Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 31, 1912, Page 1

a VoL, XXII. —No 31 Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, [912 Two Dollars a Year CHICKEN RAISING IN ITASCA COUNTY C. H. Dickinson Tells What He Has’ Learned Since Starting a Poultry Plant. SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS MADE Poultry Raising in Itasca County | ing at poultry plants and fowls of and How It Can Be Made to Pay If Properly Started and Conducted. In answer to the inquiry as to needs, and that you like, you succeed | Facts and Figures Are Only Falsehoods; but with that one best. So in the poultry world. Don’t try to raise that is distasteful to you but one that you like and that is as near adapted to our climate and conditions) as possible. | thought best to take plenty of time’ | for careful consideration. Mr. Daniels’ |and studying this matter for over l the principal poultry journals, but jature and books about chickens. In | Soscheae to this we took an extended jtrip through Indiana and Illinois looke various breeds, talking with superin- aa myself have been reading about | la year, and have read not only all) 'also the University bulletins of the} various state schools, and other liter-} a breed; The Two Infamous McNamaras Are Truth Itself. | Wholesale Murder of Innocent Men and Women Is a Virtue’ | to Be Glorified; but In choosing a breed, however, we | Pride, Patriotism and Honest Effort In Behalf Of Our Pub-| lic Schools Should Be Rewarded By Brazen Slander. There Are Cases That Only the Public Whipping Post; Could Properly Deal With. the year 1911, from tendents and others, to see whether {our conclusions should be borne out; Ly | by observation. One plant we visit-; ed had incubator capacity for ae" eggs at a single hatch. | As a result of this investigation we| the progress beimg made with his/chose the Single Comb White Orping-| ‘poultry plant,” as Mr. C. H. Dickin- won of the Itasca store, styles side line, he insisted it would too long to tell all he bad and a still longer time to tell all he} expected to learn about the chicken industry. After some urging, how- take ever, he consented to an interview! whicn brought out some tacts that} will be interesting to many readers a the Herald-Review: Yes, said he, it is true that we have gone into the “chicken _ busi- ness,” although I think we choose to call our place a “Poultry Plant.” The idea came to us not exactly as{ a money-making scheme; although we hope to be able to pay expenses, but came about in this way—there is such a good market in this section;¢0ck ten pounds, at maturity. If for farmers to dispose of poultry pro-| ducts that it seemed to me it was} too bad that htey should not make the most of it. Believing that best success would come to the far- mer with a good pure breed and one adapted to this section and condi- tions, we set out-to determine what that breed should be. We know that Tight at this point there is apt to be! a difference of opinion. { When the question is asked,why do you favor this breed, or that bree or any particular breed, you will find that each has its advocates and every breeder of any particular vari-| ety believes that he has the best,/ either for making money, or for pro- ducing fancy stock, or some other reason; and in many cases he will be backed up by large breeders. But this same condition you find not only in the poultry business, but in every business. There are dozens of mow- ers, reapers, automobiles, etc., and all are “the best,’ but when you get one you understand, that meets your learned | his | tell you all the reasons for this decis | the |0f very hardy constitution, and one cf i |'White Orpington matures early. Pul- jton. It would be a long story to; ion; but here are a few of them: of the White Orpington is such as | jto make it easily understood, and hence easy to handle, and this is| the first requisite of a utility fowl. | They are quiet and tame, easily} yarded and the finest of pets. This} makes them very interesting. The lets have been known to lay as youn | as 4% months. They make a vee fast growth so that at eight weeks/| they are larger in flesh than many | popular breeds are at nearly full ma- turity. The standard weight for a hen being eight pounds and for the developed for weight alone. they can be made to go way beyond this. Experience has shown them to be the most active exercisers of the{ large breed of fowl. They are work-| ing from morning till night from ! chick age up, This is a vrey neces- sary quality for laying purposes in} winter, as exercise is seemingly re-| quired by nature for excellence in| this respect. For the farmers of this vicinity we find the principal point of interest is the fact that the White Orpington is a cold weahter bird; | that is, they stand cold winters much better than any other breed, and are not pinched up at such time as many others of the smaller varieties are.) They seem to