East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-09-11
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE
BIG POULTRY YARD
ADDED TO FARM At
{. OREGON HOSPITAL

large poultry yard is one OF the
latest additions to the farm at the
Eastern Oregon state hospital and.
when the plans of Supt. w. D. Nc
Nary are worked out, that institution
viii have probably the best facilities
for chicken culture in eastern Ore
gon.
Supt McNary's idea in raising
chickens is solely to furnish eggs for
the institution. He has had much
difficulty during the past year in Sc
cuAng sufficient quantity OF fresh
eggs and he will solve this by keep
ing about 1000 hens on the place.
Temporarily the park for the fowls
is being made a short distance south
west OF the main buildings in the
small orchard there. Instead of sew
eral large houses. a large number of
small houses have been constructed
on runners so that they may be NOV
ed from one place to another. Max
Muller, who for five years was in
charge of the poultry farm at the
Salem hospital, has been placed in
charge of this department of the work
here and the houses have been built
upon plans of his own. Each house
will afford room for two dozen chick,
ems. The roosts and dropping boards
are all removable so that they can
be kept clean. The nests are in box
es adjusted from the outside so that
eggs may be collected without step
ping into the houses. A small door
permits the chickens to enter and
leave the house. The peculiar feature
of the house is the fact that the front
is entirely open save for a screen.
However, there is no possibility of a
draft. apd the openings face the
south, from which direction few
storms come.
Muller Is making capons of many
of the cockerels. This not only inn
proves their flesh for eating, and in
creases their size, but it adapts them
for use as mothers" Mr.. Muller
states that a caponized cockerel will
take better care of chicks than hen
and will accept one brood after an
other all summer long.
Fine Dairy aud piggers,
The hospital already has a fine
/ dairy barn and piggery on its farm,
! Both are built along the most mod
ern lines of cleanliness and sanitation
and visit to them is educational tc
many people. Between 20 and SO
cows nearly all Holsteins, are, beins
MIXED now and give approximately
! so gallons day.
The milking is done By men In
4hite duck suits and the COWS arr
thoroughly curied and their udder'
washed before the milking. There
arter the milk is run through a sep
arator, thus removing the little dir
that Is in 1t.
Supt. McNary has on hand nov
about $4,000 worth OF hogs ani thi
represents a clear saving inasmuch a
1t has cost practically nothing &
raise them. They are fed principally
upon scraps from the table. He keep
number of hogs in the fattenin
pens at all times and kills them OF
as the meat is needed. He Is intro
ducing the Duroc-Jersey hog ana In
tends to raise this breed exclusivel
I'm time.
The superintendent gives his pei
sonal attention to every departmer
of the institution bat there Is moth
ing that appeals TO him any MOI
than the farming side of Il. He
good farmer, too, for evidence {
which one only has to survey the pre-
l gressive work being done under h
| direction at the hospital. If furth'
evidence is necessary, n visit TO Il
state farm out from Salem would
convincing for this farm, admittC