The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-03-26
pouLr.Y RAlsINo d oR1ooM.
Extracts From Oregon Expsrimsni
8tailon 1ulatin.

The climate Of Oregon from : poul
iryman's standpoint il discussed b,
James Dryden in Bulletin No. 9s Of tn
Oregon Exper iment station which ha
recently been published. Among othe,
things the writer says:
i 1t is Of course worth considering b,
the man looking for location whether
We tern Oregon with its open winter
and freedom from enow and zero tenn.
perfumes does not offer opportunities
for the production of eggs and poultry
that are not found in Eastern and Mid.
die West states. That poultry thrive in
cold sections where enow and zero
weather prevail 10 not to BE- denied,
but the labor and expense Of caring ioz
them 10 acknowledgements there. To
secure an egg Yield In winter whore the
climate is severe entails more axpense
for housing and more care In the feed
ing. 1t Is probably true that the small
lest profits are made during the winter
months though the prices arc. very
much higher than in spring and sum-
mer, because the egg yield il 80 small
from the average fiock as to leave lite
or no margin Of profit. 1t is also true
that the egg yield is quickly affected BY
changes in the weather, especially in
the temperature. A sudden change
from mild to cold weather means
certain check In the egg production,
and although the weather soon moder-
ates it will often take several weeks
before the egg yield gets back TO where
1t was. The only way to prevent this
is to provide housing that will protect
the fowls from too sudden changes in
temperature. This entails more ex-
pense in housing and consequently d.
minished profits, but what is OF more
Importance is the highly artificial con-
ditions that it necessitates.
1t would appear therefore that there
are certain advantages that this state
possesses over sections of the country
where zero weather and snow prevail
First, q milder climate and less severe
changes in temperature than is charac-
teristic of Eastern states. Second, in
sections of the state with no snowfall
the poultry can range over the fields
and find animal food and green food
which are often hard to get where the
snow covers the ground.
The heavy rainfall of Western Oregon. |
and email percentage of sunshine may
be set down as a disadvantage, but |
when the nature of the rainfall ia I'M |
ierstood it is doubtful whether it is |
very mich of detriment. Owing to |
he moderating influence of the Pacific
)cean these rains are warm and have |
not the chilling effect Of the rains in
Eastern states. The temperature of /
Western Oregon in the winter months |
g usually higher when it rains than
when the sky is cloudless, and the (
owls will usually be found out in the
ain except when it is very heavy,
which is net often the case. One poul-
lyman in Marion county said to the
writer in November, before the rainy
eason set in, that he wished it would
ain, because, he said, his hens laid !
,etter when it rained. The explana-
ion of this, if it is true, may not be
n the rain itself, but in the fact that
brings to the surface many angle
worms, which supply the lack of ami
nal food in the ration.
Turkeys are successfully raised in
oregon, and TURKEYS are known to be
asily affected by rain, but the fact
hat the rains are warm 10 doubt
argely accounts for the success in tur-
ey raising in this state. Douglas
ounty in Oregon produces several
ines more turkeys than the state Of
,hode Island, noted for turkeys.
Another thing in favor of the mild
Innate and freedom from snow is that
be fowls are able to secure practically
lie year round all the green food ueces-
Try in the fields. And finally, the
wis in their search for food in the
elds get the exercise which il neces-
Try for it is worthy of mention in this
that the largest special 8
oultry district in the United States is l
und in Northern California, that has
D snowfall. That district is somewhat s
milar to that of Western Oregon, with Z
s open winters, mild and humid eli
ate and nearness to the ocean.
My investigations of the poultry in
lstry of Oregon have been confined to :
lie western part of the state, the region
est OF the Cascade mountains. This
ction at the present time produces
ore poultry products than the larger {
ca of the state east of the Cascades. <
3 the agriculture of Central and East .
n Oregon becomes developed we may .
pect greater development of poultry (
eping, and probably in time that <
eat agricultural area may produce {
ore poultry products than the older <
ction of the state in Western Oregon. I
le climatic conditions are different :
st of the mountains, the heavy rain {
D is absent and snow covers the (
ouno during part of the winter The (
mate there is more characteristic OF <
e Rocky mountain region, though no /.
ch severe weather prevails as in the (
idle and Northwestern states. II it I
ould prove that dry climate with :
snty of sunshine but lacking the Sc .
re winter changes of temperature Of
2 East is the ideal one for proultry,
may expect a great growth OF the
ultry industry east of the Cascades