The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-04-09
POULTRY TOUR
IS SUCCESS
DIR. w. ID. BUCHANAN LECTURES
TO INTERESTED AUDIENCE
MONDAY. ON TOUR
Heberling, Robinson and Grubb Farms
Visited. Lectures on Ventilation.
Incubation and BroOding

The poultry tour conducted in the
Colville vicinity Monday in connec-
ton with the Stevens County Farm
Bureau, was successful and of much
educational interest to many people
in this vicinity who are in the poul-
try business to a greater or lesser
extent. There were three stops on
the trip and lectures given at each
stop by DR.. w. d. Buchanan of the
extension service of Washington State
College. His lectures were frequent
ly interrupted by questions on the
part of those making the tour, which
he answered readily and gladly. Mrs.
J. F. Colder was in charge of the
tour and over ninety people heard
at least one of the lectures.
The Itinerary
c. A. Heberling on Church Flats,
who has been in the poultry business
for three years has one of the largest
poultry houses in this vicinity. 1t
has capacity of 800 hens and is
1Sx110 feet open-front type, equip
ped with hoppers filled from above.
He has a separate brooder house
large enough for 1000 chicks. 1t is
fitted with Kresky brooder stove
and has cooling room adjoining it.
Mr. Heberling's place was the first
one visited on the poultry tour Fifty
people heard DR.. Buchanan's lecture
there on incubation and ventilation.
The R. w. Robinson farm near
Douglas falls, was the second one on
the tour. At this place bountiful
pitch-in dinner was served. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robinson have poultry house
which will accommodate $50 hens.
At the present time they have IT'S
chickens, 45 of which are breeders.
There were 35 people present at the
lecture and dinner at the Robinson
place.
The E. Grubb ranch was the last
one visited on the poultry tour. With
thirteen years of experience in the
poultry business in Stevens county,
Mrs. Grubb is raising white rocks.
At the present time the flock is re-
duced to about 40, but their normal
flock is 200. Mrs. Grubb had one
Rayo incubator in operation which
matches this week. The poultry
house on the Grubb ranch has
cement floor and open front and is
equipped with hoppers filled from
above. DR.. Buchanan commented
favorably upon the deep dry litter on
the floor of the poultry house. Mrs.
Grubb has used outdoor, homemade
brooders for ten years, with success.
There were about 25 people present
at the lecture at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorr A. Kennedy,
on the route of the poultry tour be-
tween Heberling's and Robinson's
expected to entertain those making
the tour but on account of limited
time, it was impossible. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kennedy specialize in baby
chicks of the Tancred strain of the
S. c. White Leghorns, selling 100
last years They have been in the
poultry business for three years.
Mrs. Albert Keough, who was one
of the interested members of the
party, had hatch of 80 out of 10
eggs in an Old Trusty incubator.
DR.. Buchanan although sent out
by the extension service of the col
lege, has acquired his knowledge of
the poultry business from practical
experience extending over number
of years and it is from his exper-
ience that he talks, without flourish
ing. any technical terms or untried
theories. He frequently illustrated
his lectures by giving personal ex-
periences in the raising of chickens,
telling frequently of mistakes he had
made.
He told of one time when he rush
ed to answer an advertisement of
three-week old chicks for the price
of day old chicks and bought large
number of them in spite of the fact
that they were of the "wheel barrow"
type-that is, with wings longer than
their bodies, which indicates weak
chicks. Another time he purchased a
brooder system from California which
would not reach higher tempera-
ture, than eighty degrees, fact which
he did not know until three days be-
fore his chicks hatched. After con-
siderable contriving on his part he
got it up to 30, but knew that was
not high enough and sacrificed ven
tilation TO heat and produced "wheel
barrow" chicks of his own. DIR.
Buchanan stated that every time he
had visitor one of those "wheel
barrow" chicks would come into the
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