Dorothy I.:. Boll, Adj^or
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Publishod .every Friday at Palmer, Alaska, for the ;,.atr.nuska Valley
Farmers’ Cooperating Association for the purpose of Giving novjs ©f' tho
Associations work, problems', and accomplishments.
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BABY CHICKS KCH FLY TQ>\ALA3KA '
... nov/ era in Chicken raising is being' usheifcd fintO' Mthe Territory.
Th- raising of chickens and acquisition of a largo laying flock has .
been aor. or loss of a problem horc because of the absence of a local
hatchery. it has meant shipping in hatching eggs which does not work
out so Well duo to the fact that the eggs are too old by the time they
arrive, and the fertility dr hatchability of tho egg h^.s decreased to
the ext that tho hatch is small and often the young chickens that do
hatch ar . weak. It has b*..cn practically impossible to get six weeks old
pullets even though one is willing to pay tho high cost of getting them
here. The only other method of keeping up tho laying flocks has b:cn
for each farmer to hatch his hovm* This means that eras sold on tho
market daring this tine arc fertile end that is net so good. Fertile
eggs hcl • at a temperature over 65 degrees will begin to develop and
the gen...'.vill die leaving a bl .ody egg. That is the reason that fertile
eggs rr objectionable on the market.
I.'ov; .1th the advent of shipping baby chicks via plane to the” Terri
tory far..ers i.ir.y prefer this method to the tedious job of_watching an
incubat'-r for three v/ccks at a time during the spiring months v/hon there
is always enough other work to. keep one going 16- hours a day. It has
beer, pr >ron feasible to fly baby chicks to ..laska, oven in midwinter.
This sh uld bo encouraging news to all farrears interested in egg pro
duction 'T poultry production.
On Larch 1, 100 three-day-old baby chicks were flown into Anchorage
from Seattle. ..t the most crucial time in their lives/ and in the cold
est :: nth ->f the year, they arrived pooping loudly, £lqska Airlines
arranged far qualified poultrynan to be an call in Juneau, and £gain
in Fairbanks. Had the trip lasted longer,.due to'weather, it w_uld have
beer, r.oc issary to tor.d then at these st.,ps.
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