The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26

luna realizes sonne 1850 from Ia peul-
try industry every day Ia The year. M U
the the World. ID In these STATES e 9uestsoa
the authorities have made some sp19o-
priatiou for the furtheranoe q tha po0l-
try associations, and shoTsh ies GfaS 0oes SeSs
ing fne birds for the annual show. It In
understood that the state t. oflsss S ,,ant no in
m %ethods. ds NJ; Finegsa, though not :
Hpsn The Of 1ass sss .ss ssees q s
ness and the ultimste benenf Of tie stats
and the Ss ,s Ksn sdn ni In
stance, the state built a homo for tho as
Bociation. and at Elmira, home for the
state association was built by New York
Flnegan. what interest some OF the lar
ger states take in the poultry enterprise:
while here in Utah the officials seem dead
ISOLATION here. according to Mr., F1negan.
is doing some splendid work In making
whnt efforts It can to promote the poultry
not lose the money It has been losing for
years and years past. and he feels that
Il would be but right for the state to do
Mr.. Finesan says that there is room in
Salt Lake City and Immediate. vicinity
for more than 200 moro poultry farms. In
his IN ses fhs game a. oS MGss nd Ns Of
q chicken that walks on two legs; but
he has more success with the Rhode
Island Reds than anything else. and not
raising them, but he has found by ex-
perience that they are the best layers
and that often eggs Will be found In
a cackle comes from the bedding places
of other fowls. He was the flrst chicken
fancler to bring Rhode Island Reds TO
this country and having raised them 2
long time and studied them carefully he
is well prepared TO know what is what
about them. Mr.. Finegan's chickens. all
o20 eggs per year. He realizes no little
profit from the sale of eggs and lie ships
little chicks right out OF the incubator
all over the west. His percentage of loss
in such shipments Is less than per cent
and he has customers In Montana. Butte
particularly. California, Illinois Illinois, and and
says that he can send the little fellows
between any two express company points
with good percentage of profit.
Mr.. Flnegan showed the writer some
fine thoroughbred cockerels Matched last
March and April. and stated that he has
sold in the neighborhood OF $50 Of those
breeding purposes. When asked how much
he received for his birds he stated from
$500 to $500 for his male birds and from
So 90 10 SIS 90 for his hens The eggs he
ships are carefully packed In boxes spe-
oiaily made ior shipping purposes and for
a setting of Is eggs he receives from S2oo
to $3.50 per setting. Honest and square
treatment has always been my motto and
upon il I base my present success.
stated Mr.. Finegan.
MIR. Finegan speaks OF his efforts in the
poultry raising line as being merely n
pleasant pastjme and he finds keen enjoy
ment In mating different breeds of birds
and noting the results. In the matter
of feeding. also. and general experiment
there Is much OF interest to be learned.
and far from being drudgery and con.
stant care, the business really is one OF
many surprises and much attractiveness.
Mr. FneGan's choice stock oil comes
from the New England states. wher"
they have been breeding chickens for
eighty-rive years. and though this may
have something to do with the success
which has attended his efforts. he now
has stock os good as any OF the older
states can boast Of and his future In this
business In Utah looks very promising
indeed Visitors are welcomed to Rose
Villa any day including Sunday. and those
who make the trip Will not only be SUI
prIsed to find such model. up-to-dste
chicken farm in the city but they Will
marvel at the many facts concerning the
business which Mr.. Ffnegan Will gladly
give them.