The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-05
PROFICIENT
IN POULTRY


! experiences incurred as Tho origiuatr.
| and promoter at the now prosper0ua
/ san Diego County Poultry Associate
Of California would be- 81 benefit in
/ The pnuiiymcn Of Hawaii shall o.
10 give "a brief synopsis Of iis prog
/ ross.
Upon settling In san Diego Count
In 1888. having always been chicken
fancicr, ] began TO inquire into tha
/ possibilities there of raising fowls oI
a large scale and with creator succe
and profit than had hitherto been o..
complished. Several exhibitions had
been held there that proved a failure
in promoting the industry as well as
financially. / travelled the State as
solicitor and correspondent for the
Live Stock Tribune, then served as
coeditor one season, thus gaining a
wide acquaintance with facts and fan
cicrs. With this start / returned go
San Diego County and started into the
actual work of raising and marketing
ducks. chickens and eggs. 1t required
two seasons of careful work and study
to satisfy me that the many failures
through disease in the flock, careless
ness in many of the minor details Of
mating, housing and feeding and poor
management in buying and selling
could be rectified. Different localities
require that the fowls be cared for in
n manner suitable to each. Past eN-
. pericnce elsewhere counts for but lit
tle--but it was almost useless TO warn
the newcomer of this.
The next thing was to train the
l al 20 10 %,
the best advantage and to market his
: product without giving the commission
merchant and the grocer all the profit.
l organized anew "A fanciets assOcI-
alton. and conducted as its secretary
t thee successful poultry shows, each
successive one being larger, until from
start with eighteen members we were
united body of over $50 men and
? women. These shows excited interest
! stimulated a desire in others to pro-
. duce the best, and had left our treas.
, ury in very aourishing condition.
{ Now was the time to take in and HEN
the poultrymen who were only WORK
; ing along commercial lines.
We incorporated. having now 10000
shares out at 81 each. With the cash
in our treasury and with that received
from the sale of shares, we opened a
store and later warehouse.
We stocked up with incubatOrs,
poultry foods aud cures, and full line
of the needs of the poultryman and
fancier, including wheat oats, bran,
etc. At first our purchases were small
but later we bought in carload lots
thereby increasing the stores profits
and allowing each stakeholder a little
rebate commensurate with the total
, amount of his purchases, which We
computed quarterly.
A breeders book was kept ut the
, store, where was entered the variety
each member handled, what he had tC
q sell and the price. 10 this the store
referred whenever any inquiry was
made AS 20 where So many fowls ol
4 eggs of any variety could be had
\ charging small commission for eff
r fecting a sale. Coops We're kept
t where limited number of fowls were
always on hand at the store, for sale
mostly of quality used for good
Q breeders.
t Then consignments of fresh egg
a were received, examined and sold tC
n stores and individuals, who were will
IL
T vailing market price per dozen-anC
J, our guarantee AS to freshness in
l. creased the demand so that wagor
and an egg route was established.
i Inquiries came in from outside tn,
y county, asking our figures ON larg'
5 quantities of fowls of certain v.rie
ties or eggs for incubating.
l recall one instance in 1907 wheI
we effected "A sale of 800 White Leg
horn pullets in less than day aftel
receiving the inquiry from Mexico, anC
netting the seller very good mel
price.
The store finally moved into larger
quarters last November, and is now
carrying n full line of garden and farm
seeds and plants which nearly every
pcultryman uses to some extent.
We have grown to where we use
! three store clerks, two bookkeeperi
and two vehicles, and dividends hay,
twice been paid of 8 per cent, al
though the profits have gone mostly
toward increasing the scope of the as
= ISOLATION $ usefulness and in satisfy
Q ing the demands for improvements OF
[ Il growing business. My active par
: ticipation in its management ha.
ceased, although still reekoned on a,
one of its advisers, and called upoI
at times for advice, or to Judge at M
4 exhibition or TO score fowls privately
n | am too much engaged otherwise t,
j., attend their interesting meetings reg
ularly, and was never at heart naugh
: but fancier for pleasure only, al
= though my Buff Cochins have defeatct
;. in the show room every competitor a
5 every Pacific Coast exhibition 70
three consecutive seasons, and j hav'
made shipments to almost every State
and frequently to South America
7 where fancy poultry, especially II
t Peru, is rapidly increasing in interest
o | wish might have the chance t,
breed poultry here and TO prove t,
, those whom ! have heard say tina
u poultry raising meets so many Difficult
ties here, that it is climate undo
G which successful poultry culture cal
n be prOfitably established,
!. HARRY NC INTIRE.