Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26
Hiv J. HOWARD SLEDp)

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For the facts in this article | am in
debted TO articles that have appeared
I'm other papers. | have made an Of
fort to get some OF the facts at first
hand and as the article was promised
Tor this day | have had to depend very
largely On the statements found-Dut
am assured that they are reliable.
When you have given them carctH
study YOU will wonder why your home
towns progressive in many ways
las overlooked this great factor in the
wealth producing power of its citizens.
Enid sets the Pace.
I'm something less than ten years
Enid has become the center of the
poultry industry of the southwestern
part of the state and its leading ship
ping point. Its citizens and the far
mcrs of Garfield country have found
that poultry pays and pays well. You
would be astonished IL you were to
visit the section for you Will find no
very large poultry farms, such as OK
Isl around retaluma, Cal; but there
is no farm that does not have pay
ine f;ock OF chickens and in many
cases you will be told and told truth
fully that these same fowls make the
living for the family. The farmers
have mastered the problems of breed
ing very largely and have learned
what the three large packing houses
at that point desire in the way Of
fowls and eggs and they cater to the
needs OF the trade. These plants
make "A specially OF the milk fatted
chicken and can put into their crates
as mDnv as 10000 chicks per day.
The farmers receive for these chickens
from 25 to 80 cents q piece when
they weigh pound or better and the
most of them have been sold during
April May and June during the past
though the packing houses are desir-
Gus of having them earlier and the
, farmers are certainly going to produce
them since the earlier they can be
had the better price they will bring.
Tho average prices for fowls at Enid
have been around II cents per pound
during the fail and winter. and con-
tract prices can be made for them
with the houses at from IL to ~
cents by the year, in fact they will
very gladly make prices by the year
for the entire output both of eggs ana
fowls with any farmer who may be
at all interested in the business Now
i'll 1914 Enid shipped nine million
POUNDS of dressed poultry, including
100000 pounds Of turkeys. three hun
died ears of live poultry and $50 cars
of eggs of total value of $4,000, ,009.
New York, Boston and Los Angeles
get the bulk of these shipments.
Now stop and study the conditions
that surround this city and you will
see at once, that while it has many
ahN antages yet their other localities
that are as much favored as is this
city. The secret lies in the fact that
the packing houses are located there
and that they pay a living price to
those who handle such fowls as these
houses desire. If you visit the plants
that buy you will find that they de-
sire roasters that Will weigh five
pounds or more live weight and that
some of them discriminate against the
Lcghorn fowl because it is too light
in weight, while the Rocks, Reds, Wy
andottes and Orpingtons are the IA
VoriteS.
Coming from Enid across Arkansas
and Alabama and then going on up
into the mountains Of east Tennessee
we find
During the year 1915 there were
shipped from this town i40 cars OF
eggs, 1863 cars of live poultry, 11G cars
of dressed poultry, making a total of
721 cars valued at $2,250,0C0. The
4+0 cars of eggs contained 17G,00C
cases, $3.50 dozen or 63.360,000 eggs
The bulk of this goes to the easterd
markets and is carried on a special
train operated by the Southern Rail
way each week for that purpose. Oc-
casional shipments are made to Cuba
and other points south.
Morristown milk fed chickens are