heart attack at the home of his son Frank here. He was born Sept. 28, 1869. at St. Lucas, Iowa. He was married there in 1893 to Theresa Meyer. wno died in Mt. Angel in 1929 Later the couple moved to Thorp, wise, and in 1920 they came to Mt. Angel. , The family lived on a farm near here until 1929 when Wilde moved to town and was engaged in bus mess for about five years. He moved to Silverton 13 years ago and lived there since, He is survived by sons, William and Frank of AvnaL Calif, Albert of Mt Angel and John of Portland, ana aaugnters. Mrs. Keeina Hov eley of Brawley, allf., and Sister Valley Obituaries i - - - tOY Ttl ONOII AUTHORITY Of T Ml C O C.A C O t A COMPANY Y . T : .J:, , COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPAN Y QF SALEM,, SALEM, OREGON '; : O Ta Cata-CaW Cwa'say . ATA Fall City Boy r m.mmm 1 Jerry Bowman, 14, Falls City, Is pictured receiving congratulations from H. B. Heberling (left), assistant general sales manager of Ply month Motor Corp., Detroit, Mich, whose Oreron dealers sponsor ed a model plane contest here recently. Bowman, member of Sa lem Model Airplane club, won free flight and In class C-D junior free flight. Madeliene of Mt. Angel, and by 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. 1 Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at St Mary's church here. Interment will be at Mt. Angel cemetery under the direction of Unger Fun eral home. Torkel Dokken SILVERTON Torkel Dokken, 83, retired carpenter, died here to day in the home of; a niece, Mrs. Hans Olsen, 904 Madison st The deceased was a; native of Skurdahlen, Norway, who had come to Minnesota in 1890 and to Silverton in 1904. Never married, he had KvA with a sister, Mrs. Helge Rue, until ner aeain and more recently had made his home with his niece. Sur viving are a brother Erik and sis ter Mrs. Marie Domvinon, two nieces and two nenhews all in '; Ask-fjr it either way. :hotb . '. v - - '- rN. "e- jj ""rTTSr"' "'' ft jl ' ' :-- ' ' i Pltihe Winner v. lews' T axom Fy - ilT'. two first places. In class B junior Norway, and a nephew, Lewis Rue, Salem. Funeral arrangements are being made at Ekman chapel. jf ; t .at. ntffli STRAWBERRIES. LOGANBERRIES, BOYSENBERRIES. BLACK AND RED RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, AND PRUNES Par Cash Market Price JORY PACIUIIG CO. I Phone 24021 I SUDDIV 1.0. f WXijNra-d . M-ao y Dallas Highway I rmrmm-mmtmm' T I Keizer Kids Health; Good Says Survey Statesman Kawt Service KEIZER The health of i Kel zer's' pre-school children is fgen erally , good" according to a sur vey, conducted recently by the Marion county health department and corps of voluntary work ers.; ' -r ' j ' The house-to-house, check of 492 pre-school children was con ducted to determine the amount of health supervision provided for preschool children in this : area. The community contains about 3,500 people and the survey con tacted 338 families. It is estimated that there are 787 pre-school chil dren here. Of the 463 pre-schoolers old enough to be immunized the sur vey showed. 3 14 were protected against diphtheria and whooping cough, 51 per cent against tetanus and about- 240 were vaccinated against smallpox. . It was discovered that 294 chil dren were having regular medi cal , examinations with "family physicians and that 28 were hav ing regular health examinations in well-child conferences at the health department . Of the 264 children over three 41 per cent were having regular dental super vision." Parents of 97 per cent of the children reported them to be healthy and it was disclosed that 31 of the 492 children were born prematurely. The survey also showed that 19 families had yearly incomes of $1,000 or less; 67 about $2,000, 155 about $3,000 and 89 with $4,000 or more. Of the 331 families con sulted 113 had lived In the Kctter area one year or less, 78 lor two years, 70 for three years and 75 for four years or more. - The survey recommended that an immunization program to pro tect -against diphtheria, whooping cough; smallpox and tetanus be continued and with a follow up survey in the-spring of 1951.- The survey was conducted by Helen Steyaert, public health nurse, and Howard R. Pyfer," health educator at the Marion county health department. As sisting were Mrs. Hugh Adams, Mrs. L. C. 'Andersen, Mrs. M. J. Baker, Mrs. V. G. Billings, Mrs. Zelma Connoy, Mrs. Ray Cowan, Mrs.! C.TW. Earnest, Mrs. Ruby Holden, Mrs. E. R. Hoxsey, Mrs. A. -Kilday, , Mrs. George Klein, Mrs. A. C. Miller, Mrs. E. W. Robertson and Mrs. Jean Size more. . - " Pyfer indicated that other sur veys would be conducted over the county. This survey, he said, is believed to be the second on the Pacific coast Valley Briefs : States m&a New Servka Amity Kenneth Grimes of Mc- Minnville recently purchased a walnut tract in Eola hills from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Burch. The Charles Burch property on Nur sery street here was sold recently to Ed Froland of McMinnville. Sweet Home Mr. and Mrs. Les ter J. Swope and twin sons, Scott and Stephen, of Forth Worth, Tex., AUDI MOM EXPANDED SHALE The building block kllll I Ilia IUILDINB MATERIAL CO. U05 t.LKfJUID . PORTLAND M. EA S121 Pumilite Block & . fTP I I Wv AiMrkwi Sank SWa. art here as the guests of Mrs., Swope's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Boyd. Mrs, Swope taught at the Pleasant Valley school here three years ago. ' ; Sweet Hume At a recent meet. ing of the board members of the Sweet Home city library Mrs. John Gilbert was re-elected president, . Mrs. John T. Russell, vice presi dent and Mrs. Rex Pemberton as secretary - treasurer. 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