flE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MAT 10. 1911.
RICHES IN POULTRY RANCHES
Demand of Northwest Makes Chicken
Farming Profitable.
MILLIONS SPENT IN THE EAST
Flcares how that Lrn tama Arc
Laid Oat to Whip la Kssa and
Fowls for Table ton-anntptlon.
UPOKANK. Wssh., May s.-Climste.
market find th possibilities of Intensive
agriculture on Irrlgatod. dry-farmed and
logged-off lands combine to make poul
try raising and rgg culture a highly prof
itable Industry In the Spokane country;
but, while growers have been trying for
yean to supply the needs of the towns In
eastern Washington and Oregon, northern
Idaho and western Montana, the demand
Is stronger and prices correspondingly
higher than ever. The rapid growth of the
Urban communities and the remarkable
Increases In population of the cities Is
one of the causes assigned. In other
Words, the Industry has not kept pace
with the general development. Five thous
1 and growers axe needed to supply the lo
cal markets.
How much of a factor the poultry In
dustry has become In the Inland empire
is apparent when It la mentioned that the
Bpoksne Chamber of Commerce has de
cided to Include it In Its newly created in
dustrlal department, which la under the
direction or a general committee, headed
by Frank R. Culbertson. The sub-committee,
which' will have charge of poul
try and game. Is composed of A. C. Ware,
chairman; B. O. McCllntock, Lewis M.
Moss, John L. Smith and Charles Uhden.
This committee will gather all the data
and Information available on poultry rais
ing and markets with a view to encour
aging homeseekers to engage in a busi
ness which will add several millions of
dollars annually to the wealth production
cf tL Bpokane country.
1 Millions In Poultry.
The extent of the market In the Inland
empire may be gathered from a statement
by commission merchants in Spokane, who
Imported 160 cars or 1,800.0)0 dosens of eggs
last year from the middle western states.
In addition to several millions of dollars'
worth of dreKsed poultry. It Is estimated
that between )T,500.0iO and fc, 000,000 was
sent out of the country into states eaat
of the Rocky mountains for poultry pro
ducts in 1810. This would indicate it will
be many years before the supply In the
district will be anywhere near the demands
of the home markets and confirms the
assertion that poultry products will al
ways find buyers at top prices. The value
of poultry and eggs produced In the Spo
kane country lam year la placed at ,
000.000. For the amount of capital required the
industry otfeis many opportunities for
the suburban reBident. the horrfeseeker and
the farmer In the inland empire. The dis
trict Is an ideal one and the advantages
and conditions are as a hundred to one
against the few disadvantages of the bus
iness Itself. Feed Is high in price when
not grown on the land by the poultry
raiser. That Is a disadvantage in one
sense, but this is more than offset by
ths higher prices received for poultry and
eggs, and the fact there are no such
diseases as gapes and cholera. Costly
houses are not necessary because of the
dry and mild climate and chickens may
be fed outside nearly every day of the
year.
Growers in the Inland empire have found
. that poultry raising can be combined to
good advantage with dairying, truck gar
dening and orcharding. Apple and other
fruit trees require from four to seven
years to attain a alxe that will bear a
profitable crop, and during this time, also
afterward, poultry can be kept in the
orchard. When coupled with dairying and
, hog growing it means cheap feed for the
chickens, as there always is mors or less
waste.
Money in Eg(i.
John R. Crossth walte. an experienced
poultry grower at Deer Park, Wash., says
In a letter to the Spokane Chamber of Com
merce in reply to a request for a statement
regarding the profits In poultry raising in
the Spokane district:
"Eggs can be produced at a cost of from
10 to U cents sud are easily sold at an
Lieut. Col. Lassiter
to Be in Command at
the Fort Crook Post
To Be Promoted to Colonel and As
signed to the Fourth
Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonel William Lassiter, now
stationed at Fort Logan H. Roots, has
been promoted to the rank of colonel and
assigned to the Fourth Infantry and the
general presumption at Fort Crook la that
he will be ordered to Fort Crook to take
command ol the post.
For some time the post has had no com
mander. The office has been filled by
Major Atkinson until a colonel had been
appointed to the office. Although the order
has not been received as yet from Wash
ington Colonel Lassiter will be the logical
person for the vfflca.
