Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-22
GRAIN AND MILLING
COMPANY ORIGINATE
UNIQUE POLICY

A very interesting and instructive
meeting was held at the new Olymp-
ian Hotel Friday, when the Ken
worthy Grain and Milling Co. of
Tacoma entertained number of
live wire poultrymen from Grays
Harbor, Lewis, Thurston and Pierce
counties.
The meeting was the first of the
kind ever held in this vicinity and
marks the beginning of new era in
the manufacture of poultry foods.
The policy heretofore at poultry
meetings arranged by feed dealers
or their representatives, has been to
convince the poultryman that he
knows little or nothing about his
own business, and that it is neces-
sary for feed dealers to employ high
salaried experts to travel around the
country and tell these poor fellows
how to raise chicks, gather eggs and
become rich by simply using their
line of poultry foods.
This method of increasing distri-
button is being contested SO holly by
a great many firms, that a great
many feeders are beginning to won
der if it is possible finance a policy
of this kind and maintain the quality
of their feeds without charging con-
siderable more for their products
than manufacturers who do not use
such expensive methods.
Many poultrymen in Southwest
Washington have been kept SO busy
talking to these experts that they
haven't had time to find out that the
experiment station at Puyallup and
the extension department of the
Washington State College are being
maintained for their special benefit.
After the banquet, which was
served in one of the private dining
rooms Of the new hotel, Jay Bolster,
who represents the Kenworthy
Grain and Milling Co. in Southwest
Washington, spoke on the purpose
of the meeting, and briefly outlined
to the poultrymen that the Ken
worthy firm plans to enter the poul-
try food line on a much larger scale,
the business at the present time hav-
ing out grown the capacity Of their
plant, and that in the near future it
is the intention Of Mr.. Kenworthy to
build the most modern and up-to-
date milling plant in the Northwest
The poultrymen were Informed
that they had not been invited tc
the meeting for the purpose Of be-
ing advised how to feed or care fol
their poultry, but on the contrary tc
give advice and assist in the per.
| fecting of formulas for the various
poultry food mixtures.
When the table had been cleared
Mr.. T. E. Francis who compounds
the feed formulas for the firm passed
typewritten copies Of the Kenworthy
feed formulas as they are mixed al
the present time, giving the ingredi.
ents and exact proportions.
! The. feeders were asked to Offer
their criticisms as freely and az
frankly as possible.
AS each formula was taken up II
was read by Mr.. Kenworthy and
samples were spread ont for exami-
nation.
Chick food was taken up first, and
the only change desired by the poul.
trymen was to eliminate millet OF
which rs pounds per ton was being
used and also kaffir or milo maize
which was being used to small ex.
tent.
| Then came the mash mixtures and
while the poultrymen were not IN.
formed of this particular feature
they were being used without their
knowledge to render a verdict on
an experiment that has been under a
test by the sales force of Mr.. Ken
worthy for the past two months.
About two months ago at one OF
the weekly discussions Mr.. Ken
worthy and Mr.. Francis hold with
the statesmen, it was agreed to get
/ the ideas of few practical poultry
men from among their customers in
the immediate vicinity of the plant
at South Tacoma on mixing mashes
Mr. Francis first worked out an
egg mash formula. This mash was
sent out without calling the atten-
: ton of the dealers to the change in
the formula, and in less than two
weeks it was found that feeders were
| becoming aware of a change and
were making inquiries about it.
Mr. McInturf, poultryman near
Olympia, was the first one to make
an inquiry.
He said it was decided improve
ment over the mashes he had been
using and that he had induced others
to try it. They also were getting
results.