Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-09

poultrydom were sold at the farm
, bureau poultry department purebre(
utility poultry auction sale at The
Mid Winter fair last Friday. These
birds were bought by % Of the
valleys leading poultry enthusi
asts after spirited competition witt
other buyers. The high bird of the
sale, a White Lcghorn cOckerel own
cd by +. T.. Eisenberg of Riverside
was sold to j. !. MunfOrd for $19
a beautiful pen of White Rocks
Owned by Frank Dowden of West
was bought by Ben Vlier for $50. 80
while j. f. Peck's fine pen Of Bar
red Rocks was sold to Fred johnson
fer $l6.
Twelve breeders from outside I'm
perial county consigned very valu
able birds to the sale. James Dry
den of Concord's fine White Leg
horn cockerel was bought by A
Martin of FL Centre, who purchased
another fine White Leghorn cock
crcl from Gilbert A. Gibson Of San
Diego. y. S. Combs also from the
McCabe district was the heaviest
buyer at the sale, purchasing Her
bert +. Wells of FL Cajon wonder
full offering, two from f. n. Deyo
Ell Centre, blue ribbon Barred
Rock cockerel from j. f. Peck, two
of f. f. Eisenbergs high egg laying
strain of Leghorns, and lastly a cock
erel with Il 22j egg dam from Thorn
as j. H. Mcknight Of Chula Vista.
Mrs. c. y. Kamm of Holtvillt
bought from James Dryden of Con
cord one of the very best birds il
the sale, Il Barred Rock cockere
whose dam az an official trap nest
record of 262 eggs in 4 year, and
the sire's dam 324 eggs. Mrs. Kamm
also bought fine show cockerel
from j. +. Peck of FL Centre.
Will s. Raich of Tuscon, consign.
ed five beautiful Rhode Island Red
cockerels. All of them dams with
trap nest records of over 200 eggs
per year. These were bought by j.
w. Scott and William Bukner of
Brawley, j. f. Peck and B. H. Mar
tin Of Ell Centre.
The fine Rhode Island Red cock
erel offered by Stanley S. Foote of
FL Monte, from a hen with trap
nest record of pa eggs a kear, went
to Mrs. Myrtle Martin of Calipatria.
a. $. Combs of FL Centre purchased
the Barred Rock cock with 1879 egg
dam Offered by Foote.
Mrs. f. l.. Garthwaite of FL Cen
tro, consigned five fine Barred Rock
eockerels to the sale. These were
bought by A.. NJ. Mealey, Imperial.
+. b. Walker, Fred w. johnson and
Mrs. w. Boaden. Mrs. Garthwaite
purchased a Barred Rock cockerel
with a 200 egg record dam offered
by O. O. Sandberg of Westmorland.
Mrs. Garthwaite also bought Stanley
$. Foote y Barred Rock cockerel
having n 232 egg record dam, and
whose sire was sire of the 1923 Po
mona champion layer. Another re
markable bird also bought by Mrs
Garthwaite was a Barred Rock cock
erel Offered by the Golden Rul
Poultry Farm of Porterville. sThi
cockerel s dam has Il record of %.
eggs, and his sire 3 dam 24S eggs in
Il year.
Will Stephens of Brawley bought
Il beautiful exhibition cockerel from
the Golden Rule Poultry Farm of
Porterville while the third offering
from this famous farm, cockerel
from Il pen of high record birds
went to Mrs. Will Boaden.
+. p. Cheney's fine Dryden strain
Barred Rock cockerels were bought
by Mrs. h. Rivers and +. w. John
son. William Buckner purchased one
of O. 0. Sandberg's 200 egg record
Footc strain Barred Rock cockerels.
j. +. Peek of FL Centre, although
4 well known Barred Rock faneier
broke into the White Leghorn and
Rhode Island Red breeds when he
bought two of Eisenberg's classy
White Leghorns and two trap nest
record Rhode Island Red hens from
Fred Heying of Anaheim. L.. l..
Carlisle bought the third hen Sent
down by Heying and two of the
very fine Rhode Island Red cock
erels offered by Perkins and Kocnig
of Orange. j. F. Warner of Braw-
ley bought the third Red cockerel