Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-10
RICHES IN POULTRY RANCHES
Demand of Northwest Makes Chicken
Farming Profitable.
MILLIONS SPENT IN THE EAST
Figures show that Large sums Are
Laid Out 60 ship In Eggs and
Fowls for Table Con-
sumption.

SPOKANE, Wash, May s-Climate,
markets and the possibilities Of intensive
agriculture on irrigated. dry-farmed and
logged off lands combine 20 make poul-
try raising and egg culture a highly prof
liable industry in the Spokane country
but. while growers have been trying for
years to supply the needs Of the towns in
eastern Washington and oregon, northern
Idaho and western Montana, the demand
IL stronger and prices correspondingly
higher than ever The rapid growth Of the
urban communities and the remarkable
increases in population OF the cities is
one of the causes assigned. In other
words. the industry has not kept pace
with the general development. Five thous-
and growers are needed to supply the To-
cal markets
How much Of a factor the poultry in
dustry has become in the inland empire
is apparent when it is mentioned that the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce has de-
cided to include It In its newly created in
dustrial department, which is under the
direction OF a general commttee, headed
by Frank r. Culbertson. The sub-com-
mittee, which will have charge of poul-
try and game, is composed of A. c. Ware.
chairman; r. o. McClintock Lewis NJ.
Moss, John l. Smith and Charles Uhden.
This committee will gather all the data
and information available on poultry rails
ing and markets with a view TO encour-
aging homeseekers to engage in a bust
ness which will add several millions of
dollars annually to the wealth production
CT tie Spokane country.
Millions I'm Poultry.
Tho axtant Of the rnarLa. a., a..
empire may be gathered from a statement
by commission merchants in Spokane, who
imported $50 cars or 10000 dozens Of eggs
last year from the middle western states,
in addition TO several millions of dollars
worth of dressed poultry. 1t is estimated
that between S7,5OO,OOO and 100000 was
sent out Of the country into states east
OF the Rocky mountains for poultry pro-
ducts in 1910. This would indicate it will
be many years before the supply in the
district will be anywhere near the demands
of the home markets and confirms the
assertion that poultry products will al
ways find buyers at top prices. The value
Of poultry and eggs produced in the Spo-
kane country last year is placed at 50,
100000.
For the amount of capital required the
the suburban resident, the homeseeker and
the farmer in the inland empire. The dis
trict is an ideal one and the advantages
ana conditions are as a hundred to one
against the few disadvantages of the bus
inees itself. Feed is high in price when
not grown on the land by the poultry
raiser That is a disadvantage in one
sense, but this is more than offset by
the higher prices received for poultry and
eggs, and the fact there are no such
diseases as gapes and cholera. Costly
houses are not necessary because OF the
dry and mild climate and chickens NAV
De FED outside nearly every day of the
year.
Growers in the inland empire have found
that poultry raising can be combined IN
good advantage with dairying. truck gar
dening and orcharding. Apple and other
fruit trees require from four to seven
years to attain a size that will bear a
profitable crop, and during this time. also
afterward poultry can be kept In the
orchard. When coupled with dairyinE and
hog growing It means cheap feed for the
chickens. as there always Is more or less
waste.
Money I'm Eggs.
John r. Crossthwaite, an experiancad
poultry grower at Deer Park, Wash, SAYS
in letter to the Spokane Chamber Of Com
merce In reply to a request for a statement
regarding the profits in poultry raising in
the Spokane district
Eggs can be produced at a cost of from
10 to 16 cents and are easily sold at an
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