Major D. C Shauks, now stationed at Co
lumbus Barracks, O., has been promoted to
the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned
to the Fourth Infantry and will take the
offlos left vacant by Colonel Lassiter. He
will go to Fort Crook and remain until
ordered to Fort Logan H. Roots.
Colonel William Lassiter was born In
North Carolina in 1861 and received his ap
pointment to West Point from that stats,
lie was admitted to West Point. Septem
ber L 1868. and grc.duated with high honors
on July IS, um. In October, 1ST I. he was
commissioned as second lieutenant and
assigned to the Sixteenth infantry.
Ten years later he was promoted after
passing an almost perfect examination to
the rank of first lieutenant and assigned
ts the Fifteenth Infantry. In August. Dart,
be was proomted to a captaincy ia ths
same Infantry and held that office all
.through ths Spaulah-Amarlcan war.
At the eioa of the war he was promoted
for his efdoteucy as shown In ths war to
a majority and ordered to a different fort,
but la the same regiment. Again In Septem
ber, 180. be was advanced to a lieutenant
colonel, which rank he has held until the
recent pro motion to oolonel
M'CUNE LEAVES HOSPITAL
(sal aiil-a Art Is new em (
Road to Recovery After a
Lena- lllstw.
Colonel William McCune. for the last
twenty-five years with ths Buffalo Bill
Wild West show, who has been at the Wle
Memorial hospital for ths last two months.
a.t-rage price of 3u cents. With a fiock
la.Wng between ISO and IsO egg a year per
bird, profits can be figured accordingly. It
Is a great advantage to start within ship
ping distance of a clt. where good prices
for a really tip top article can be obtained
with lit tie) trouble.
"There are low districts whet mg farm
ing Is so profitable as in the Pacific slope
country. The climate U excellent, neither
too wet nor too hot. Ch'.cks hatched In Slay
and June mature splendidly for winter
work. An abundance of good feed Is also
grown, while the market In Spokane and
other laiKe rltl-n around us Is as good as
ran be desired. An average price of irom
36 to 40 cents can be obtained for high
grade eggs, rollers brought us y cents
a pound, live weight, last July and Aug.-st.
Forty-four cents for a two-pound broiler
Is a profitable figure during these months.
The earlier the broiler the better the
price.
"We think it advisable, however, for the
beginner to make merely a Bids Issus of
the broiler buslnesa It Is the fine art of
the poultry field snd requires much ex
perience. The raising of young chirks Is
difficult, especially In the early spring.
Losses occur sometimes and It Is this ex
tra risk that makes that department of the
work too uncertain for the beginner. There
Is more money In making a specialty of
eggs."
BIB- Profit Per Hen. .
Conservative growers say they sverage
from $1.50 to 11. 7B net per hen per year,
though they report there are instances
where better returns have been received.
: he experience of Mrs. J. E. Maimer, R.
F. IX No. 4, Spokane. Is Interesting In this
connection. Mrs. Palmer started In 1906. Her
statement follows:
"beginning the year with 170 White Leg
horn hens, I sold 22.079 eggs at an average
of 3'i c nts a dozen, or tymi.Zi; hatched and
reared 1.3 chicks, selling M0 broilers at 50
cents carh. or and had at the end of
the year 540 pullets and 20 cockerels, which
I could sell on the local market for $'.
making a total of $1,632.37. It cost 1440.76
lor fe-d and 861.96 for 172H d;zer.s of e;gs
for ha i hlng, making a t tal expense, b-(ld-o
tunc aid labor, of SVB.Tl, aid havlnp
me a net pre fit of f 1,0 9 68 for tha year's
work."
Twenty-four 8-months-old Plymouth Rock
pullets, owned by George E. Peters of Sand
Point, idaho, i reduce 1 14 eggs In De
cember, 1910, and January, February and
March, 1911. The pullets averaged more
than twenty eegs each the Inst thirty days.
Eugene W. Sims of Sand Point a!n claims
a record for his flock of twenty-one hens,
which laid 428 eggs last March, t
Discussing some of the phases of the poul
try Industry, In which he hss been engaged
for more than f"rty years. Prof. Cyrus L.
Smith of Spokane said:
Start on Small Scale.
