The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-07-05
bright FUTURE Of
POULTRY INDUSTRY

On the New Jersey side of the Del
aware River, about a mile from
Trenton Junction and not far from
the historic spot were Washington
crossed the river during the Christ
mas night preceding the Battle of
Trenton, stands an old, colonial house
surrounded by a grove of pine trees.
The house is built on a knoll and,
from the porch, one may look over
the fifty acres of land, and more
than one hundred modern buildings,
comprising Wilburtha Poultry Farms,
to the Delaware River. This attrac-
tive residence is the home of Mr..
NJ. l.. Chapman, General Man ager
of the Wilburtha Poultry Farms.
Visitors at Wilburtha, where about
five thousand birds are raised each
year, may become familiar, or at
least acquainted, with the modern
methods employed in raising high
, class birds for both exhibition pur-
poses and high egg production.
eve have been breeding our exhi-
bition Single Comb White Leghorns
for a number of years." Mr.. Chap
man informed me, with the idea of
combining beauty and egg produc-
tion." He added that they had at
tanned a great measure of success
along that line. One cannot help but
agree with him, when one sees the
display of ribbons Ia large percent
age of which are blue) from the
poultry shows, as we'll as the certi-
ficates from various egg-laying con-
tests, which adorn the walls of his
Office.
This does not apply to the Leg
horn alone, however. The Wilbur
tina White Plymouth Rocks and Jer-
sey Black Giants have also done their
bit to help swell that collection of
ribbons and certificates.
Having had no special training fol
|. the poultry business, Mr.. Chapman
has forced his way to the front by
r learning, and profiting, from his owl
experiences. He started with a nat,
2 ural liking for poultry, and such gen,
! eral information as any boy on Z
{ farm may pick up. He has been &C
tivel yengaged in the business fol
the past twenty-five years, twent!
r years of which have been spent il
raising White Plymouth Rocks.
When l asked him how he happene,
to choose the poultry industry, h
I said:
! al became interested in poultr,
; when / "a young=I presume 70
q the reason that poultry was NOR
!; neglected than any other live stocI
e on the farm. Nobody paid much at
/ tention to the poultry and j was al
lowed to have my own way with them
III remember reading all the old-tim
/, papers and books that treated of tn
n subject and / became somewhat of
local authority because, from the in
creased attention to our flock, we be
a gan to get better results. / remem
e. ber, me added -reminiscently, that m
= father, when looking at some of m
! figures, said tht poultry would pa
better than anything else on the farm
. provided it was given careful after
~ ton. All this was many years ag,
before the poultry business had an
special standing as a separate il
dustry.n
Mr.. Chapman believes, and advise
that beginners should take one bree.
or some n phase of the bushes
and devote all their time, energy an
capital to that breed, or the par
icular end of the business, they tai
up.
What future do l see for Il
poultry Industry" he said, 4Cond
tons in the poultry business, il ii
utu1e, Will, I believe, be much bs
- ter than IN the past twenty year