Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-02-22
CHICKS AND RABBITS
As WAR MEASURES
..,s Discuss Production of
chickens, Eggs and Rabbits Be
fore Chamber of Commerce
Talk Continued Next
Week

n every member of the chamber
q Of commerce who was impressed with
tho possibilities of chickens, eggs and
rabbits as a backyard war measure
+brough the intelligent discourses on
the subject at the chamber of COM
n merce session Tuesday were to fol-
& low up that conviction with an hon
OCT attempt to raise few chickens
or rabbits, or to encourage his boys
4 and girls to do so, problems of the
4 Hoover meat program would be
solved so far as Pullman is CON
E cerned. Practically the entire SEES
sion of the chamber was given over
10 discussion of rabbit and chicken
production as a war measure, and
enough arguments were presented to
prove conclusively that a few chick
& ems or rabbits in the back yard will
Y not only help win the war, but
4 will prove highly profitable as a com
mon sense measure.
n The chicken and egg side of the
Il question was ably presented by Mrs.
Il W.K. Whitaker, head of the poultry
II division at the State College. Mrs.
E Whitaker urged the encouragement
III Of home production of chickens and
eggs by the chamber of commerce
and other organizations, SO far as
practicable. stating, however, that it
" would be a mistake for persons who
& have not the time to care for them,
II them properly, or who are not
equipped to take care OF them, to
" attempt to raise chickens that would
Y produce eggs enough to pay for
\ themselves The speaker called at
II tention to a 40 per cent decrease in
Y laying stock in the state this year,
II deficit that must be made up this
v spring If the chicken is to do her
full part in the food program.
Eggs produced by pullets entered
H in the all-Northwest egg laying con-
test at the State College sold for a
NJ year-round average of a trifle over
A cents per dozen, figures proving
n dozen eggs, with pullets that lay $50
Nh eggs per year, is 3 cents per dozen,
Vi not including the item of labor.
III Last year many cases of eggs from
Nj the contest pens were sold during the
u high producing months at from 80
cents to sc cents per dozen for put
ting down, and by this means many
families solved the winter egg prob
n lem in a satisfactory manner. This
u year, however, none of the con-
test eggs will be sold in Pullman,
and eggs for waterglass or cold stor-
age preservation must come from
other sources.
: While the college poultry plant
:, Will produce as many day-old chicks
Nj as possible for distribution this year
:. aS war emergency measure, Mrs.
aH whitaker stated that the division
u mas no desire to compete with COM
+ merclal poultrymen, and the maxi
Is mum production will probably be
% 500 chicks
n rullman m erchants who are pay
lng 40 cents per dozen in cash for
:, "esh eggs and selling them at retail
!, vi oO cents per dozen, are losing
"oney according to Mrs Whitaker,
VINO contended that eggs can not be
III handled for five cents per dozen
N profitably.
oelglan hares and other breeds of
n'aVy rabbits as a part of the fam
n ~ food-producing plant were
strongly urged By V. A. Bilderback
Diarkston, dealer in thorough
n 'eu rabbits, who at present has 25O
4"ieS IN his hutches. Besides TAX
e care of his duties with the Lewis
0iarkston Traction company, Mr..
Diueroack finds ample time to give
proper and painstaking care to his
as as FAMILY of rabbits, stating thai
:, minutes of his time at noon and
- !" minutes at night is all that is re-
aOfeo for the $50 rabbits. He
~ a'eu that rabbit meat is eight pei
u M more nutritious than any other
"t and can be produced at a small
'ioh OF the cost of beefsteak oil
:. ao A chops. even on small scale
w small boy or girl. He called
enelon to one youngster at Clarks
no "ho' by rabbit production, II
hug $40 per month on a lot ht
purchased adjoining that of hi