Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-01-28

learning by experience, but 1t brought
an Improvement III health, pleasure
some profits and a definite purpose.
WeDer sJudIed his business and put
Cneory INTO practice; constructing
MS pans and nndlng Jnat increase OIL
pronCs dla not mean lessenlng OF
pleasure or improvement OF nealtn,
ne pent ms energies to development
OF his INDUSTRY.
Inc UrpngIon breed of poultry
seemed TO strike his fancy and with
pure blooded arIstocrats OF this
Iam1Iy he kept at the WORK during the
second year going into the caponlzing
anu reaplng harvest OF pront there
Dy. his D1rds OF high degree, or
pedlgree, were prize winners at the
various poultry shows, eggs for
naCcnlng and eggs for eating, chicks
anu cnlckens were produced and sold
ana the second year showed a net
pronI of $500.
Inc third year, or last year, the
business grew to still larger proper
tions, new breeds were introduced to
Cne rive acre farm lying within the
city boundaries of Wauseon. R. G.
Rhode Island Reds and S. G. White
Leghorns of aristocratic lineage came
TO nve next door to the first families
of Orpingtons. "Broilers" as well as
capons found their way from this
plant to the markets. The show
birds took still more and better prizes
and the net profits for the year were
$500. For this fourth year Harry
has set his goal at $500 to $1,000 net
profit and to the visitor it seemed
that he was pretty certain of reaching
MS goal.
300 mature birds, all carefully sep
arated- as to breeds and grades. A
mamoth hover in and about which were
gathered between two and three
hundred lively chicks and the incuba.
tors adding to collection daily unit
the limit of the hover's capacity, 5O(
chicks, is reached.
Three months from now these bits
Of down and feathers will be finished
"broilers" ready for the big city mar
kets where they will bring from for
ty to forty-eight cents per pound
then the incubators will go into com
mission again to turn out 500 more
chicks.
Plans for enlargement of the plan
including extensive hover houses anc
an incubator cellar have been mad
and will be carried out, in part a
least, during this present year.
| Every where were signs of Harry
| constructive genius-in bran mas
feeders and shell or grit feeders, il
the evident utilization of everv foo
OF the miniature farm and in the mani
fest care with which accurate accoun
is kept of all items of expenditure
and receipts of the plant.
In and about among his feathere,
partners wakes Harry Weber. ever,
individual chicken seemed to be OF
speaking terms with him, and tn
visitor realized that he was in tn
presence of real Captain of In
dustry." A boy who stays at hom
and makes good; who is making
business grow and is growing with il
| EARLY CROP.
The first sprouts of the 1916 GRO
OF candidates are showing giving in
dlcatlons of record breaking GRO
for next August's harvest.
| Grovernor Willis has certainl
made good during his first term an
no serious candidates for the gubel
material office are likely to appear
the Republican ranks. Over in tn
Democratic patch both ex-governo
Cox and the former president of tn
Ohio Agricultural Commission az
announced as candidates. Stephen 4
Stilwell of Lebanon, Warren count
has made a decided start for til
nomination for Auditor of State 0
the Republican ticket, and there al
others who are beginning to sho
IN the state political field. Neare
home, in our own county 'sten acres
there are also showing sprouts gi,
ing indications of a growing crop. {
course there are rumors that NAV {
may not be true, but we are preti
sure that of the Republicans, Ere
Perry of Fayette will be candida
for County Auditor, and he will NAL
a good one. A. E. Bonar will be
candidate for County Commission,
and there are at least two good ca
didates out for sheriff in the persol
of VIM. Boone and Charlie Snyder.
Ohio republicans have eyes for b
one presidential candidate and tn
is ex-senator Theodore Burto
though there are going to be sever
to choose from.