The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-10
TREASURE STATE FARM and LIVESTOCK
FLOCK OF 5000 BIRDS ON THIS
MONTANA POULTRY FARM

ana MT. and MIS-. te0cn nave neat
cottage nearer the highway.
Perhaps few persons who &c
through the Yellowstone park do not
eat eggs from the veach farm. For
this farm supplies the Yellowstone
park transportation company with
eggs and table fowls. In the park
season much Of the production OF the
farm goes to the park hotels. Dur
ing the winter the eggs are market
ed in Helena. and even with several
other poultry farms in the valley
there is no difficulty in disposing Of
the eggs on the Helena market.
The breeding house is 220 feet
long. containing approximately 5000
birds. There are 10 pens 20 feet
deep and In front of each pen is q
60-f0ot runway. Each pen has Is
trap nests.
Here's how the lives of the chick.
ems are regulated:
Off the roost at S o'clock in the
morning.
Breakfast of grain mash at 6.
Green feed at 8.
Wet mash at noon.
Steamed sprouted oats at 3.
Grain feed at s.
On the roost after 8.
At in the morning the electric
lights 60 on and on these wintry days
are on till 8. In the afternoon the
lights start at 5. At s q DINNER
diminishes the lights and when this
artificial twilight arrives the fowls
get drowsy. seek the roosts and are
ready for taps when the lights are
turned out completely.
An excellent system Of ventilation
is provided in each compartment Of
the laying house. The air, starting
from near the floor of the room. goes
up between the walls. through the
loft and out. The loft is filled with
straw for warmth. Dry feed is placed
in thoughts on the walls and water
is fed automatically into long mar
row tanks. The floor is covered with
straw, except under the roosts.
Cleaned Every Day
An overhead rail takes a car that
can be used for bringing in feed or
out dirt Houses are clean
ed every day. All the birds are mark
ed with leg band. Each hen gets
credit on the records for every egg
she lays.
Eeach's birds took several prizes
at the international show in Chicago
recently. He has White Leghorns,
Rhode Island Reds, Single Comb
Rhode Island Reds and Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. About half the flock
are Leghorns. In addition he has
800 bronze turkeys, breeding birds.
Before the holidays mis- bunch of
turkeys was twice as large.
An incubator cellar with a capacity
of about 10000 eggs has just been
built. One of the large machines
will handle $500 eggs.
Then the brooder houses will take
care of 10000 chicks. For six weeks
the chicks are in the brooders and
then they 60 to the colony houses,
there till fall when they
go into the laying house.
The number of men employed var
les with the season from a few up
to 40 or so.
Raised 5000 Chickens
In 1921 the Veach farm raised
5000 chickens.
Veach has great confidence in the
Prickly Pear valley as a poultry re-
gion. He is cooperating with the
Helena Commercial club in a project
to establish a poultry farm colony
here. With Montana importing al
million dollars worth of poultry
products year, he believes there is
a great field for the business in this
state.
Mrs. Veach takes a keen interest
In the farm and in poultry growing
generally. She attended the Chicago
show and is one who has done much
for the success of the Montana show.