The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-02-17
:. .YNDEN SEES RECORD
POULTRY MEETING
Hundreds Attend Session Here; To
Establish Poultry Dressing Station
i'm Lynden?

What is said to have been the larg-
est poultry meeting ever held in the
State, was in session in Lynden Sat
urday night at the high school,. The
big auditorium was filled to capacity.
the halls were crowded. and scores
were turned away at this record ses-
sion of the Whatcom County Poultry
Association.
The big feature of the meeting was
the start made towards the establish
ment of poultry handling and pick
ing station in either Lynden or Bel
bingham. This institution would give
employment to ten men, and would
enable the poultrymen to save thous-
ands of dollars by T. ttening and dres-
sing their own DIS before ship
ment. Lynden is sllking a strong bid
for this plante at the new building
of the Washii-. Z, ION Cooperative Egg
and Poultry Association, ample space
can be provided for this purpose.
To aid in the establishment of a
poultry and feed business. poultry
mne of the county are being asked to
purchase stock to the amount of 10c
hen. payable 2 C before March l.
and the balance before Aug. L. The
project will not go through unless
10000 hens are signed before Mar.
l.
J. II. Guffey, director of the state
association, and H. E. Wills, manager
of the Lynden station, told of the
work of the Association. and discus
sed prospects. They told of the big
growth of the association. outlining
the possibilities in the establishment
of the poultry and feed branches.
Mrs Geo. r. Shoup of Washing
ton State College experiment station
at Puyallup, told of the problems in
raising chicks, and gave the poultry
men practical advice on this subject.
The following resolutions were
adopted at the meeting:
of the State of Washington represent
one half of tn tai of the States
industrial output J the farmers of
Washington pay one .hird of the tax
es of the state government;
Whereas. the total amount paid by
our state for higher education is less
than &c out of every dollar raised for
state purposes, with less than 1c for
agricultural and allied industries;
Therefore. be it resolved by the
Whatcom County Egg and Poultry
Association that we heartily endorse
the request of the State College for
additional funds, in order that the
Institutional work at the College.
the statewide extension work, and
the valuable services of the exper-
iment stations in the various parts of
the State may be continued, and we
respectfully urge the State Legisla-
ture to appropriate sufficient funds
to the State College to enable this
institution to continue to train young
men and women for useful careers.
and to broaden the service it is now
rendering to the agricultural inter-
ests of the State.
WHEREAS, the Washington Coop
erative Egg and Poultry Association
has worked for the development of
the poultry industry in Whatcom
County and throughout Western
Washington, and
WHEREAS, The Cooperative as
sociaton is confining its business to
the interest of it's members, and
WHEREAS, the association has de-
veloped a market for the eggs pro-
duced in Western Washington, and
WHEREAS, Fourteen of the mem
bers of the Board of Trustees of the
association, all of whom are regular
bonafide poultrymen, are recommend
ed by poultrymen Of the state and ell
ected by the stockholders at the an
nual meeting, and
WHEREAS, the Superintendent of
the Western Washington Experiment
Station at Puyallup is constituted a
member of the Board of Trustees ac-
cording to the bylaws of the associ-
alton, and
WHEREAS, the Washington Coop
erative Egg and Poultry Association
invites the cooperation of the Farm
Bureau and the various departments
of the State College of Washington,
and the branch station at Puyallup.
THEREFORE,, Be it resolved that
we the members of the Whatcom
County Egg Producers Association
hereby endorse the enterprises of the
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry Association, and urge that
the individual members throughout
the county give it their earnest sup
port.