Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-04-05

am now considering an OuSE /
made me by Wykoff & Son Of New |
York, who want me to ship them g.
900 eggs for breeding purposes. This
New York firm of poultry men fur
nish more foundation stock than any
firm or individual in the United
States. Wyckoff knows my birds and
their fine breeding and their laying
qualities, hence his desire TO secure
such a big shipment.
Last spring had a small out
lay. But In about rs days, from
March II to June l, 22 hens hatched
me 100 chicks. Now | gather eggs
two and three times daily, the total
daily garnering amounting to from
20 to 80 dozen. The young hens re-
main in the laying pens only one sea
son; then they go into the breeding
pen; later to go TO the food markets
After the first season OF laying, a
hen loses % per cent of egg pro-
| duction."
A visit to the Matching house OF
Mr.. Steinbaugh disclosed 22 Philo
hatchers at work Each contains so
eggs. the total number of eggs then
on the way to the bird stage being
100 An advantage of this hatcher
is that the temperature remains the
same at all times, the first filling OF
oil as fuel lasting the full time need
ed to bring of the birds. There are
many kinds OF incubators, some OF
10000 egg capacity, and when 1t is
necessary to turn the eggs, this is
accomplished by pulling big levers as
does an engineer in a locomotive,
when reversing his engine, or rail-
road switchman in switch tower
One incubator being built in Peta-
luna has a capacity OF 100000
eggs annually
Mr.. Steinbaugh can not under
stand why the vacant lands and hill
sides of Rogue valley are not being
utilized as poultry farms. He said
If all the land in Josephine coun-
ty was cut into ten acre tracts, and
poultry farm established on each
tract the output Of eggs would not
near supply the northwest demand.
Do YOU know there are 700 cars OF
eggs shipped every year over the Hill
lines into the northwest? And do
you know that the tanning compan-
les Of the United States demand 27,-
900 900 eggs annually for their in
dustry, to dress hides. Formerly the
tanners could get ancient cold stor-
age eggs. Now the federal law Is
that eggs cannot be kept in cold stor'
age more than six months, hence
the rots and spots, as the old eggs
were called, cannot be secured by the
. tanners, and they are cutting in on
the good supplies. The Rogue valley
people can not breed too many ch'ck
ems and can not ship too many eggs
:, And Rogue valley has the opportun
: ity TO become the distributing poul
. try and egg center Of the northwest
and the people here should take ad
:, vantage of their opportunity. Thous
ands of acres of land are lying Idle
=, here, land we'll drained and ideal FOL
the poultry industry Nobody II
paving any attention to this land
There could be homes for Thousand
=, of families, but the land Is lying idle
the same as it was when | first came
here 90 wears ago Think of this sun
shine here in March-when poultr.
men in the east, and everybody else
for that matter, are jumping sidewis
:, from zero weather, and chicken
i, bumped up and forgetting that sucI
!. thing as an egg exists. Listen t
those singing hens in our layin
- houses. we have that kind OF musi
all the time. An Iowa man here re
:. Gently told me his people in low
do not expect to get eggs more tina
- five months in the year. Here
get them II months in the year
. Young birds are constantly comm
on to take the places of the moulin
hens. these to go to the breedin
, mems. then to market Hence ther
!. is a continual circle of prosperity
1e There is one matter OF great in
as portance to the people here just
N this time which | would be pleased
"a have given publicity through Tn
H. Courier, and that is this. Those pc
no sons who expect to buy incubatC
~, chicks in Petaluma this season shoul
purchase them this month. A
ve should be here not later than May
ev This will insure revenue TO the OWL
til hag grh ha