The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-03

A little more than mile east of Mount
Pinson we found fresh ploughed trench
crossing the road and leading up the
steep side of wooded mountain.
A. w. Brown and left our buggy and
followed the trench. 1t was hard climb
ing. the ascent being but little less Than
perpendicular and the stony ground was
covered with mat of slippery chestnut
and oak leaves.
At an elevation of ITO feet above Turkey
creek, winding it's way along the initial
coves of Jones valley, we came to an
oval plateau and found the end of the
trench. But the main attraction was a
young, slender, boyish-looking fellow In
pair of overalls, heavy shoes and
SLOUGH hat.
There~was something about the youth
that commanded attention. He looked
strangely out Of place in his grotesque
surroundings and yet you could recognize
on every hand the touch of scientific
workmanship.
The boyish smile and pose of quiet
self-confidence suggested class, pride and
university polish.
| Behind him stood two rows of wooden
barracks. we'll ventilated, and with &C.
| ment floors There were seven large
compartments in each of the two long
sheds, with racks cabinet boxes and
other furnishings that would puzzle the
uninitiated.
| Just between the buildings a water
tank is being erected. This accounted
for the trench up the mountain. Pipes
are to convey water from spring down
near the creek to the tanks and from
thence to the plant and the residence and
ether buildings back down on the road
at the foot of the hill.
This is a modern egg factory and it is
being built by a college graduate. The
plant will be devoted to the manufacture
of market eggs exclusively and will give
employment to 1000 hens.
Later on the capacity may be enlarged,
hut the factory will begin operation with
counting C. D. Allis. the slip of boy
who is furnishing the brains and the
money
C. D. Allis is the son of man by the
same name who lives in Birmingham and
Is connected with one of the big lumber
concerns. If you do not know him now
you will know him in the future through
the achievements of his son, the college,
cra II AT o. farmer-noultryman
Young C. d graduated from the Ala
bama Polytechnic institute in the class
of 1909. He went from there to Cornell
university, where he took special course
in chicken raising.
Chicken raising! The very idea. I
think 1 hear the good old thrifty house,
wives of the land exclaim in derision,
Anybody with common mothers wit can
raise chickens"
But young Allis did not think So He
knew how to set hen and gather up
the eggs from the barnyard at the end
Of the day, but he believed that he could
do it better with an education
The farmers of Alabama are realizing
that the educated hand can drop corn in
the drill better than the illiterate careless
hand.
After leaving the university Mr.. Alls,
who is now but % years of age, spent
some time visiting and inspecting the
largest and most successful poultry farms
in the north and east. He absorbed all
the practical information that got in the
way Of his magnetic personality. He
made a close and careful study of all pos
sble conditions. breeds, mechanical ar
rangementD and market possibilities
He selected his present location for sew
eral reasons. First, 1t is well drained,
being on high elevation 800 feet above
sea level and ITO feet above the imme-
date country where he has good sup
ply of water from a spring flowing 30o,-
600 gallons day, and last. but not least.