El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-13
Success With Poultry Raising
In the Rio Grande Valley

the latter's wife. They consist of some
20 Barred Rocks. Next year Mr.. John
son intends TO bring some birds Of the
Thompson Ringlet and Kellerstrass
strains to Ell Paso. Mrs. Johnson
uses sunflower seed for young chicks
feathering out. It is about the most
expensive feed on the market, costing
$3.50 a hundred delivered.
Ministers are generally credited
with a liking for chickens, and Rev.
Kenneth Brown, Of 1928 Alameda is no
exception. Rev. Brown, however, likes
his chickens too well to eat them, for
they are prize winning Buff Orping
tons His flock did number about zoe,
but recent sales have reduced it to
half that number.
Health Seekers Success.
Two years ago H. E. Parsons. a
healthseeker from Chicago, engaged in
the chicken business in a small way
ct Military Heights Today Mr. Par
sons looks the picture of health and
has a well equipped establishment
where more than 800 chickens are
taken care of. He is a fancier, egg
producer. and, besides. raises fowls for
the market. At present he is closing
out his Wyandottes, Leghorns, and
Rhode Island Reds, intending to handle
Barred Rocks exclusively. Incubators
are used for Matching, which goes on
all the year. and the young chicks are
sheltered in breeders made on the
models of the much advertised Philo
system. no artificial heat being used.
The Philo system, by the way, is an
innovation in poultry culture which is
rudely SCATTERING the cid idea that free
range is necessary for the raising of
Healthy chickens. Mr.. Parsons showed
the visitor some fine, strong chickens
completely feathered out, which had
been Matched about the first of No
vember, and had scafcely been outside
of their coops yet. At this yard 100
layers are producing from to dozen
eggs a day.
Military Heights has another big es-
Enlistment, that of Mr.. West, who
keeps about 400 standard bred White
Wyandottes. He is interested in fancy
bred fowls exclusively and is not feed
ing for eggs at present
A Chicken Romance.
The story Of John Salapek sounds
like romance. More than four years
ago ne came to FL Paso an invalid,
without money and unable to speak the
English language. AS soon as his
health had improved enough he started
&c sell vegetables from wagon and
took a course in a local business col
lege to learn English. When he had
aved enough he purchased four lots in
Government Hill and started in the
chicken business with few fowls.
Now ne has more than 500, Of which
275 are layers, and he is getting seven
to eight dozen eggs a day. On his
place is a complete establishment of
houses, runs, incubators, brooders, and
coops. The Philo system is followed
here. His fancy chickens are Buff Or
ringtons and Barred Rocks; he also
keeps common hens for laying but he
states that they do not average nearly |
as many eggs as the thoroughbreds.
At present he is finishing a new un-
1erground incubator house with drafts
to carry off the fumes. As a novelty
n feeds the owner showed number
If boxes of sprouting oats, a feed
which disposes of both the problem Of
green feed in the wintertime and fur 4
nishes a. convenient form of feeding
oats, an excellent feed which has I
bothered poultrymen on account of it's /
to stick in the crop. Last |
year the books show that this poultry |
ard produced almost 10000 eggs; this /
year the owner is hoping to make it /
10000 In a nutshell it is a story Of /
success achieved against adversely; |
health has conquered sickness, pros /
1erity has banished poverty, inexperi-
snce has given way to expert knowl- +
4dge of a profitable business gained
" study and work. 1t is small won
Ter that John Salapek is a happy man
Is he lives and works among his