have a good winter’s| dress provided for this purpose, and} as one breeder says, even stand cold weather better than people. In} fact, it was this point that first im- pressed me—the first bird I picked | up caused me to remark, “Well, they | (continued on page 4.) Copyright 1°04, by C. County, Minnesota: |General school apportment portionment and Penalty, Interest and Costs...... | Special State Aid ‘State appropriation for state land acreage............... The general character and make-up | Taxes of prior years, including absolute tax sale. | State loan fund transfer.......... Fine.. State of Minnesota, I, M. A. Spang, County Auditor amounts appropriated, apportioped, this office. (County Auditor’s Seal) makes the total $36,825.72, instead —Ed. Herald-Review.] CONTINUED PRAISE. OF GRAND RAPIDS. Local Hospitality Wins Several Columns of Valuable News- paper Advertising. Another Carlton County Farmer Tells! of What He Saw and Learned and | Rapids and State Farm. third of a series of articles lished recently in the Cloquet Pine Knot, following a visit to Grand Rapids, the Experiment farm and Zimmerman Co.--No. 44 —- +e inst Mational Bank GRAND RAPIDS. go ong ae Capilal $25, 000,00 OFFICERS President, F. P. Sh Vice-Pres.,, A. G. Wedge. Jr. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS F. P. Sheidon. D.EM. Guan. A G. Wedge. W. C. Gilbert. Cc. E. Aiken . John Beckfelt H. D. Powers. Hartley’s Island Farm of a delega- tion of Cariton county farmers un- der the auspices of the Cloquet Pine} yaluable | Knot. These articles are advertising for Grand Rapids and Itasca county. It is the kind of ad- vertising that does good io any community, and it is worth more in many ways than if hundreds of dollars had been invested in the ordinary way of securing publicity. That Grand Rapids guests feel so kindly toward their hosts is due to the fact they were shown a_ little hospitality by a committee of citi- zens, who made provision to show them what they wished to see and {make note of and also arranged for (a little supper at Hotel Pokegama, where short talks were made on | subjects pertinent to the jurpose | of the excursion. It pays to be hos- pitable and progressive, ad no town in Minnesota can surpass Grand Rapids in this respect when the ef- fort is made: Last week we published an inter- view from John Prevost on the|things Any man must be convinced he ‘saw and learned on the) Pine Knot farmers excursion to Grand Rapids and now we take ple: giving our readers a similar OUR VISITORS SHOW APPRECIATION The Herald-Review reproduces the: pub- ; Money paid into the treasury of School District No. One, Itasca County, Minnesota, during sources other than the tax levy made by the district for that year. | The following figures are taken verbatim from the records of the auditor of Itasca including state ap- 9,067.27 6,655.36 $8,795.18 2,742.68 10.00 $30,825.72 County of Itasca, ss. of Itasca County, hereby certify that the foregoing is @ true and correct statement of the Minnesota, do and paid over to the Treasurer of School District Number One of said County, during the year 1911, ex- clusive of the taxes for the current year, as appears of the records of Witness my hand and official seal this 30th day of January, 1912. M. A. SPAING, Auditor, Itasca County. [In the statement presented herein last week one item of $6,734.16, was omitted, which includes the amounts collected for taxes of years, and which, by Jaw, is apportioned three former times annually. “i $24,091.56, as stated Just week. i | from H. M, Selmser. Mr. Selmser in response to a _ request for his views, said: “The Pine Knot excursion, of which scheduted, arriving at Grand Rapids! \shortly after noon. Here we were |met at the station by Supt. A. J. Mc- |Freniere and Kiley, L. M. 0. J. Niles and a number of citizens. Bolter, other farm, and after warming at the of- fice, we sat down to one of the fin- est and most bountiful dinners it has ever been my privilege to par- | take of and it was all grown on the inks We then went out to the |stock barns and inspected them un- |der the guidance of Mr. McGuire. There are about 100 head of cattle, | of which 40 are milk cows. The Enjoyed While a Guest of Grand | cattle are mostly grade stock. The! silos were of great interest to me jand beyond doubt are a 4 jto the highest development of dairy- ing. Scientific feeding, where regu- lar rations of feed is by the pound, neces; jalso productive in returns. | | our farmers. “We next inspected the hog houses | and pens and found a nice thrifty bunch of porkers, mostly Yorkshires, ; Which seem to be the breed best suited for this country, where corn may not be fed in quantities. The poultry houses and runs were also of interest, no artificial heat is used and about 75 birds are kept in each pen. The rations for the seemed small—one-sixth of a pound a day—but the fowls were vigorous! and laying well. There is a man who has sole