The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-01-27
POULTRY SUBJECTS
AT FARMERS MEET
S0ME OF FOREMOST AUTHORITIES
IN THE COUNTRY DELIVERED
LECTURES TODAY
Large Audience Listened to Various
Phases of the Poultry Industry
This Morning

The course this morning at tho
farmers week lectures in Morrill, hal
was one of the most interesting ant
instructive of the series. 1t was de-
voted entirely to the poultry industry
and several lecturers handled the var
ious subjects assigned them in an in
structive and Illuminating manner
First on the program was Judge Os-
car Nelson of Occur dAlene, who
spoke on Demonstrations, in Poultry
Judging" He showed why it was nee
essary for fixed standard and also
demonstrated the difference in sci
entific breeding as against the hap
hazard methods which have heretofore
generally prevailed. He gave the val
ne of the different sections of the
fowls and their application to standard
requirements. He also treated the
subject of conditioning the fowls for
the show room and showed why some
breeders, while having in reality a SUI
perior bird, many times lost out in
the show room because they paid no
attention to the way in which the birds
reached the judge.
Following Mrt Nelson there was
handled in most comprehensive way
the subject, ncubation-Natural and
Artificial" R. B. Randall of Seattle
was the speaker, and from the mo-
ment he began his talk until the last
word was said the gentleman was lis
tened to with most marked attention.
He deIved into a heart to heart talk
and took up the subject from the mo-.
ment the hen begins to think about
producing the egg which is to make
the chick up until the time the egg is
actually hatched and in the brooder.
He showed that there is nothing sac
red or mysterious about the incubat-
or, but rather that it is common
entifically as to make it retain its
heat properly at a given temperature.
He showed that if one is to get re-
suits in Matching the most important
feature is to take care Of the eggs
properly between the time they are
laid and the period of placing in the
incubator
The subject of Idaho as Poultry
State was handled by R. G. Bailey of
Lewiston, editor of Western Poultry.
He compared this industry in Idaho
with conditions he finds in both the
states to the east and the west and
showed why poultry was SO attractive !
and offered so many possibilities here
~ handled in the same intelligent man
.v.r as other live stock. He stated |
that while section in central Cali !
fornia 20 miles square contained =
500, 900 fowls the great state of Idaho |
had less than 100000 fowls within it's
borders. By quoting few concrete
examples which had come under his
observation he showed that many peo-
pie were making a big success of the
poultry business under climatic
condition much worse than Idaho. He
also showed that the amount of fowls
and eggs produced in Idaho to be so
small as to hardly be worth consid-
ering
E. w. Hamilton on Poultry House
Construction gave blackboard dem
onstration of what types of houses had
been found the best for the Inland
Empire and stated that the poultry de-
oartment at the university would be
glad to furnish bulletins on request
covering the subject.
Prem Moore talked entertainingly on
Feeding for Eggs" and showed very
clearly why the average farmer is
putting out the plea that
lis fowls do not lay and consequently
ire not profitable. There are series
# experiments going on at the uin-
rersity along this line he stated and
he poultry department would take
he greatest pleasure in sending bull
etins or furnishing any other data
0 cover the matter.
Many farmers were turned away
yesterday afternoon at the Dairymen's
ession because Of the lack of room
he session opened with discussion
f silage feeding by F. R. Miller,
erdsman of the university dairy herd.
Ie gave some practical suggestions
4 regard to methods of filling the /,
ilo to avoid qualification. {
Robert Gray of Post Falls followed !
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