Enthusiasm runs high in a community of poultry experts and 

 carries a man to far greater accomplishments than if he were alone. 

 At the live poultry meetings inspiration is received that leads to a 

 larger success. Friendly rivalry between breeders adds zest and makes 

 the game interesting. 



Every industry that reaches a high place is made so by co-operative 

 communities. It is the gathering together in a favorable location of 

 the accumulated knowledge of poultry raising that makes Runnymede 

 supreme. 



WAREHOUSE OWNED BY COLONISTS 



The warehouse at Runnymede is owned by the colonists and poultry 

 feeds and supplies are sold at cost. This enables the poultry raisers to 

 get the advantage of buying in large quantities and to buy direct from 

 the farmers. Grinders and mixers prepare the dry mashes for the 

 settlers, so that all have the advantage of getting the very best poultry 

 feeds at minimum cost. Co-operation is the keynote that sounds for a 

 larger success in Runnymede. It is easy to organize a new growing 

 community on the right lines to start with. After a community is 

 crystallized it is hard to change. Runnymede co-operated from the 

 very start, thus forming precedents that are right. The warehouse is 

 located on a spur track that runs into the colony and grain is unloaded 

 from the cars direct. There is also a boat landing from San Francisco 

 Bay on colony lands so that flatboats can unload grain direct from the 

 interior valleys into the Runnymede warehouse. This makes unex- 

 celled shipping facilities. This feature of buying grains in bulk for the 

 whole colony gives a wonderful advantage to all poultrymen in 

 Runnymede. 



ANNUAL AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT OF 



RUNNYMEDE 



While Runnymede is primarily an egg-producing center yet much 

 attention is being given to the breeding of pure-bred stock. Also 

 gardening and strawberries yield amazing results. To stimulate pro- 

 duction of pure-bred stock and choice vegetables an annual fair is 

 held and premiums awarded to winners in the competition. 



This annual fair will develop into an annual sale of pure-bred stock, 

 thus making it possible for each small farmer to sell his choice stock to 

 the best advantage. Each little poultry farm will have a goat or cow 

 for family milk. These will be pure-bred and registered. Also each 

 small farm will keep a brood sow, which will be registered, to clean up 

 the waste. The colony of Runnymede will keep the best-blooded 

 males co-operatively, thus making it possible for the small farmers to 

 breed the best. 



In such a favored locality, with highest co-operation, the best 

 pure-bred stock can be produced the same as in the small farm districts 

 in the old country. With the annual fair and sales day to stimulate 

 excellence there is no limit to the quality that can be created. 



Intensive farming must come in this country, the same as in the 

 European countries. The most favored localities will be subdivided 

 into small farms with intense production. 



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