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supplies and g et b etter prices quoted
him th an if it were a tra d e of eggs
fo r sto re goods
And he probablv
buys m ust of w hat he needs from the
sam e stores th a t form erly took his
produce. It is th e opinion of every
association m em ber th a t he m akes
m ore money on th e p resen t basis th an
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su re d w hen th e W hite L eghorn be- if he should have to find his own
ten y ea rs ago th e person , cam e th e sta n d a rd . B efore th a t tim m a rk e t. Besides he is m ore indepen­
• ¡„to th e p o u ltry an d egg ne*rty
* a» su re th a t th dent. He pays a sm all com m ission, it
h ea v ie r b reeds w ere th e beat. B i t is tru e, b ut he has a ready m ark et
,n on a sc ale invo lv in g as
yrodu' ' t - 00 u su a lly w e n tV ro k e o r l th e lin le Le* h o n i
tk « busit;—
>uid not dispose of his pro :
Leather Goods. Purses. Hand Bags. Ivory
business w hile-his cre d it was «« “ »««*d success— coupled w ith th e alone for « h a t it costs him. He seves
least th a t w as th e ex p e ri-1 o th e r facts th a t th e re was a grow ing a vast am ount of tim e and n ever loses
Goods. Toilet Sets, Stationery, Fountain Pens.
d in ea ste
' rn . M . u . ltn o m ah
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ita I m a rk e t rig h t at hom e and a know)- a bad d eb t— an d he n ev er h as to h uut
edge of how to han d le it and the for a cu sto m er at any tim e. The as­
Thermos Goods.
Cigars,
Pipes,
Perfumes,
^ g r e a - P o rtla n d m a rk e t so clo se a
sociation does ev ery th in g fo r th e
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|a v a stly d iffe r, in n c » fo r o th e r d e ta ils of the business.
Christmas Cards and Candies Books. Etc
It h as been said — an d it fs a pres- m em ber at a m inim m u cost except to
I v , business of p ro d u cin g eggs has
persou in o th e r lines Produce th e products of th e poultrv
y th o r o u g h ly le a r n e d an 1 en t fac t— th a t
I * e are ch icken fa rm s of v ary in g of farm in g nev er m ade th e p o u ltry ?*rd.
T h e old b arn y am
S tatistics a re not read ily available.
J ' . ,u o v er tk e te rr ito r y su rro u n d - business pay.
E T poi land .’o r a d ista n c e of tw en ty flock exisits m ostly as a flock of scav is every p o ultry , m an is secretive.
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>und an d everyone is a ! an g e rs and only fu rn ish es fcrtrls and Yet he welcomes a new p ro d u cer in
ik e r
eggs ^o r th e fa rm e r's tab le
Even his m idst because a la rg e n u m b er of
now it is o ften heard th a t a farm er egg producers m eans a b e tte r trad e.
‘wiiiie th e success a tte n d a n t upon
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As one p o u ltrv m an expressed it. " It
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hn-’ness h a s been d u e in a sense
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year. H e ta k es revenge on his
■ is b e tte r to have a th o u san d p oultry
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ition. th e rea so n fo r success
72 e 7 hens on *7 his “ table dur-
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farm s h ere th a n to be th e sole pro­
s p ir’ially d ue to th e g ro w th of a ing th e fall and w in te r and then p rieto r of a farm w ith fifty th o u san d
«x>j m ark et an d th e h ig h prices th a t h atch es out a new supply of chicks in h en s.”
Jjve prevailed fo r th e p ast th re e
th e sp rin g to rep eat th e operation. He
T h ere is som e divergence of strain s,
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To th e se have been coupled
d o esn 't u n d e rsta n d chickens, b ut
jj,e as- iatlo n id e a an d b e tte r s tra in s keeps them going on in th e old way p ractically all th e best laying stra in s
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being rep rese n ted here. E very p o u l­
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Just to have his w aste feed eaten and. try man trie s to g et th e best and
Thp • rst re a l co m m ercial egg farm ;
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. . i 1“ tu rn , to eat all but a few su rp lu s cross stra in s are many, b u t th e p res­
eastern M u ltn o m ah was s ta rte d
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they have q u it laying
o th e r kinds in favor of th e O. A. C.
line read n e a r R u ssellv ille. It was
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W ithin tw o o r th re e years
L abl -hed on a la rg e scale an d had
production is a trad e hat any- stock.
