VERNON1A EAGLE, VERNONIA. OREGON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 192»
Good Profits In
Nehalem Valley
Chicken Raising
That chicken raising in the
Nehalem valley can be made
very profitable, is the opinion
of J. H. Sell, local chicken
raiser, who stated he had been
asked if one could make c liv
ing here with chickens and how
many chickens it would take.
The following is contributed by
Mr. Sell in answer to the ques
tion:
Proper knowledge of the bus
iness and the proper amount of
labor will make a success of
any legitimate project one un
dertakes.
As to the poultry game, a
business at Vernonia, I sec no
reason why anyone should not
make a go of it We might fig
ure a little on a 100-hen basis.
► Figuring the cost of 100 hens
at fl.25 each to either buy or
raise, and they should make a
50 per cent lay for the year,
which is 182 eggs per year, or
a total of 18,200 eggs per year
for the 100 hens. At 86 cents
per dozen, or 3 cents each, this
amounts to $546. Feed costs
$2.75 per hen per year, or $275,
leaving a net of $271. The above
50 per cent lay, or 182 eggs,
could be increased to 200 or bet
ter with the cull nests.
With a flock of 1000 to 2500
hens, a one-man capacity, the
feed cost could be lowered with
the purchasing of feed in ton
lots.
Charles Weeks, the one-acre
chicken man, figures as follows
on a 600-hen basis: 600 pullets
at $1.50 each, $900, the house
at a cost of $1 per bird, $600;
one acre of land in Weeks com
munity $1000 first payment,
total $2500 to get started. Then
he figures the operating cost as
follows: 600 hens laying 144
eggs each, 7200 dozen at 34
cents, $2448; feed at $1.80 per
bird per year $1080, labor at
35 cents per bird per year $210,
overhead at 25 cents per bird
per year $150, replacement at
45 cents per bird per year $270,
leaving a total annual profit for
the year of $738.
You make a $2500 payment
on one acre and they do the
improvement. One acre of land
in that community costs $3000
and to bring that acre up to
full capacity costs about $8000
more. But I am just giving you
the payment plan for comparison
with prices in Vernonia.
Now let us see what it will
cost here in Vernonia to start
in the chicken business. We will
say the land costs $100 and
for putting it m cultivation,
clear of all stumps, $250, mak
ing a total of $350. House for
100 laying hens at 50 cents per
hen, a 20x20 house for 100 hens
and for 600 hens a house 20x120
which could be built with a lum
ber cost of from 30 to 60 cents
per hen depending upon the
grade of lumber used. Six hun
dred hens at a cost of $1.25
each would be $750. The annual
feed cost at $2.80 per hen would
be $1680, making a total of
$2430. At an annual lay per hen
of 182 eggs, 600 hens would
lay 109,200 eggs, which at 35
cents per dozen would mean a
gross revenue of $3276. Sub
tracting from this amount the
feed cost of $2430 and the
building cost of $360, a net
profit of $486 is left.
It is estimated that our cities
are increasing in population at
the rate of 175,000 a month,
and at our present rate of con
sumption it will take an increas
ed production of 250 carloads
of eggs per year to supply the
demand.
There is no danger of over
doing the egg business for some
time yet, and the Nehalem val
ley is a pood place to start in
the chicken game, as land can
be bought here for less than
$100 per acre and on terms at
that.
Improved places here can be
bought for $15 to $100 down
and $10 to $30 monthly pay
ments. Own your own home even
if you move off and leave it,
you are money ahead. There
are many renters here who hav
bought the place several times
over in rent, and still do not
own it. By purchasing, there is
a chance to get the money
back.
If you own your own home
you can remodel it to suit your
self. If an acre or two is bought
with it, you can raise all of
your potatoes, vegetables, chick
ens, keep a cow or goat for milk,
a pig or two for meat, or raise
rabbits for meat. One party last
October bought
1404
pullets
and by the first of May they
had paid for themselves as well
as their keep, besides supplying
With 500 to 500 fir* started
eggs for the table.
Another party here cleared on tha national forests of Ore
more than $600 above feed gon a*d Washington in th* first
costs from 127 hens. Another week in August the fir« season
party with 100 hens pays their is now on, federal foresters in
own feed and that of 100 grow th« Portland office report.
ing pullets, goats and pig feed
While the v«ry large percen
bill and the grocery bill for a tage <yf the August fires so far
family of four. Another party were caused by severe lightning
cleared $30 per month on 100 storm« of August 1 and 2, up
hens.
to August 1, mancaused fires
I do not know of a better' were over two and on« half
place or one that a working man times as numerous as lightning
can get a home and into the fires. Smokers led all man
chicken game than
Vernonia causes, showing an increase over
and the Nehalem valley. One 1928 for the same period, forest
can get started here with less service reports show. Up to Aug
cash than any place in the coun ust 1, a total of 868 forest fires
try, and has a better show to had been reported on the twenty-
get going than in most places. two national forests
of the
To raise 600 pullets it will take north Pacific district, or 288
about 1500 baby chicks, and the less than a year ago. This dif
600 pullets will more than pay ference is said to be due large
expenses the first year for them ly to the delay in opening of
selves and the improvements. the 1929 fire season which is
One man can handle 2500 hens. about two weeks later thia year
(han normally.
