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Tho Sun tiny Oregonian Jam, Hone and Garden
for Dcccnber 19, 1948 has a rholo'pago
featuring the Poultry fam of S.R, Brock,
local poultrynan. The feature, story 3,s
uritten by Lovorctt G. Richards* Staff
TCritor on Tho Oregonian, ■' .'
Mr. Richards calls it on "Arctic Poultry
Ranch" although ho adnits in the artiile
that it lies 300 nilos south of the Arctic
circlo.
Quoting fron sections of the nrtitfle—
"Despite the cold, the alnost invisible
days in r inter, tnc high prices, the short
groring season fdr grain and the lack of
nodern buildings, Brock1o flock averaged
200 eggs per hen per yoar during the past
tno years, compared to an average of 160
por hon for Oregon. His flock on the Long
Viou fam avoragod only 135 oggs por year. "
According to this articlo Brock cuts his
uhoat on the. grc6n side rhen nature, boforo
the first freezo, then 14ts it freozo dry.
"It eras just, such local grain, plus tho
far-sighted policy of the co-oporativo that
saved the Katanuska chickens rhen tho Mari
time strike Cut off all grain shipments
this fall. About 12,000 chickens mere
slaughtered around Anchorage for lack of
grain. The Mtanuska farmers had large
stocks on hand and managed to thresh enough
to save thbir layers r;hcn the stored grain
uas gono, ”
The articlo also states that in the summer
the chikkens enjoy sunshino around the
clock vrhich is as misleading as the Arctic
poultry farm.
"A sack of egg mash costs $7.45 and other cog
costs arc in proportion. But eggs rholc
salc at $1. per dozbn and retail for $1.35
in nearby Anchorage, vhich provides an un
limited market. The co-operative saves
both on feed and on marketing. Brock hap
pens to be president of tho Mntanuska Val
ley Farmers Cooperative Association, vhich
dominates the’Valley. He is also a member
of the grange, uith about 200 members."
Several pictures from the Brock fain high
light the page.