The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-12
Champion Idaho Hen
With Poultry Special

The visit of the poultry train tc
Blackfoot on Saturday afternoon was
accomplished according to schedule
Five hundred and fifty persons pas
sed thru the cars studying the ex-
hibits and helping themselves to
| literature on poultry.
The exhibits of live poultry con-
sisted of a few pairs only, White
Leghorn adult chickens the champ
| ions of this state, some young chicks
and some turkeys. 1t was not the
purpose to make a poultry show as
to numbers and different breeds but
rather to show methods of handl-
ing poultry and how to do it for
profit. Besides the matter of breed
ing much attention was given to
feeds, balanced rations and the i'm
portance of not changing feeds
abruptly. A tabulation in large
forms on the wall of the car was
used to help drive home the questions
of management and feeding of poul-
try to govern production in egg lay
ing and good growth of the chickens.
Those that make records for laying
are the ones that are kept on bal
anced rations, not allowed to roam
around much, not exposed to ex-
tremes of temperature and excite
ment.
An hour or more was devoted to
addresses in the depot, and 1t was
explained that it was not their pur-
pose to discuss breeds excepting to
say that selection should be made
from the different types of chickens
according to whether they are for
egg production or for meat for the
table. 1t was said that fancy birds
are not profitable, and that there
are various breeds that are practi-
cal for the person desiring to raise
them for profits.
The matter of grading and packing
eggs for shipment was given con-
siderable attention. There was a
small express car within the train,
and all the fixtures for handling
eggs and moving them to destination
iced in carload lots was explained.
Eggs vary in size and length and
the greatest losses In shipping are
caused by putting long eggs into
medium sized packs and the long
ones break and smear the others and
hurt the sales. They should be grad
ed and the different sizes of packing
materials used for the different
grades as to size.
The fiat car exhibit of poultry
houses one-fourth the size of the
practical ones, was furnished by the
Boise-Payette Lumber company at
an expense of something like fifteen
hundred dollars, put up especially for
this circuit with the poultry train.
Perhaps the greatest interest CEN
tered in the exhibit of White Leg
horns from the pens of Archie M.
Larson, of Weiser. The exhibit con-
sisted of three hens and one male
and included the champion hen Of
Idaho with a record of 800 eggs in
365 days. The mother and grand
mother of this hen with records of
292 and 221 eggs in year respec-
lively are also in the exhibit. Ana
other pen of White Leghorns was
from the flock of Mrs. E. l. Ford,
Of Weiser This flock of 900 hens
showed an average of 1885 eggs
each in 1928. A chart showing feed
costs, investment, interest, labor,
etc., in figuring the profit of $1,953
from 900 hens which the owner made
in 1923 is also part of the exhibit.
An exhibit of 800 baby chicks,
Matched May 20 at the University
If Idaho, drew special attention and
favorable comment. The babies were
shipped from Moscow on Memorial
Day to join the poultry special which
eft Boise Monday, June 2.
pair of Mammoth Bronze turk
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