Arizona republican., 1920-12-19

and in summer time the openings un- derneath and over the roosts are left on all sides for ventilation. A good practical house may be built here for about S1 for each hen to be accommo- dated. By this is meant that a good house, capable of accommodating 800 hens. should be put up for approxi- mately $500.
 The principal feeds are wheat. bar ley. milo, hegari bran and meat scraps or fish meal Occasionally the poultry man is so situated that he can obtain skim milk, which is a very desirable poultry food when obtainable at a req sonable price, Most poultrymen find 1t advisable to divide the yard, although many allow the chickens free range.
 Green Feed Abundant Another advantage is in the fact that green feed may be produced here the year round. In the summer season we grow alfalfa, sudan grass and some other forages. In the winter, grain, al
 falfa, kaIe. cabbages, stock beets and refuse from the garden also furnish
 green feeds which are used to some ex-
 tent. Thost most successful use bar ley quite largely together with a mash composed Of bran, ground milo and shorts. ration used by one of the
 most successful poultrymen, whose av- craze production for the past three years has been 160 eggs for each hen, Is as follows:
 Grain: 1-3 wheat, Is mile, Is bar ley. The hens consume 1 pounds each or 1.6 ounces per day. A mash is fed
 composed of 65 pounds oil meal, 25
 pounds shorts, Is pounds oil meal. % pounds corn meal, 15 pounds ground oats. and 20 pounds meat scraps. This is fed dry in hoppers. The hense con-
 sume ? 4-10 pounds of this mash each per month or 1.3 ounces daily. The hens on this place have free range.
 The market for poultry is steadily
 Increasing. The demand for good poul-
 try locally and in the markets which are easily reached, warrants paying
 mere attention to tis industry than has
 usually been given it.
 Modern Concern Started
 Recently a modern poultry house has heen established here by Swift & Con-
 pany, which is able to buy at all times
 all kinds of poultry, and feed them for
 market by means of the crate method
 of feeding. This is gradually educat-
 ing the consuming public to the ad
 vantages of milk -fattened chickens.
 this concern is able to take all poultry 2 and eggs that are produced here for many years to come. Only about two-
 thirds of the eggs which are consumed
 in the territory tributary to the Salt
 Rover valley are produced here and the : possibilities for extending the market
 warrants the statement that the poul- try industry may be expanded almost ! . indefinitely.
 Egg producers who give close atten- : ton to the matter of producing high | class eggs are receiving slightly more than market quotations. All eggs are
 graded and candled, size and condition Of the eggs. This puts premium upon production Of a first class product. In
 addition to this. some dealers are will ng and anxious to obtain the product Of egg producers who have established Q the reputation for uniform eggs which s always candle out 100 per cent prefect. It is encouraging to note that the quail
 " of eggs has improved to a very re- narkabie degree within the last few n years. This is due to the fact that n 1s oducers are feeding grain more 3 argely and paying closer attention to > he hand ng of the eggs.
 a h order to stabilize the prices, pro- U 5ucers have found il eXperient to store K ggs during the period when prOduc- n ion IS greatest and the experience of II trC Egg Producers association for the r past three years has been such IS to
 prove conclusively that storing e gs is = entirely feasible and that it serves 70
  s obtained in February, March and Ap il. - There is still another field for poul- s llymen which is still almost untouched,
 or perhaps it might be better 10 say . hat it has been almost neglected. Ir. If D. NJ Green. who has been here estab-
 1shing the government I3l.try expert r uent station west of Glendale. has sug- a ested that in as much as our cli- If natic conditions permit of early hatch $ ing. and maturity of birds early in the s, fall. that we have here a wonderful - opportunity to produce breeding stock e or the eastern markets.
 e As to the future prospects. the popu- # lation Of the Salt River valley is near - ly three times as large as it was ten - years ago, and is increasing very rap- g idly. The territory tributary. which
 includes some of the larger mining a towns and other towns, is also grow $ ing rapidly and the opportunities for s poultry producers are exceedingly n bright
 $ There will have to be a greatly in l creased production in order to take i, care of the normal increase of popu- SC laton. The opportunity is here and p many are embracing it. There is room
 for more.