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ad v a n ta g e know n to th e busi- .o n e m ay learn
T he novice m ust scarcely any o th e r stra in will be see-i
at th a t tim e.
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H ood p o u ltry build “ P- for jt is 80 ea8>' ,o «et
C oncerning profits n ot m uch is
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houses, incuba- sw am ped unless th e b eg inner has a known except th a t all who have pro­
R E A A L I. STORE
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ton i id b ree d in g pens.
I t ’s ow n er Ko°'l sa lary o r reserve funds to carry Juced eggs have m ade money.
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W y a n d - o tte s and - con­ him along fo r two or th ree years. A act figures from but one poultry farm
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ducted his b u sin ess on a la rg e scale— person w ith am ple ca p ita l may sta rt are available. And th a t one is not i
in on any scale co m m en su rate w ith one of the best. F o r th e past y ear
but he w ent bro k e.
Th>- second v e n tu re of la rg e dim en- his financial ability if he know s how­ ending O ctober 1. th e o w n er kep - tw o years. In e ith e r case he m ight
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lions was th a t of th e la te H. R. to han d le th e flocks— an d he will b u t 270 hens, yet from th a t num bers n ot like th e business an d if he has
Winchell. H is p ens w ere lo cated at m ake m oney in p ro p o rtio n to th e he took in th e sum of $1627. T h a t 1 b u t a little invested he could get o u t
the co rn er of P ow ell s tr e e t and am o u n t he spends as first cost even to m eant an average lay tn g y ield of ( from u n d er w ith o u t much loss.
Cleveland av en u e In G resh am on a doubling his m oney th e second year 14 2 eggs per hen w hich n e tte d a
T he p o u ltry business has com e to
fwr-at re tr a c t. I t is now a n o th e r u n d er no rm al conditions an d an even fractio n over $6 for each b ird , at a I sta y and in th is vicinity is soon to
little o v er 50 cen ts per dozen for th e
poultry farm ow ned and o p era ted by b rea k of good luck.
in d u strie s. i, It
- h a lf ’ be one of th . e leading . i...
H ere in G resham , w hich little town w , hole year. I t took ab o u t .u o n . e <,„1.
Miss Lucy A dam s, b u t sh e has been
! req u ires a lik in g for th e w ork an d Is
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more successful. W hen Mr. W inchell has alre ad y earn ed th e title of "T h e
a steady g rin d for. like cows, hen» i
»as at th e c re st of his v e n tu re eggs P e ta lu m a of O regon,” th e poultry- fo r th e sam e period. One person can req u ire looking a f te r all th e tim e, i
»ere sellin g so m ew h ere a ro u n d 15 business has grow n w onderfully in easily ta k e care of 1000 hens and T h ere is a w hole lo t to le a rn ab o u t il
cents a dozen in th e sp rin g an d early th e past two vears. S u rro u n d in g the brood a new flock fo r th e next y ear 1 th e business and no one person can i
wmm> t an d he se t o u t to produce tow n and inside of th e corporate T ak in g th e above figures he would know It all even a f te r y ears of ex- I
T h ere a re different phases i
40-cent eggs d u rin g th e w in te r lim its are probably a h u n d red poul clear about $3000 a year. W ith a perience
his ea rn in g s
of the business. In cu b atin g and i 1
months. H e achieved th e re su lt he try farm s of varyin g sizes of from flock of b e tte r hens
would
be
increased.
brooding being th e m ost im p o rts n ’ i
looked fo r, an d w as b eg in n in g to one h u n d red to sixteen h u n d red hens.
