The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-05
.WOULDN' I SWAP
WITH JOHN D.
R. F. Martin Of Hawley,
Would Rather Raise
Chickens
LARGE ATTENDANCE FROM
HONESDALE AT MEETING OF
WAYNE COUNTY POUL-
TRY ASSOCIATION.

| IH1 AOCOSlAAlo4f'
At a regular meeting of the
Wayne County Poultry Association
held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the R. F. Martin Poultry farm,
Hawley, a committee, consisting of
Messrs. B. F. Lord, F. w. Schuerholz
and w. H. Karslake, was appointed
to confer with the managers of the
Wayne County Fair association with
reference to making suitable ar
rangements for housing poultry at
the coming Fair.
About twenty-five ardent and en-
| thusiastic chicken fanciers were in
attendance.
w. H. Karslake was appointed
Superintendent of Poultry at the
Wayne County Fair. Charles L.
Dunning, Honesdale, was elected a
member of the society, and all out
standing bills were ordered paid.
In the absence of President E.
E. Kinsman, Honesdale, First Vice.
president B. F. Lord, Honesdale, act
ed as chairman.
Honesdale sent a large delegation
to the gathering. Among those
present from the Maple City were:
Hon. A. T. Searle, B. F. Lord, Frank
w. Schuerholz, E. A. Lindsay, F. w.
Stephens, Beech Grove, r. G.. Erik,
c. NJ. Erik, H. A. Robinson, Charles
Hermann, w. j. Rief, A. M. Leine,
R. F. Martin, E. A. Penniman, G. L.
Dunning.
Mr.. Martin escorted the Citizen
man through his 100-acre farm, eX-
planning the points of interest, chief
of which were 500 old and 1900
young White Leghorns, for be it
known that Mr.. Martin goes in for
White Leghorns al ogether.
He told the re- Jrter that all he
all the pullets," he said, "and ship
the cockerels to New York when they
are ten weeks old. l ship all my
eggs to New York. l get 2S cents
dozen now. Last winter | got so
cents a dozen"
Most of the large farm is pasture
land, with the exception of about
twenty acres which is left for hay.
I'VE haven't had a good year for
hatching," he informed the reporter
Eggs haven't Matched as we'll as
other years. They died in the shell
They didn't develop. We were able
to raise all we hatched, though"
Mr.. Martin makes a business oi
raising White Leghorns. He mixes
his own feeds. This is his dry
mash combination"
Il use two parts corn meal, two
parts middlings, two parts bran
one part oil meal, one part alfalfa
one part meat scraps.
'Pll add the gluten when it be.
gins to get cool. You know you
can give too much corn in hot wealth.
err
When asked whether he would ex.
hibit any of his fowls at the Fair
in August, he laughingly replied:
well l don't know. said
wouldn't exhibit this year. l took
everything for two years. l think
that's enough. I'll give the Other
fellows chance. / am going after
garden truck prizes"
Mr.. Martin has a large plum or,
4 chard consisting of about 200 scale
1 proof plum trees. The yield prim
ises to be heavy one,
For five years, MIR. Martin, who
used to live in Honesdale, has beer
in the chicken business. These are
his reasons for going into it:
81 wanted to get out in the oper
air. l was sick and tired of being
in an Office"
81 like it very much" he said. "l
wouldn't change places with JohI
D. Rockefeller!
''If you go into the chicken bust
ness" he told the reporter, who once
took a flyer in White Rocks him
self, you have to like the business
You have to be on hand every houl
that it's light. / don't get through
till o'clock. / have to close the
colony houses, and see every chicken
] is in. If you don't, a hawk will
come along and gobble them up.
don't get up on the hills till O'CLOCK
in the morning"
Mr. Martin showed the reporter
his young chicks. II keep thu
youngest in colony houses, scattered
in the underbrush. About sixty il
house is the average.
"In the morning / feed a mixed
grain, consisting of one part cracked
corn, one part oats, two parts wheat
| have the mash in hoppers before
them all the time. l feed abou
twice as much in the evening as IL
the morning, sending them to bet
with a full crop. ] use rye straw IL
the laying houses. 1t doeT~ crum
Bile up as easily as gr, corr
stalks, and keeps clean l. ser"
The reporter left Hawley with
number of touching souvenirs of hi
visit in the shape of mosquito bites
The reason for their existence ther
in such large numbers is due to tn
fact, it is said, that the OF cana
hasn't been entirely drained 1t 1
supposed that they grow in Il fe.
Hawley never takes a bac sea
) for any town, so when she wtlt In
; to breeding mosquitoes she leter
mined to beat the Jersey bray An,
she did too. They are Thorough
breds. Why, would you believe II
good many OF them weigh pound