Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
MILLIONS IN POULTRY
Enid, Okla, and Morristown Tenn Set the Pace; Why Not
TulsaY

used in the principal cafes and on the
diners of the eastern roads. These
hrolers are produced on the farm uI-
jaccnt TO the town. Many of these
farms are as well equipped as can be
found anywhere with all the appli-
ances necessary to the production of
hroilcrs. Those who make a specially
Of this broiler business seldom allow
the chick to touch the ground from
the time It is hatched until it is ready
OF go to the fattenng station IN the
town. This station has "a maximum
capacity Of $4,000. II is "A simple two
story structure. lighted by double
row of windows and ventilated by
screen openings along the sides and
at each end. The floor lis OF concrete
and down the center from end to end
liz an aisle. Along the walls on both
sides and the balconies above the first
floor are ranged double rows of Ave
TERED coops where the young birds
are kept for two weeks the time used
In finishing them off. After IA
days the broilers are slaughtered, dry
picked, graded and shipped to mar
ket The milk fed squads, roasters
and other select products are treated
in the same way.
There are over hundred CONNER
cial egg farms in the immediate VI
the business men of the town have es-
tablished commercial egg farms In the
Immediate vicinity and have employed
practical poultrymen to care for them.
In the rural schools of the county
boys and girls poultry clubs have
been established and much is being
done to foster the industry.
Why Not Tulsa?
Neither Enid or Morristown have
any advantages over our home city.
Here we have quicker transportation
facilities to both Chicago, Kansas
City. st. Louis. Memphis and even
the large eastern markets and each
Of these markets demands are con-
stantly growing for first-class prod
ucts from the poultry yards OF our
people. We have around the city a
soil that is ideal for tho purpose as
1t readily dries after a rain and the
climatic conditions are rs favorable
as at either Of the places named. The
home market alone would consume
very many more eggs and fowls than
are now produced in and around the
city, in fact very near all that Is
| found on the tables of the cafes and
hotels Is bought outside Of the city
and shipped in for that purpose. 1t
seems to me that the part Of wisdom
would he to keep that money at home
| by producing here what we need and
selling the surplus. thus bringing in
the money of other places.
There are some enterprising poul-
| trymen i'm and around the city, but
most of these are what are termed
| fanciers and do not cater to the mar
ket trade-rather they sell selected
birds for breeding eggs for Matching.
The farmers trade what few they
bring to the city for groceries or
something else and the business as a
business has neither had site nor CEN
ter in the city.
| Here is a live opening for some
enterprising man or men. or place
where the Chamber of Commerce
can get in good work by persuading
some good packing company to es-
tablish a plant in the city-if neces-
sary give them a bonus. But you will
not get the plant until you show
them that you will have the stock to
sell them, so that they may have the
stuff with which to work and to fill
| the orders that they will certainly
I get for 1t. and here Is where the
| Eastern Oklahoma Poultry associa-
tion can get busy in conjunction with
the county farm demonstrator, Doc
tor Earnheart, and do good work
These fanciers all have a few surplus
eggs that they can sell, and very
many Gull cockerels and pullets. and
these all put together would make
quite an item. Then. too, you have
in the city many moneyed men who
1 could be induced IL properly APP