Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-03-25

aud he proposed to keep on adyer-
Using.
With favorable weather condi-
lions, a plentiful supply of labor
and continued demand for their
product, the lumber mills OF West
ern Oregon and Western Washing
ton are running on what approx
mates a capacity basis.
Nine fires out of ten are prevent
ible, and yet a careless public will
not take the preeaution necessary
to prevent the nation 5 terrific
fire loss, which for 1919 amounted
to S2lS,ls3,475 in the United
States and Canada, and for Janu-
AIRY and February this year it al
ready amounts to SOB, $50.
When one considers that large
part of the property burned is
worth double today what ii was
when insured, the tremendous loss
can be readily seen, especially
when III many instances no in
creased insurance was carried. Iu
the face of mounting costs of ope-
ration, insurance companies have
been able TO maintain insurance
rates on the same basis as before
the war, which speaks well for the
general management of the bus
mess.
The Poultrymen throughout the
Northwest are watching the egg
laying contest now being conduct
ed by theWestern Washington Elk
pertinent Station at Puyallup, and
the following monthly report re-
ceived from George r. Shoup,
poultryman, will doubtless be read
with great interest by hundreds OF
our readers:
February Report
The health of the birds has con
tinued satisfactory during the
month of February. No moult has
developed and we have been able
to maintain the previous average
production OF approximately go
per cent for all birds entered. This
we think is quite creditable, con
sidering that as result of the
hard December freeze there has
been a deficiency of the usual kale
supply for green feed.
The contest among the leaders
is 50 close that if one of the high
est producing hens misses laying
one day il means that size drops
back, and if one hen in pen skips
4 week cnange in rating results.
Feed pr,ces for the month Of
February we're as follows: Dry
nash $40; oats, SOS; scratch, $50 j,
shell, S22; mangels, $40 per ton;
milk, 81 per cwt. blood, 10 cents
per pound.
The average feed cost for Feb
ruary per pen &c BIRDS of the
Americans, including the Rocks,
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds
and Rhode Island Whites, was
$1.94, or 81 cents per bird. The av-
erage feed cost for the Meditter-
raneans, including the Leghorns,
Oregons and Anconas, was $1.71
per pen (6 BIRDS, or IS cents per
bird.
The average net price received
for Experiment Station eggs for
the month of February was ~
cents for standards and 81 cents
for pullets.
Barred Rock Pen Leads
The Barred Rock pen entered
by the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege stands first in production for
the four-month period-474; ties
for first place in February-112.
and shows the greatest value of
marketable value of marketable
eggs produced for the four-month
riod-$21.67.
Carver Brothers S. C. White
Leghorn pen ties with the Oregon
Agricultural College Rocks in pro
duction of eggs for February and
their hen No. , ties with Paul b.
Towne's Leghorn hen No. 81 with
Is eggs for the month. and110 eggs
for the four-month period.
Mr. Towne's pen No. Z, S. c.
White Leghorns shows the highest