The Delta independent., 1924-02-22

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| The reader will readily admit that
no breeder would be satisfied If his
fowls met the above requirements, un-
less they were also producers of
quantities of eggs; eggs representing
the economic value of any flock
There is no best breed. l have always
commended that one can be most sue
cessful with the variety he or she
likes best.
In maintaining type, size and color
characteristics of your variety, you
are not sacrificing egg production in
any way. To the contrary, broadness
of back determines whether the car
cass carries sufficient breadth; a
large abdomen or body cavity is neces-
sary, or your fowl will be deficient in
the organs required for the digestion
and assimilation of egg producing
foods.
| Discard birds with pinched backs
of those that lack fulness of abdomen,
those with long heads and sunken
faces. well proportional head and
bright full eye indicate vigor and
strength; sturdy legs and straight
/ toes are valuable qualities
A new feature will be added to our
next show, Egg classes. Hen, Pullet
and possibly Duck eggs may be enter
ed as follows Hen eggs, white and
brown, weighing not less than "a or
more than 2S ounces. Pullet eggs,
weighing not less than 20 or more
than "a ounces to the dozen.
All entries must be uniform in
shape, all white eggs must be white.
brown eggs may be any shade OF
| brown, but must be uniformly OF the
same shade Shells should be firm,
smooth and fine texture. Bggs should
be free from dirt or stain, the air
cells should be very small as this in
dicates freshness. Large air cells in
dictate staleness and would be dis
qualified.
To many this may seem absurd and
very unnecessary, but 1t is exactly
what we must do eventually with our
commercial eggs If we hope to create
a profitable outlet for this commodity.
At present our Colorado eggs are not
in demand in any market. simply be-
cause we are sending them out, big
and little, dirty, some white, some
brown, many stained and checked, no
uniformity; they are not inviting or
appetizing. California Oregon and
Wa oh in OFT ahipptnu tra IN, IA.
of selected white and brown eggs,
clean, uniform in size, to the fancy
high priced markets in Boston and
New York; paying a high freight rate
and practically setting their own
price on their product. We need go
no farther than Utah to find a most
excellent example OF what Standard
zation of a product will do Less than
a year ago Utah poultrymen organized
the Utah Poultry Producers associat-
ion; they discarded the old habit Of
shipping eggs, they graded according
to specification. Within that short
period they have built up a business
aggregating a million dollars, and
their product is now In demand by the
Why put this important matter Off
Why not get started this year instead
of next? There are profitable mar
kets for high class, honest to good
ness hundred per cent products, no
one is is compelled TO pay us real
money for culls. Let us keep the
Junk at home; we can still be ahead
the freight. / am going to add that
uniform eggs are not produced by
mixed mongrel flock OF hens. You
will begin right II you keep but one
breed: Rocks, Leghorns, Wyandottes
are all excellent, then feed them
properly.
Those OF us who are boosting the
Western Colorado Poultry association
have no selfish motives, but we do
want to build up an industry that will
bring hundreds OF thousands of dollars
TO the Western Slope. We welcome
five hundred new members who will
help us build up an organization
similar to the Utah Poultry Producers
or those very profitable associations
in California, Oregon ond Washington
Plans are now under way whereby we
hope to be able to suggest n feasible
plan that will enable our poultrymen
TO dispose OF their eggs in high class
markets.-Geo. w. Dyer, County Hor-
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