The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-15

Why l. IT Egg are rather q scarcs
article ia thu rnsrkes ja.s now Thsy
are scarce sYen At ~ cents pr ioxsn,
aai will be much higher Dfors they
are ssy cheaper We may expse.. b.
fore spring. 70 see them run up 20 az
st;ortionsts figure. snd quite unobtain-
able at any price. Any city tia: has .
large steamboat trade - always graf
consumer Il this sao~. heAIthful and
nutritious article Of food. asd ssA,tie Is
already one Of these. The demand ti1r
eggs here IL certain =, al future time
81 Us constant and argent. amt We an
tlciTAt- that tie supply will never ex-
ceed IL They are Al ways certain go Ia
in cool demand here AZ goe~l prices
This fat will l,e gsnetslly conceded.
Cha kens are also gate s. scarce IN the
market here as eggs and are IN as go.1d
demand a. prices equally remanerative.
Ia fact 1t !. quite out ot ,he question to
procure good spring chickens a. mos,
seasORs Il the year ia thI, market
Good, fas turkeys. with hlch the East
ern market. are So well stocked during
the Fall Of the year. and sell there very
cheap, are rs scarce here as clans are
10 Nevada. We see M reason Why this
should b. ths case There - no city 10
the MON whore the market "a 30 well
stocked with al kinds Of meat az seat
tie And there Is probably no seaport
on the continent where choice meats
can De- obtained at such low pricss a.
here. The be.f anil mutton
with which orr market is sup
piled would 10 an agreeable surprise
h. the cpieurians of Europe The beef
and mutton fsttoned on the bunch grass
Il Washington is lot inferior IF not
SUPERIOR, III the Isoint Of real excel
lcnee b. that fed on the famous blue
grass Of Kentucky or Texas and TO the
stall fed beef anil mutton of Europe.
Bat the greatest wonder of all Is the
cheapness of such meats ia this market.
our pork has heretofore been consider
ed inferior 20 that shipped from the
East and Oregon. This fact is not due 30 I
climatic conditions, a. II the case in
or to supply Of proper /
feed. but TO poor breed of hogs. But /
81 late, however. better breeds have /
been introduced. and the consequence 7
IL a noted Improvement in our pork. /
Pork ~ now cheap here. and the quail /
ity found this season IN our market will +
not suffer IN comparison with that ex-
hibitcd ia tie Eastern stalls Now, we +
may ask why ~ II that fowls aud eggs i
bcro are not correspondingly in as good /
supply and A. cheap as meats. No bet. 4
ter climate than ours can he desired for .
the raising of fowls, aud hens here are /
usually prolific layers The diseases 4
which destroy 40 much poultry in Cali /
fornia, and many other sections, are /
assuming Importance as q grain mart, /
aud feed for poultry can be bad IN
abundance ut very cheap prices We /
have great number OF slaughter.
houses and meat markets where offal
can be- bad ia abundonce Why is IL,
Ia view of these facts tina, soma en-
terprising person don't strike gu,
ia the poultry business on
large scale. In our notion hennery
under proper management could be-
made one OF the best laying institu-
items horei. e, considering the amount
IL capital required 10 run IT, Poultry
farms pay handsomely else where. la
England, in tho sitinity II Liverpool.
md also elsewhe those who are on.
gagged In that business make more than
my other class of farmers. There. feed
IS higher II anything than here. and
aggs aud poultry much cheaper. In
making tour in Nova Scotia, a few
years ago. we found one e the most
prosperous farmers in the beautiful An
aapolis valley. possessed of only about
Zen acres Of land He had beautiful
7, sldence. and lived in comparative lux
iry. Ills land was divided mp into
snail lots, each containing appropriate
buildings lie conducted q large poul-
ry business on scientific principles. and
{ paid handsomely. Feed is higher
here than here, aud bis poultry and
gigs sold for fifty per cent. less than
hey would bring IN our market. In
I'll tho Eastern States the poultry bust
aess pays largely aud it would pay
iere. il it were conducted right. To
succeed enc wants to 60 at il under
'tandingly, and give 1T his full a,tcn.
ion.