"The cost Is small, provided that the
prospective owner goes into the business ns
he should, little by little, and expanding
as his knowledge Is Increased by actual ex
perience. A tiact of from one to five acres
within reasonable distance of the maiket.
twould be sufficient If the poultryman sim
ply desires to have plenty of room for his
hens. Either irrigated, sub-irrigated, dry
farm or logged-off land is suitable. If the
homeseeker ' desires to combine orcharding
and berry growing with poultry raising, he
should go Into a friut district near a town
or city. If worked In connection with
dairying or hog raising, he could start on
cheaper land near a railroad.
"The capital requirements range from 8900
to $1,500 to get well started. This would
provide from 150 to 200 chickens. ' houses or
hens, feed, ' first payment on a trar-.t of
land, borse and . wagon, house and shed,
milch cow and well and fences. Chicken
farms have been started with less, while
others have Invested more money.
"Pee ks ping is a profitable adjunct to
poultry raising, as well as to orcharding
and truck gardening. The alfalfa fields
furnish the bees with a sonce of material
that results In a-lch, pure white heney,
which always brings top prices. The out
lay for bees and supplies I small and the
returns good. Material lor the bees ti
work on la easily found nine months In
the year, and It is abundant enough to
provide sufficient food during the winter
months. The work Is light, pleasant and
profitable."
Do Yon Have the Riant Kind of Help!
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right kind of help to neutralize and re
move ths poisons that cause backache,
headache, nervousness and other kidney
and bladder ailments." For sale by all
druggists.
left the hospital Monday evening and Is
now on the road to recovery.
MoCune In olden' days In Omaha
when he was on the polios foroe here, bore
ths name of "Billy the Boxer," but his re
cent Illness has out down his fighting
weight to almost the light weight olass.
Tries to Die and
End His Remorse
Albert Bieser Seeks Death with Razor,
Knife and a Rope 1$ Ar
retted. Albert Rleaar Monday nad a desire to
die. Tuesday ha had a headache.
Several Ineffectual attempts at suicide.
In which he used a. noose, a razor and a
butcher knife, resulted In his arrest by the
polios on ths chargs of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct. .
When arrested ths police found him In
ths barn at his horns, 121 Wootworth Srs
nus, looking for a place from which to sus
pend the noose. Hs had drtven his family
from ths house with a knlfs .after his wife
bad taken a raaor away from tiro.
Machinist's Hand is
Mangled by a Fan
Tiny Error CoU Workman Severe In
jury in Accident at the Model
Laundry,
t
Error of a tinr fraction of an nn in
applying oil to a ventilating fan cost Bsrt
Chapman, machinist at ths Vlodsl laun
dry, all ths fingers on his rbrht hand.
Chapman was working1 over ths fan
which exhausts ths air la ths drying room
when his hand stlpoed Into ths dneult at
the rapidly whirling blades.
The Injured man was removed to
Joseph hoaptlal and 'placed under treat
mesit by Dr. T. T. Harris, poltes snrgeon.
CWwasi soar Was his whets rtgfet hmad.
His horns is at 3624 Fort sUesc
European Disease
Threatens White Pine
Bilster Rust, Imported with Nursery
Stock, Endangers the Reforesta
tion Project.
The dangerous European disease of white
pine (Cronartium riblcola), which was re
cently Introduced Into America, was by
the prompt and active co-operation of all
rartles concerned, eradicated, as far as
found; but there Is no evidence that all
the cases have been found, nor Is there
any means of preventing the Importation
of mote diseased while pine nursery stock.
Inn reforestation movement has created
a market for a considerable amount of
white pine stock and the producing' ca
pacity of the American nurseries bas not
kept pace with the demand. The prices for
American tress ars higher than European
prioes for ths same grade of stock, so that
while whits pins stock has been Imported
for years for ornamental grounds, it has
been only during ths last five years that
the importations havs been for reforesta
tion. While the montetary first eost of Im
ported stock Is less than that of American
slock, the various Items of expense which
necessarily are Incurred bring the two
nearer together than would at first be
thought, and the risks of Injury from the
long trips and the danger of importing de
structive Insects and fungus pests are so
great that any but the most venturesome
vhould be ueteired from importing such
stock.
There are many American nurserymen
who regularly import their 1-year-old coni
ferous seedlings and it Is safe to say that
in the spring of IX 10.0u0.0ii0 coniferous
seedlings were Imported into this country
from European nurseries and that of these
several millions were white pine. A few
foresters familiar with European condi
tions and appreciating the danger of Im
porting the fungus, refuse 40 accept foreign
white pine seedlings and transplants.
