Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
MEETING HELD
RECENTLY BY |
POULTRY MEN

The executive committee of the
poultry department of the Los An
geles, Riverside, San Diego, Orange
San Bernardino and Imperial coun
ties farm bureaus held their regu
ar monthly meeting at the court
house in FL Centre, Saturday foI
the first time in three years that
.hese departments have been jointly
meeting.
The following are some of the
poultrvmen who were spresent from
outside of Imperial Valley, and can
be recognized as some of the fore
most poultry breeders in Southern
| California.
G. c. keeney, manager San Diego
Poultry Producers association, San
Diego California.
f. c. Hogsett, secretary farm bu-
reau accredited breeders and hat
cherries project, Pomona, California.
Y. R. Long, breeder of Rhode Is
land Reds and Leghorns, Baldwin
Park, California.
George W. Materson, chief inspec-
tor of accredited breeders and hat
cherries of seven southern counties.
R. d. Easson, extension specialist
in poultry, Berkeley, California.
c. V. Castel, assistant farm ad-
visor, Los Angeles, California.
Sydney \. Anderson, assistant
secretary farm bureau, Los Angeles,
California.
Robert I. Stephen, breeder of
White Leghorn, Inglewood, Califor-
mia.
E. e. Eisenzerg, breeder of White
Leghorns, Riversidey California.
Alven E. Block, breeder and hat
clergyman, Cotra Mesa, California.
W. NJ. Cory, assistant farm advis-
or, Santa Ana, California.
Elmer H. Koenig, breeder of
Rhode Island Reds and White Leg
horns, Orange, California.
F. P. Cheney, chairman of the I'M
perial County Farm Bureau Poul-
try department, j. C. Russell of the
FL Centre hatchery, J. f. Peck, Ben
Nlier, Farm Advisor Garthwaite, Mr..
and Mrs. T. n. Deyo and a large
number of other local poultry rails
ers, represented Imperial county
poultry raisers at the meeting.
The first subject to come before
the attention OF the meeting was 4
lively discussion regarding the meth
DDS of dealing with poultry thieves.
This has become quite an industry
in other parts of Southern Califor-
MIA besides Imperial Valley and can
amount to a tremendous drain upon
upon the industry annually. Among
the suggestions put forth as methods
Of curbing this evil were the pass
age of a state law for forbidding
transportation of poultry at night
except by permit, branding of poul
try, putting on large reward for the
arrest and conviction. OF poultry
thieves and the placing of an alum
inum button in the web of the bird:
wing to act as an Identification
mark. The use of electric lights, &
good dog and a shotgun were alsc
advocated.
\ committee consisting of E. +
Eisenberg of Riverside, Alvin Z
Block of Costra Mesa, was appoint
ed TO meet with Legislator A. c
Finney of Imperial county and thu
representative from Riverside coun
ty and draw up such law to b.
presented TO the next state legisla
ture.
The board of control of the ac
credited breeders and hatcheries pre-
iect, at their meeting later in thu
day, went on record as being very
anxious to obtain help for Imperia
Valley and quite discussion wa
held as to the establishment of thu
accredited breeders and hatcherie
in Imperial Valley.
Representative A. G. Finney was
introduced to the poultrymen ant
promised that he would do all III hi
power to aid them in any proper
way while in the state legislature.