The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-11
MODEL CHICKEN RANCH
Is M. c. EASTMAN PLACE

The Eastman poultry farm, three
miles west of this city, must be
accounted a model place, no matter
from what angle it is considered.
Established by Mr.. Eastman three
years ago, a foundation was laid
with a completeness that rivals the
best to be found anywhere. Mr..
Eastman came to Winnemucca from
New York City and his visit here
was casual indeed, until he found
he could do better in this part of
Nevada than in most any other
place about which he had informa-
ton, so he just set about and went
to work. He had been stricken with
nervous disorder some years ear
lier and his sole hope for continued
existence rested in taking up resi-
dence out in the great land of sum
shine. He now has 160 acres of
land, a suitable dwelling, pumping
plants, leveled land, all necessary
outbuildings, including poultry and
brooder houses and-his health. His
laying hens number about 900 and
he and his estimable wife are en-
gagged in raising a 2,000-lot of lit
tie chicks, received early last month
from a California hatchery.
Eggs are being sent to market
at the rate of ten cases weekly
and this output will be increased
presently when real spring is ush-
cred in. Just now eggs command
selling price for the producer in
Winnemucca, varying from 20 to %
cents. 1t is interesting to know
that many of the farmers of this
county are producers of eggs in
considerable quantities and that
large percentage of home produced
eggs go forward to outside places.
Paradise Valley ranchers contribute
heavily to the recorded egg produc-
ton of this district. Several in
this community are engaged in the
poultry business on large scale.
in addition to Mr.. Eastman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eastman are also
preparing to raise a large number
of turkeys during the present seas
on and hope to have about 800 birds
ready for the holiday markets. Mr..
Eastman is also getting things ar
ranged at his ranch to allow of the
planting of about eight acres Of
garden truck. His outlay in his
plant, instituted but three years ago
is now about $4,000 and the re-
suits obtained prove that a man,
broken in health, can succeed when
he coordinates intelligence with a
fair amount of physical effort and
works to a given end.
A Silver State representative ac-
companied Sheriff George w. Brady
Deputy C. w. Muller and Special
Agent ]. S. Stith, of the w. p, on
trip to the Eastman farm Sum-
day afternoon. Mr.. Stith made OBJ
servations in a careful manner
because he hopes to quit hunting
hoboes and worse offenders against
his company and engage in the
same form of work in the future.
1t may be many years he said, but
after seeing Mr.. Eastman at work
his affirming decision is irrevoca-
Bile. Mr.. Muller was also much in
terested in what he saw in the
heneries and Mr.. Brady, too, perked
up on the trip of inspection through
the chicken town. The fact that
Mr.. Eastman has made pets of his
900 leghorns made quite a hit with
Deputy Muller who took considera-
BILE satisfaction in stroking the backs
of the Immediately white fowl,
commissioning with them meantime
over their lonely lives in the iso-
lation wards where they are pre-
sumed to do nothing but give forth
eggs and plenty of them. Mr.. East
man has his hens segregated on
the basis of individual egg pro-
duction last year. One lot av-
eraged It's eggs in 1921; another
100 eggs, and so on.