Arizona republican., 1917-02-15
POULTRY RAISERS' ASSOCIATION AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ADVANCE
 QUALITY OF VALLEYS LAYING STOCK
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than forty cents a dozen, wholesale. The people who are making the most profit, whether running a regular poul- try farm or as side line on a general farm, are those who are producing bet ter eggs than the common ''case-c count eggs. Many have private customers fer their eggs, and guarantee them, getting about five cents above the mar ket. Others who are producing eggs on d larger scale ship to customers in the mining camps of the state, where prices always are somewhat higher than here. Dealers in these towns re- Quire certain number of eggs a year. and in order to cater to the interests it is necessary to colA ract the required number of cases weekly. With large outlet at our very doors for this prod uct of the valley, it requires large pro- ductlon which al present Is far short of the demand, and thousands of cases of stored eggs are shipped into the state.
 The following quotations are from the files of the Stocgman Farmer for the year ended June 30. 1916 and repre- sent the prices paid by grocers and small dealers to the producers for store eggs" The prices which the large dealers pay range about one cent per dozen less, and the price which the producer of sterile guaranteed eggs re- ceives is from five cents and upward above these quotations for the summer months.
 July ?, 1915, eggs sold for 15 and 16 cents, July g, 20 cents, same price until August 20, when they dropped to r F cents continuing at this figure until September 3, when they advanced to 25 cents. September T.. they advanced to 30 cents, and this price was main- tained until October s, when they were quoted at 8 cents - October 29 there was an advance of one cent. Novem- Der F, they were quoted at 40 cents. December 24, there was drop of five cents, January the quotation was 20 cents, January 21 there was an advance to 30 cents, and February II another advance to 3212 cents, an advance however, that was short-lived as one week later the price was 2212 cents, February 25. they were quoted at 171s cents, and March r, they dropped to l5 cents, which price held until March 3l, when they advanced to111a cents. April IA they had climbed back to 20 cents, with a drop on April 2S to IS cents, and May F, 17 cents. May 26 they were back to 20 cents again, June 3, 221 cents, and June 30, fl cents. The prices quoted last summer. are the lowest for many years, and it will be noted that the price at the end of June, 1916, is considerably better than last years prices through July. From d steady market at g cents through July they have advanced to 30 cents in August
 "Our eastern friends. unfamiliar with our seasons. may wonder at the com paratively low prices prevailing here during February March, and Apl1l, puI while this. season is the worst of the fyfar in the East, here We have sunny skies and Cool bracing weather when the hen is at her best. From January 10 May is the hatcning season, and fsls raids of downy chicks are incubated to increase the valleys flocks, anc shipped all over the state to points where coffditions are not so favorable for matching. This is an important part of the chicken industry and as one instance we find that Weber's shipped 25,000 baby chicks, last snring. Mr Weber pursues a wellthought out pol icy of Swattlng the rooster a1tvr ..4S breeding season and stores sterile eggs when the price goes as low as twenty cents a dozen. AS he states, for vo-r little additional expense I can candle and store my eggs when the prlce Is less than s6 Der case and in a very few months sell at s1050 per case. Continuing, MT. Weber said, I have no yet measured my success accurately 1T dollars and cents, for the season jus closed, but my 1900 hens have paid bet. ter than $1.50 each. I have had an un- usually successful matching season, bu there is no reason, barring accidents why this success should not be dupli cated' or even improved upon as I coulC have disposed of 10000 more chick this year
 s"I have confined his writing to thu mere setting down of facts and figure and can expect no fulsome praise fo the literary merit ba1ch it does no possess, and the reading of the recort cannot give the pleasure that the ques of the information gave the writer. I was indeed pleasure to meet gracious whole souled people and we have lot of them who have found pleasure ant profit in poultry keeping. We wer bubbling over with enthusiasm by tn time we found "Fairhope Farm
 About four miles from the heart O Phoenix, on spacious Grand avenue, w found Fairhope Farm, and we do no think it possible anywhere else in tn world to find such a setting for pOul try farm. Decidious and citrus fruit date palms, figs, and pepper trees, il orderly confusion. furnishing gratefu shade for 1,500 hens. Entering tn broad driveway. lined with graceful pepper trees, we saw MT. Hendrick a