The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-01-26
E. SAMUEL CHICKENS
POSSESS RECORD

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Mr.. Samuel received five cockerel
from the hens Of j. A. Hanson, of Cor
| wallis. The Benton county poultr,
fancier for several years has beer en-
| gagged in building up a strain of egj
laying birds. He started with hen
that averaged 282 and 208 eggs. To
day he has a strain of White Leghornl
that exceed an average of 300 eggs pc
year. The cockerels purchased by Mr.
Samuel are from sire, whose mothel
laid 3O4 eggs in year. The dam Of
the birds has a record of 260 eggs
Mr.. Hanson, with a pen Of 10 hens
made a new American record at the
Santa Cruz, Calf, laying contest fol-
the l920-2l contest, his team producing
2, 440 eggs, an average per hen Of 244.
Mr.. Samuel will specialize in the
sale of day old chicks. He already has
large orders, he says, but is endeavor.
ing to limit his sales as much as pos
sible to the valley. Mr.. Samuel cites
that numerous local folk annually buy
hundreds Of day old chicks.
1t is my plan," he says, to fur
nish those desiring the baby chicks
with birds that are as of high class as
can be obtained. do not see why a
good business along this line cannot be
built up right here at home."
Poultry raising will pay, if one is
willing only to apply himself assidu-
ously 10 the task according to Mr..
Hanson and his record proves his as
sertion. An interesting account of the
Hanson poultry farm appears in cur
rent issue Of the Northwest Poultry
Journal. Excerpts follow:
''The wonderful achievement of the
winning pen Of White Leghorns in the
l9202 Il egg laying competition at Santa
Cruz, Calf, with the new American
ten-hen pen record of 2, 440 eggs, or an
average of 244 eggs for each of these
hens for the year, is destined to fix
more permanently in the minds of the
poultrymen of the country and the gen
eral public that Oregon is indeed
great poultry producing state.
1.-The honor for this new American
ten-hen record goes to that well-known
and successful poultryman, j. A. Han
son, of Hanson's Poultry Farm, Cor
Wallis, Ore. According to the latest
and most reliable data at hand, the
former American ten-hen record was
held by pen of Rhode Island Reds at
Vineland with 2.43l eggs to their cred
it, which excelled the previous record
held by a ten-hen pen of O. A. G. Ore
gons at Storrs with 2, 1863 eggs.
Naturally, the readers of this poul-
try magazine will be pleased to learn
more about this poultryman and his
wonderful White Leghorns now in the
limelight. The Hanson Poultry Farm
is one of the oldest poultry plants in
the state. Mr.. Hanson has been in
the poultry business on the coast since
1911; in fact, it was October ]. 1911, |
that he embarked IN this business in
Oregon. He now has about 5000 ma
ture heavy laying, single comb White |
try plants in this state.
This year three of his pens, com
prising / 100 pullets, have been laying |
during the last half of November and
first half of December G5 to 70 per
cent. Mr.. Hanson trapnests every
pullet on his farm, and also the high
est record hens.
''The Hanson Poultry Farm COM
prises 30 acres. is well drained, gently
sloping land. upon which are some fine
springs and running water. 1t is To-
,ated one-half mile west of Corvallis
and it is nicely improved with good
modern buildings, fences and many
The farm is divided
nto halves, the west half being de-
'oted to the growth and development
# the young stock and the east half to
he mature stock, layers and breeders.
The incubator is in a large budding
2X70 feet, the upstairs being divided
nto rooms for the mems hunks. An
ther part is used for a mixing room
n which has been built large mash
mixer holding 1900 pounds of mash
nd can easily be turned by crank
hat has been geared down many
ines. 1t is the same principal as a
arge churn elevated so high that it \
mptles out into a sack from under S
cath when the mash is ready to sack. G
The first floor or basement is ce- r
1ent where the eggs are packed and [
he large Newtown Giant incubator is i
)cated. This one machine is a double q
eek machine automatically run by the n
expansion of the water 200 gallons in h
ne large sixteen IA inch pipes) by the O
'ater raising a float in the expansion Z
ink, which opens or closes the damp y
rs of the coal-burning stove. An 4
lectTic bell is so attached on the top
nat 1t will ring any degree of temper
lure you wish. The 10 sections of the n
cubator each have a thermostat and
like an Individual ma I,
line. With this machine, with it's
ltomatic appliances and the moisture
IN underneath and large veutilators,
Ie pOultryman is able to secure hatch.
from GO TO SO per cent and will :
'erage better than 20 per cent for il
e entire season. With a large per- n
ntage hatch like this the vitality and g,
fe of the chicks is bound to be of the h
CHEST degree. 6,
Mr.. Hanson is an advocate of raising
,ung stock by natural conditions, in g,
hich they are kept at all times on his In
rm. The birds are out on the ground in
cry day in the year after they are N
enough to run from the broOders. ra
lich is ten days old or two weeks, II
cording TO the weather. The pullets 10,
e range raised and roOst in the trees ef
the summer time. He encourages
e habitsof foraging for their living m
nile on range by gradually reducing sa
cir percentage of protein foods and ie
the same time allowing them Just IN
ough food to keep them going along m
thout laying much in the summer. IN
Together with this breeding and this I'M
re his stock is able to stand the IN
anges at the different egglaying
ntests and is able to hold its own
ing with the rest.
'All of his stock originated from one
n, the dam Of the first All-North- h.
ct Egglaying Contest winners. This IS
n proved TO be a breeder as well as ~
PRODUCER. her ofpsring carrying this co
ing characteristic down with them. We
raising his pullet flock average from SIS
eggs per year to 220 and better and ~
ding il there for three years is more
an accomplishment than producing sel
ew 500 egg hens, although he has tn'
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