24 



PACIFIC T R E P: and \' I N K 



In the Poultry Yards 



BY J. C. WILLIAMS 



Poultry Experimental Station. 



That the enormous magnitude of the 

 poultry industry in California is being 

 recognized as it should be, was demon ■ 

 strated when the recent appropriation 

 by our State Legislature of $5000 a 

 year for a Poulty Experimental Sta- 

 tion to be located in the vicinity of Pet- 

 aluma, was made. Great things can be 

 accomplished for this great industry 

 through the agency of this experiment- 

 al station, providing the management 

 falls into the hands of men who are 

 experienced poltrymen. up-to-date 

 business men, and level-headed, and 

 who will work for the advancement of 

 the enterprise. Otherwise, nothing will 

 be gained. We will hope for the best. 



New Breeders. 



It is actually astonishing the peoine 

 who find that they can make poultry 

 pay so handsomely that they can af- 

 ford to give their entire time to this 

 line of business. Breeders are getting 

 down to good common sense idea.s, and 

 not so much experimenting, therefor", 

 more satisfactory are the results, I'.nd 

 more encouragement to enlarge the 

 business. New breeders are apper.r'u.g 

 right along, which is evidenced by the 

 fact that there is such an inc eased 

 demand for pure-bred poultry and eggs. 

 Thoroughbred poultry was never so 

 much in demand as right now. and 

 breeders who have been trying to sup- 

 ply this demand, especially for eggs 

 for hatching, have been taxed to the 

 utmost to keep up with it. Many hav- 

 been so anxious to fill all orde.-s re- 

 ceived that they have not kept enough 

 eggs for their own incubators. Howt v- 

 er, even at the present rate of th' in- 

 flux of new breeders it is scarcely pos- 

 sible, and very improbable that *.l.t 

 poultry market of California will c ver 

 be overstocked, either with market or 

 fancy poultry. 



Shows. 



The Oakland Toultry Association is 

 considering the feasibility of holding 

 its next annual show in Mechanics Pa- 

 vilion, San Francisco, the grandest 

 auditorium for the purpose on the Pa- 

 cific coast, in the very heart of the 

 largest city on the coast. Should the 

 plan mature and be carried out, it will 

 result in the largest and by far most 

 inlluential show ever held anywhere 

 in the West. Should it be decidea not 

 to hold the show in San Kranciso Ih • 

 coming fall, there is hut little doubt 

 that it will be held next season in the 

 metropolis. It has been seven ye'u-.^ 

 since a poultry exhibition has been 

 held in San Francisco, and it is con- 

 sidered by all who have discussed i!. 

 as being the very thing to hold an im 

 mense Pacific coast event in San Fran- 

 cisco, making it the "Giant of the 

 Coast." The shows held by the Oakland 

 Poultry Association have assumed 

 puch large proportions that it is impos- 

 Bible to secure suitable accommoda- 

 tions in Oakland, therefore, it is a'- 

 most compulsory that the headiiuarter-; 



ot the Association be moved to S.in 

 Francisco. 



Owing to the financial difficulties of 

 the State Agricultural Society, it was 

 thought for a time that there 

 would be no State Fair, but we are just 

 informed that official announcement 

 has been made that the State F^'r at 

 Sacramento will be held this ye ir the 

 same as usual, with a large poultry ex- 

 hibition as a leading attraction. 



INTERESTING EGG RECORDS. 



Leghorns, which are called "egg ma- 

 chines," have been credited w^h pro- 

 ducing 200 eggs apiece in a year, in 

 considerable flocks flocks, and C. H. 

 Wyckoff made a record of an average 

 of 196 eggs each for 600 White Leg- 

 horns. These, it wiU be well to notice, 

 were not "show" Leghorns; they had 

 been bred mainly with an eye to good 

 size and egg production. In that figure 

 of 200 eggs apiece in a year, they are 

 equaled by both Plymouth Rocks and 

 Wyandottes that have been bred sys- 

 tematically for heavy laying. Some of 

 the best authentic records of their egg- 

 producing abilities are those of H. F. 

 Cox of Pennsylvania, who got 19S eggs 

 apiece from a flock of 120 Barred 

 Rocks, while in small flocks records of 

 better than 200 eggs each have been 

 made. 



F. E. Woods of Massachusetts got 

 210 and a fraction over eggs from a 

 flock of ten White Wyandotte pulets 

 which were raised from stock that had 

 been bred for generations for great lay- 

 ing qualities. Dr. N. S. Sanborn of Mas- 

 sachusetts has Buff Wyandottes that 

 made a record of 96 eggs each in 

 their pullet year. 



Further poultry news ou pages J^aiid j6. 



The <harm of ;! man is his kind- 

 ness. — Bible. 



Crueltj tc animals is .i vice of vulga.- 

 people. — Humboll. 



Do not bei-ome provoked. Keep cool; 

 it pays. 



No man has a right tc distress a 

 horse, to dock his tail, ;o clip his hair 

 in v.inter. or to over-load or over-driv,' 

 hiin. 



Old horses should be favored. It is 

 extremely cruel to demand hard ser- 

 vice of them. They are like old men. 

 Do as you would be done by. 



Man is not the only animal that feels 

 a sense of loneliness. 



Both man and be.i.'-t have a .-trong 

 love for society. 



F"/\I R 0/\KS 

 DUCK R/\R/V\ 



H a g; u e ' s Clllmax Strains 



ALL \'ARIKTIF.S OF DUCKS 



Eggs for Hatching 



Say! Do you want a start in piize- 

 winnintj Pekin ducks? Naturally, 

 you will .say, yes. Well, send $5.00 

 to this farm and I will send you a 

 dozen of this year's hatch. 



JAMES HAGUE, Prop. 



350 College Ave. 



Oakland. Cal. 



BRUSHES. 



BRUSHES. 



JOS. ANNIXGER 



BRUSH - MANUFACTURER. 

 Tree Whitewash Brushes a Specialty. 



Also Steel Wire Brushes, Cannery 

 Brushes, Dairy Brushes, Clothes, 

 Hair and Tooth Brushes, Dusters, 

 Brooms, Combs, Etc., Etc., Etc. 



22 SOUTH SECOND STREET 

 .San Jose, California. 



REDWOOD FRUIT BOXES 



All sizes — stock on liand or to order. 

 WOOD AND COAL 



also furnished at tlie following prices; 



Redwood, per carload I3. 75 per cord 



Pine wood, per carload 55.75 per cord 



Oak wood, per carload J7.00 per cord 



Screenings, per carload f5-C>o per ton 



Lump colli, per carload I7.00 per ton 



NOTLEY WOOD YARD 



OMICi:: 



Corner Park Ave. and Narrow Guage R. R. 

 T'hi)nc, Red 1202 



LAiVlOLLE HOUSE 



J. TIRONNET. Proprietor 



only firs; class KKKNCH Hotel and Restaurant 

 on tlie Const. Knropean plan. Telephones in 

 all rooms, private exch.inge. Teleplione, Main 31 



Corner Santa Clara and San Pedro Sts. 

 SAN JOSE, CAL. 



Klein's Patented Hot Air Furnace 



and llie Majestic Steel Range are me Best on Eann 



Phone 071 

 Red '" 



Call .\Nn Skk Them at 



53 South Second Street, SAN JOSE. CAL. 