Of course, an eq u ip m en t 1« neces­ Rut an egg p roducer need not go i n - ' I
grasp th e r ig h t idea, b u t he failed to About tw enty-five of th e poultrym en
sary. Five acres of lan d and th e ne­ to th e in cu b atin g division fo r he can i
make th e b u sin ess pay an d gave it up. have form ed a local association and
A few y ea rs la te r th re e o th e r well- practically all of its m em bers have be- cessary houses a re needed fo r 1000 buy th e baby chicks and ju s t raise I
know: ■ 'pouRiym en* began th e experi- come m em bers of th e sta te association hens as a first cost w hich wouldI be his own flock. To do th a t an d raise i
men: and m ade it pav a f te r se v eral w ith h e a d q u a rte rs at Corvallis. As- an investm ent and a person m ust his p u llets is enough.
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year s of h a rd w ork and m any disap- sociation eggs are all shipped to P o rt have th a t m uch p ro p erty to get into
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pointments. T hese m en a re A. H. land consigned to a w holesale house a revenue of $3000 a >ear
CHEAPER THAN TURKEY AND JU ST AS GOOD
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HAVE EX HIBIT AT SHOW
Dowsett, H. W. Cooley and A. R.
Lyman T h e ir u ltim a te success stim - back prom ptly, th e prices being bet- invest th e money all a t one tim e and
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slat“d th e business and. o th e rs began te r th a n could be had in any o th e r begin m aking money th e first year, will ex h ib it eggs a t th e p o u ltry show
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probably a h u n d red p o u ltry farm s in clean cash and not tra d e a t a grocery he had b etter s ta rt w ith two dozen w hich opened T uesday In th e P o r t­
T hey a re C arl
bis section all of w hich a re success­ store. T his m ethod of sellin g eggs hens and build up; b u t in th a t case lan d a u d ito riu m .
gives th e p roducer m oney w ith w hich he m ust have a little bunch of Z im m erm an , G resh am ; Allen Siedl,
ful on v ary in g scales.
Success in th e business w as as- to buy his feed an d o th e r p o u ltry money o r a steady salary fo r at least B uckley school, an d Jam es G rubbs ___
• They have no w ings, and yet th ey
of P a rk ro se . who was th e w in n er of g j J £ R U B S
GAMBOL
e s ta te ch am p io n sh ip in Division 1
IN HEAVEN S COURT i<>ar and fly like th e a lb a tro s T hey
a re well n o u rish ed an d need n o th ­
th e S ta te F a ir la st S ep tem b er
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ing, not even caressin g . They mix
T hey a re each ex h ib itin g on e dozen ;
eggs in th e club w ork division of the ; Few p are n ts th e re a re b u t have in ev e rw h e te, g re a t flights of th em
Away, aw av
show . I t w as necessary for th e eoun- o ne o r m ore little ones .in heaven go rid in g on clouds.
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ty clu b m em bers to fu rn ish a t least o fte n we w onder how they a re eared they go rig h t up Into th e blue dom e
te n ex h ib its
to com pete fo r th e for th e re , and w hat they do.
Are of h eaven, an d as you look up a
sp ecial p rize of a trio of p u reb red they In som e g re a t n u rsery till they tin g e of sorrow com es o v er you.
R hode Islan d Reds w hich will be grow la rg e r, w ith g u a rd ia n s o ver They a re all going aw ay, an d w hat
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aw ard ed th e w in n er of th e contest, th em , as o rp h an s are eared fo r In an if th ey sh o u ld n ev er com e hack?
(.co k in g up a t th a t v an ish in g cloud
P o rtla n d is to fu rn ish eig h t ex h ib its . o rp h a n 's hom e h ert 7
an d M u ltnom ah th re e
no m Pans T hey are heavenly of little p erfectly form ed bare-leg s.