charge of the poultry and does nothing else. We were told that heavier feeding produced too much fat and this decreased the number of eggs. “After the farm was looked over we returned to Grand Rapids to see the creamery. Here we saw a fine plant, well cared for and in the best | of condition. The various workings were explained to us by Mr. Mokler, the head buttermaker. The creamery needs no detailed description by me. that creameries and dairy cows are the most pressing need in this section 3,158.00! This ; i was a member, left Cloquet as| Guire, of the state farm, Editors La! “We were driven out to the state} weighed out} is practiced and it! | proves not only more economical but! This | ‘system is well worthy of study: by} chickens } GRAND RAPIDS 1S TOBE HEARD FROM ‘Business Men of This Town Are Waking Up to the Oppor- tunities Now at Hand. PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO BE LOOKED INTO. | Through the Efforts of the Commer- cial Club Many Interests Are Receiving Active Atten- tion With Results. The regular monthly meeting of was held at the Court house Friday evening last. The attendance wa larger than usual and the inter shown in the affairs of the and county was of a nature that portends good results, committee appointed to look after the matter of constructing a high- way and bridge that will connect Grand Rapids with the rich section south and west. His committee had made satisfactory progress, and the road and bridge are now practically assured. The matter of extensively advertis- ing Grand Rapids and Itasca coun- ty as a summer resort town and town and vicinity conspicuously on the map. The agitation recently anent the proposed trunk road from the Twin cities to International Falls was considered, and the motive be- hind the move explained. A com- mittee consisting E. C. Kiley, L. M. Bolter and John Brown was appoint- ed to give the matter proper atten- eee Several propositions manufacturing plants, that have |been under consideration for some |time, give promise of materealizing. No definite reports were made by any of the committees to which the projects had been assigned, but it the Grand Rapids Commercial club| town | L. W. Huntley reported for the| section has been taken up and there; is every reason to believe that the; advertising to be done will put this started | : | relative to is*said that practical progress is be- | Resolutions were passed opposing _ pending parcels post measure now before congress, and a copy thereof forwarded to Congressman | Miller and to one of the Senators hoe this state. The most important project now | before the Club is the securing of jat least one more railroad into this |town. There is every reason to be- lieve that the long hoped for relief jin this direction will come within {the present year. TWENTY YEARS AGO AT GRAND RAPIDS On Wednesday of last week the Du- luth Herald contained the following jews item taken from the columns of the Herald of twenty years ago that date. It will be of interest to many of the Herald-Review old-time jreaders: “The Grand Rapids Wat }& Electric Power company, formed asa develop the water power of the | Pokegama, has filed articles with |the secretary of state. The incor- porators are: J. P. Sims, J. B. Chat- |terton, Minneapolis; R. S. Munger, |Duluth; H. P. Haskell, St, Paul; J. jR. Howes, Brainerd, and the following residents of Grand Rapids: Be Be Sheldon, L. F. Knox, James Sherry, John Beckfelt, H. D. Powers, G. S. Canfield, H. R. King, E. A. Kramer, H. W. Canfield, Charles Kearney, B. C. Finnegan, Oscar L. Mather, Wade Blaker, A. G. Bernard, O. H. Stilson and C. H. Ellis.” McGarry for the House. “I was over to Walker yesterday,” said Secretary E. J. Farrell of the |Reishus-Remer Land company, “and }met our old friend, Pat McGarry. | He declared his intentions of be ing a candidate for the legislature from this district. Pat is interested jin Florida lands, and upon return- ing froma trip to that country, which he is about to make, will get | into the political game for fair.” | New Officers at Minneapolis. The general officers of the Itasca Lumber Co., the Deer River Lumber Co., and Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway Co., at Minneapolis have been changed to 827 Lumber Ex- change from 2800 Washington avenue north. { om | Bear Amy:- gett Like writing fora day my ngw furniture my Ledroom. and happy to wake up nished Ledroom, buy your tuAnituze. dohn and the Lahy || Zoughé it from F. na oS feel so refreshed this morning that S'Lt pay you that leitera S owe you. oS just haven't tong time, but yester- came out and S fixed up My, how S skepi! Si makes you feel so much more cheerful in a beautifully fur- You want to Le careful though when you White you are at it, get the good kind that will Last Like S did. are fine and dandy. Qs even Lou. P. §.--I'm delighted with my new furniture. S E. 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