The United estates Department of Agri
culture investigated the outbreak in, 1900
of this disease and has just issued a report
on the subject (Bureau of Plant Industry
Bulletin 206), in which a full and detailed
account of the fundus producing the dis
ease is given, the public Is assured that
there need be no undue apprehension, as
the disease has been eradicated once and
can be again should it be Imported, but
advising that America should raise its own
white pine seedlings snd that importations
from affected countries be prohibited.
With the Importation stopped the meth
ods of prevention are briefly: Watch the
rlbes (currants and gooseberries) during
the first and second i seasons; . keep five
leaved pines at Uast'&OO feVt from rlbes;
remove and burn all diseased pine trees,
making inspections of the trees late In the
fall, removing diseased bushes and burn
ing them; do this annually as long as any
diseased trees or bushes are found.
The preference of this parasite (cronar
tium rlbicoia) for the five-leaved pines Is
of special significance to America, since
the species arc naturally present through
the western, northern and northeastern
forests and are planted mors or leas com
monly throughput ths . country. Ths
chances of great loss If this fugus should
even approximate Its past record In Europe
are very good. . Estimates of possible
damags show that such losses would 'very
soon sxceed the total value of all conifer-,
ous stock ever Imported Into the country.
The United States Department - of Agri
culture should be Informed promptly and
accurately of every Importation of white
pine and rlbes. '
TELEGRAPH ORDERS COME
Contestant Anxious to Get Book
lovers Catalogues Now.
USE TELEPHONE TO SECURE HELP
Aothlnsi ta Rales, Repressed or
Implied, that Forbids Getting; All
Assistance Possible In Solv-
Inn: Plrtnre Pussies.
Telegraph orders were sent In to Ths Bee
business office yesterday for the Book
lovers' catalogues. One came from far
over In Iowa asking that a helpful little
booklet be reserved.
The announcement in yesterday's paper
to ths effect that only a few of the cata
logues still remained served as the lm-
, petuH. and the rush for these books has
; left but a few. Contestants who want the
J catalogues should continue to send In or
ders, so that the savance ornemay De
made large enough to accomodate all. The
present supply will probably give out be
fore the day Is over.
So send In your orders now that you may
be supplied by the next consignment of
catalogues.
The Bee's cstalogus Is probably ths best
aid to the solution of ths pussies, but
there are other means than one of getting
valuable assistance In Ths Bee's great
Booklovers' game.
Bockle Down to Work.
Ths first way of solving , ths pictures
that occurs to you Is to buckle right down
to doing it yourself. That's a mighty good
way. .
But why not get other heads to puxzllng
over the pictures especially those pictures
that you yourself cannot solve to your
satisfaction?
Have you been around to the public li
brary to ask the attendants there "What
book does this picture represent?
' Have you called around to the book
stores and asked what the employes there
think of this picture, or that picture?
There is nothing In the rules, expressed
or Implied, that forbids you getting all the
aid you want in solving the pictures.
Go around to the department stores,
take your pictures with you and talk with
the men and women in charge of the book
departments there. Tou will be surprised
to find what a great interest they take in
the contest and how glad they ars to
help you.
t'se Telephone to Call Stores.
Use the telephone. If you wish, and call
up the stores. The employes will answer
your questions courteously and give you
the best answers they can.
Probably you are entirely satisfied with
the answers you have determined upon for
a majority of the pictures. But perhaps
there are a few that pusile you.- Tou
would like to get a few suggestions regard
ing those pictures.
Do not be afraid to seek those sugges
tions at the libraries or In the book stores.
Tou may have suggested to you, the
titles that will exactly fit the pictures
that now seem so hard.
Get a new point of view on the pictures.
Cheer Up, Prune Crop
Appears Promising
BOISE, Idaho. May S (Special.) The
outlook for a fine prune crop Is so good
that one firm has already contracted for
the delivery of three hundred and ninety
cars of fresh Idaho prunes next fall on
basis of sams prices as 1910. . "These
prunes will be a feature of the Idaho ex
hibit at the Omaha Land 6bow In Octo
ber," says C. J. Blnsel, chairman of the
advertising committee of the Boise Com
mercial club. "We have the finest fruits
In ths world and ws will show all kinds
next fall, Omaha Is much Interested In
our state and will be mors so when they
see our exhibit at the next land show,
Dahlman Now Has
a Policeman's Club
Gets Billy from Panama Presented by
a Former Omaha Fireman
Just Returned.