C arl Z im m erm an th ln k a th a t h en s f h«.r u bs. d elig h tfu lly self-aufflclent. It seem s th a t heaven Is ab o u t to s u f ­
needs ed u c a tin g as w ell as th e p u b - , They R)ve , one a n j joy to every th in g fer a g re a t loss. B ut booh th e h ea v ­
11c fo r th e y a re n ot In th e h a b it of jB th e glorified realm s. They Invade enly sky is filled w ith lovely form s
la y in g p erfec t eggs an d he found i
in n e r co u rts of heaven and are so com ing, com ing back, an d soon th ey
som e difficulty in selectin g a dozen n u m ero u s th a t St. P e te r and L u th e r a re ag ain every w here.
Y our's, d e a r m o th e r, is am ong
p erfec t eggs from th e 2D0 on h an d , j fall o v er them , m uch to th e ir am u se­
th em
W ould you. If you could h av e
W h ile p erfec t site an d sh ap e is d e­ m ent.
th a t one re tu rn to th is e a rth ly life of
sira b le fo r th e chicken fancier, q u a n ­
T hey se at them selves a s trid e of sorrow an d sin ?
tity is m ore to be desired by th e a v e r­ j clo u d s; som e fall off. cau sin g g re a t
“ Of such is th e K lagdom of
age citizen ju s t at p rese n t, w ith prices 1 m e rrim e n t am ong th e o th e rs. One
H eaven.”
so a rin g to w ard th e d o lla r m ark .
ch e ru b bum ps his head ag a in st a
T h e g en e ral public will be very cloud an d howla till all p arad ise
T It. llo w ltt Is reco v erin g his
m uch In terested in view ing th e fa tu rn s to look a t w hat has happened.
m ous W h ite L eghorn hen who Is T ea rs s ta r t from his eyes w hich h e stre n g th a t his hom e, w here h e has
c re d ited w ith a record of 330 eggs in rubs w ith his chubby fists as he stick s been fo r sev eral w eeks u n d er t r e a t ­
365 days. T h is hen Is ow ned by Dr. o u t one foot try in g to kick a n o th e r m ent for sm alt pox an d follow ing a
T h e q u a ra n tin e
T en cred of K en t. W a sh in g to n , a n i i one, who h a d n 't a th in g to do w ith serio u s o p eratio n .
was remov.-d a b o u t tw o w eeks ago
h as set a w o rld 's record fo r p ro d u c­
j th e accident.
and one n u rse has been dism issed
tio n of eggs. She will be exhibited
O ne Is blow ing a h o rn In an o th e r's Mr H ow ltt has had a desk p hone In-
by on e of th e p o u ltry feed com panies
room an d is now ab te
b ut h e r o w n er only consented to th is e a r as th e la tte r is tick lin g a n o t h e r ' s ln
to keep In touch w ith his sto ck farm
a f te r a $5000 in su ran ce policy was foot w ith a straw
T hey re q u ire no care as babies do. and his w holesale m e at b u sin ess In
issued on h e r life. She has laid Just
ab o u t fo u r eggs to th e av e rag e h en 's They carry scrolls and m an u scrip ts P o rtlan d .
one. so h e r valu e in th e p o u ltry world fo r Jo h n W esley and Bishop F o ster,
point o u t g re a t folks for new com ers.
W hen they ceased cra n k in g a u to ­
, can be read ily seen.
feed birds, assist th e A postles, act as m obiles, p ro fa n ity d ro p p ed off tw en-
T h en th e re is th e m an whose chief .sh ers, tio k * w reath s to p i t on ty rive p er c ut b ut high g aso lin e
aim in life is to be nam ed on as L u san ah W esley's head fo r th e fa- prices have b ro u g h t th e p erc en ta g e
b ark to no rm al.
mous ch ild ren she raised.
m any co m m ittees as possible.
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ELECTRIC GOODS AND CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
National Mazda Lamps
Hot Point and American Beauty
Electric Irons and Devices
Wilson Rotary Electric Sewing Machines
Mola Electric Washers
Apex and Alaska Vacuum Cleaners
Phone 96x and we will be pleased to demonstrate
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