Dollars and sense in the poultry business .. . cheryin the state of Oregon. Prof. Dryden of theOregon Agricultural College in writing of said: That a flock of eleven hun-dred layers will lay for their owner sevenhundred eggs, lacking five, on ThanksgivingDay, with eggs at 75 cents a dozen, is not onlya cause for thanksgiving, but the perform-ance comes pretty near demonstrating tothose who understand something of the egg-laying characteristic the fact that the par-ticular flock that performed the feat was agood laying flock with very few slackers andmany star performers. Moreover, th
Dollars and sense in the poultry business .. . cheryin the state of Oregon. Prof. Dryden of theOregon Agricultural College in writing of said: That a flock of eleven hun-dred layers will lay for their owner sevenhundred eggs, lacking five, on ThanksgivingDay, with eggs at 75 cents a dozen, is not onlya cause for thanksgiving, but the perform-ance comes pretty near demonstrating tothose who understand something of the egg-laying characteristic the fact that the par-ticular flock that performed the feat was agood laying flock with very few slackers andmany star performers. Moreover, this single-day performance will be accepted by thosewho understand something of the egg-layingcharacteristic as circumstantial evidence thatthe remarkable story of the Oregon poultry-man who owns the flock has some founda-tion. Can any one be in a better position to ren-der service to our students than are thesesuccessful men who are not theorists but areJ. A. HANSON actually operating the greatest poultry farms CoTvallis, Oregon in the White Hill Demonstration Farm Progress is truly the watchword of the hour at White Hill Farms, Lit-tle Blue, Missouri, owned by Wm. Shands and conducted by him with theassistance of his wife. Out from beauttfml Kansas City over winding pavedroads, through rolling hills and picturesque scenes, you travel some fifteenmiles to the sequestered nook where Mr. Wm. Shands has selected his quietretreat from the noise of the city and where he has not only built his owndomestic nest, but where also he has constructed innumerable houses for asfine a flock of S. C. White Leghorns as can be found anywhere in our broadland. Mr. Shands is also a graduate of this School and carries a flock of fiveto ten thousand White Leghorns. On his place are bred some of the bestexhibition White Leghorns that can be found in this country. He is alsoselecting and breeding for egg production. There are but few farms in theUnited States where such a large flock of fine,
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