Mayor James C. Dahlman was presented
with a policeman's '.'billy," made out of
one of the first ties laid in the Panama
railway construction Tuesday morning.
The donor was A, A. Bchaefer of the firs
department of Gargona. Bchaefer was
formerly connected with the Omaha fire
department. The wood Is coco bola, which
tskes a high polish. A Panama quarter is
Imbedded In the big end of the stick and
a 10-cent piece In the handle.
Tou have been thinking along one line '
Some one else probably will look at the
pictures In an entirely dlffeient way.
Crowds still continue to visit the stoics'
and rooms where the grand prtirs are ex
hibited. The Apperson nmnaKcmcnt re
ported a large rush at their salesrooms,
1104 Fa mam street, yesterday. The first
prize la a t,0J Apperson car. The second
piU is a Kimball elghty-elitht-note player
piano, valued at 7.V. . The third prize Is
s looO lot In A. P. Tukey A Son s I U-r ad
dition. The fourth prtxe Is a Col i. tibia
Qrafonoia "Kegent" tind i0 worth of rec
ords. The player-plano Is exhibited nt tin
store of A. Hofpe. 1513 Douglas street. The
Grafonola Is at the Columbia Phonograph
company s agency. 1311-1313 Farnam street.
Latey's Successor
Named Wednesday
Postmaster Thomas Will Have Mr.
Woodard Give Out Name of
Superintendent. ;
The succevor to the late A. J. I.stey.
as superintendent rf malls, at the post
office, will be made public Wednesday
mornlns by Postmaster H. F. Thomas, ac
cording to an announcement made by him
Tuesday.
Mr. Therm:: will lcae the name of his
appointee with Assistant Postmaster James
Woodard. Tuesday nlMht. but It will not be
made public until the following morning.
At that time the postmaster will be In
Cedar Haplds, where he will ftf) to' attend
the funeral of h, sister-in-law. Mrs. W.
O. Thomas. l-' whom he has in mind
for the appointment. Mr. Thomas would
not give out Tuetday.
Flck headache results from a disordered
condition of the stomsrh, and can be cured
by the use of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Uer Tablets. Try It. For sale by all
dcalera.
The Omaha Bee's Great Booklovers Con-test-Thlrty-nlne
prises. Tou can enter St
any time.
Mi mag
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I have for sale the finest body of lard in Colorado, consisting of 2,845 acres.
1,000 acres of which are in alfalfa, and 250 acres in winter wheat; the balance pro
duces the finest wild hay known. The ranch is entirely fenced and cross fenced, and
is thoroughly irrigated; has main ditch and laterals reaching to all parts of the land;
two sets of ranch buildings, granery, stables, sheds, corrab, wells, etc.; located in
the Arkansas Valley, Prowess county; 60 miles east of Rocky Ford, 125 miles from
Pueblo, iy2 miles from two towns, on the main line of the Santa Fe R. R. Every part
of the land is level and can be rrigated, and is now producing a good percentage on
the asking price. The finest body of land for sub-dividing or colonizing and for which
there is a ready sale in tracts of 40 to 80 acres and can be sold, every foot of it, in
this way, for $125.00 per acre. Land of a similar character, located in the neighbor
hood of Rocky Ford is selling from $200.00 to $500.00 per acre. The property is being
offered until June first only, at A RARE BARGAIN TO SETTLE A PARTNERSHIP
after which it will be withdrawn from the market, or materially advanced in price.
The property will stand the most rigid examination and investigation; title perfect
and free from incumbrance. The most liberal torms are offered, and the asking price
is $75,000.00 less than the actual value..
. See, or write me for detailed information, maps, photographs, etc
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VE-Riding on the Bumper
A NICE, snug lunatic asylum is the proper place for any
man who will ride on the "bumper" of a street car. He
deserves to have his aocident policy canceled and a guardian
appointed.
Fqt the benefit of those vrho do not know what the
"bumper" is, it may be explained that it is the projection back
of the rear platform dash, upon which foolish persons some
times ride.
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