Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-11-27
FRulTDALE GRANGE.

The Fruitdale Grange met last
Saturday afternoon, at the school
house. Among the visitors present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alverson, Mrs.
Parham and Miss Lswton. from Dim.
ick Grange; Mrs. NJ +. Sturtevant of
Grauts Pass and 5. A. Reitz Of Fruit
dale. The meeting was opened by
Worthy Master II. c. Bateham and
put in chsrge.of the lecturer.
The current events given in response
to the roll call very we're interesting.
Mrs. f. H. Wise read very instruc-
tive paper on Raising poultry for
profit. The methods advocated in this
paper were not only practical, but
necessary to successful poultry raising,
Mrs u. A. Hamilton opened the dis
cussion' Do hens lay as well whep
confined as when allowed free ranger
Mrs. Hamilton handled this subject in
a very able manner, after which 1t
was freely discussed by number of
persons. Nearly all agreed that milk
was a good food for all kinds of chick.
ems and especially beneficial for lay
ing hens.
Some advocated sweet and others
sour milk but as one of the expert.
ment station bulletins stated that
sweet milk was more beneficial for
poultry than sour. the Frlitdale chick
ems will drink sweet milk.
The next lumber was a duet by
Mrs. NJ. E. Sturtevsut aud Mis-. II. o.
Batehsm entitled " Sunny Home, !"
This beautiful song was we'll rendered
and enjoyed by all.
Mrs. W. S. Coutant then reai some
interesting extracts from one OF the
experiment station bulletins on in
cubators. versus setting hens. Accord
ing to the experiments described, 1t
was proved that hens hatch q larger
per cent Of the eggs than incubators
do. nevertheless incubators were
thought more profitable, as more
chickens can be Matched at one time.
Early spring chickens always thrive
much better than those .hatched In
hot weather. The time saved in car
ing for them is also qnite an item.
Pullets Matched the first Of April will
usually begin laying early in the fall
when most of the old hens are ON y
vacation and eggs are bringing good
price.
| Mrs, Parham gave very helpful
and interesting talk from her exper.
fence in raising and caring for chick.
ems. The majority thought that chick
ems we profitable and we do not know
that anyone decided against the "bid.
dies" even after II. @. Bsteham had
read statistics showing that tue "Ore.
eon hen," was not profitable. Some
Of the ladies shook their heads and
said they were sure their hens eggs
were not counted In when the "cen.
sus was taken.
The next was reading by Mrs.
Robert Huck entitled "The hens kept
a.layin right along" This poem very
plainly showed that from the dawnins
of creation until the present time the
hens had kept q laying right along.
s. A. Reitz then sang Goodnight
Little Girl, Goodnight. Mr.. Reit'
is an exceptionally fine singer. In re-
sponse to the hearty encore he sans
Goodbye Sweet Day"
Irrigation and other timely and in
teretsing subjects where then dis
cussed. Mr.. and Mrs. K. L. Blan
chard's applications, for membership
were voted on and accepted.
By this time the evening shadow
we're beginning to fall and all wer'
in hurry to get home, feed th'
chickens and gather in the eggs, "be
cause the hens keep a.laying righ
along" Therefore the remainder o
the business was postponed until th'
next meeting and We adjourned, feel
ing that a very pleasant and profitable
afternoon had been spent.