FARM REMINDERS
Beginning August 1, lightning
Chicken mites thrive in warm fires have been numerous and
weather. It is advisable to watch destructive, especially the state
the roost connections, says the of Wellington, the Chelan, Rain
Oregon experiment station, and ier and Colville forests being the
if any mites are present, to paint worst hit. Among the largest
all connections and the bottoms are the Camas creek and Mid-
of the roosts with a strong ger night mountain fires on the Che-
micide or wood preservative.
Crude oil is sometimes used,
but has little lasting power, it
is found.
Ladino clover pasture on Wap
ato silt clay loam soil is being
irrigated with a gravity ditch
by the strip border method and
is giving very large returns on
the Oregon experiment station
farm. A carrying capacity of
over three cows to an acre is
reported. The pasture is divided
into three lots of four acres
each for rotation grazing.
An abundance of clean, cool
water is important for the poul
try flock during hot weather,
says the Oregon experiment sta
tion.
If plenty of range is available
for the growing pullets, both
the grain and mash can be fed
in hoppers without danger of
overfeeding, says the Oregon ex
periment station.
Lightning And
Smokers Cause
Forest Fires
THRU
lan, the former now covering*public' To use the greatest pos-
several thousand acres, the Vul- aihl«
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care
with
cigarettes,
pan mountain fire on the Colville jnatcl ch» I and campfires while in
now under control and the Cou the weed
ids. Conditions are daily
gar creek fire on the Rainier becomfig ’ more critical and every
which is in an old burn and dif user ef the out-of-doors should
ficult to handle. Frank Frans, reali»« his or her personal re-
a fire fighter on the Cougar sponsibility.
creek fire, was severely injured
by a falling rock on August 6, Pestare Delfteastration at
and died while enroute to a Ta
Collage On Aagwst 27
coma hospital. There has been
Oregon State Coll«»«, Corval
some difficulty in getting suf
ficient fir« fighters on the Col lis, Aug. 14.—Forty-fiv« milk
ville forest, and local federal cows, feeding on 12 acres of ir
foresters had to make special rigated ladino clover pasture,
arrangements with U. S. immi with complete 90-day data on
gration service to bring in some the cost of maintaining this
150 Doukhabours from the vi pasture and its effect on the
cinity of Grand Forks, B. C., butterfat production of the cows
to help fight the flames. Prob will be ready for the inspection
ably 1200 men are now fighting of Oregon dairymen who will
fires on the national forests of convene here August 27 for the
Washington alone, the Portland Irrigated Pasture Field day.
Irrigated ladino clover pas-
office reports. Oregon’s national
forests have fared very well so tures are advocated by the ex-
far, it is said, no large fires
having occurred, though there
have been a large number of
Vemonia
lightning-set fires.
With the forest areas daily
becoming drier, and the pos
sibility of other lightning storms,
federal forest officers urge the
périmant station as ene means pasture crops in carrying cap-
of overcoming the problem of acity.
dried up pastures in Oregon dur
ing the usual dry season, July,
Will Hold "Main«” Picnic
August and September, accord
ing to P. M. Brandt of the dairy
The second annual state of
husbandry deaprtment, who is in Maine picnic will be held in God
charge of the 90-day experiment. frey park, St. Helens, Oregon,
Reports from county agent de on Saturday, the 24th of this
monstrations in central and month.
southern Oregon, as well as on
the moist, unirrigated sections
A program of entertainment
of the coast, show that ladino including a basket luncheon will
clover
areas be carried on. Everybody who
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have far outstripped all other has ever lived in the “Pine
SKATING
For 5 years Dr. Luzader,
eyesight specialist, has
been making monthly visits to
Vernonia. His next visit will be
September 2, 3, office at Kul-
lander’s. Have your eyes ¿gSK.
examined.—adv.
‘QP>"
Meats for
All Temperatures
There’s quite a difference
at the end of the month be
tween your food bill else
where and here. But there’s
no difference in the quality
of the costliest eatablesand
those offered here.
Whether you want meats
for hot or cold weather, we
are always fully stocked
with a plentiful supply for
both. In asking for sugges
tions for a menu, do not
worry about quality, for
the best is assured.
Rink
to
Nehalem Market & Grocery
The Eagle Will Soon Fly To
New Quarters
A corrugated rubber mat in
front of the kitchen sink saves
the hard wear on either floor
or linoleum. It Is also more
restful for the feet.
A convenient dressing table
for the baby may be made
from an unfinished tea cart.
The shelf below makes a good
place to keep baskets of sup
plies for the baby.
A strap fastened at intervals
to the wall near the sink makes
a handy place for kitchen knives,
forks and spoons.
Plans Are Now Being Made To Start Moving To
The New Building Thursday, August 22
The Dalles—Airport will be
established here in the near
future.
Seaside—State highway de
partment started oiling Roose-
velt highway south of here.
Please check over your immediate needs in job printing and turn the orders in today, as we
will be unable to handle many jobs from August 22-24.
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ar. th. beggars
Accustom your family to fresh
fruits served au naturel as des
sert once in a while. It will ba
good for them, and save work
for you.
Resinous substances such as
sticky fly paper are often hard
to remove from clothing. Try
turpentine, benzol, carbon tetra
chloride, chloroform, wood or de
natured alcohol, either, kerosene
or gasoline.
What is Your
Grocery Bill?
Clean sport and good ex
orcise. — Improving our
skates and equipment con
tinuously.
Saturday evenings 7:30
10:30 p.m. prises given.
Troe” state is urged to be pres
ent.