Abstract
This statement takes up the turning of an unproductive poultry plant into one of which Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner the Superintendent of the Institution says is one of the most profitable departments of the farm work. This change has come about thru an entire restocking of the plant thru the aid of Prof. James Dryden of the Oregon Agricultural College, who in 1914 gave us 100 “Oregon” pullets and some hatching eggs. This was with the understanding of trapnesting of breeders and record keeping from which the following data is taken.From this foundation of “Oregons” the plant has been built up till at the present time there is about 6000 old and young of this very productive egg laying strain of chickens. Individual records from the trapnested stock have been made of 303-302-296-292 and 291 eggs and quite a number closely approaching these twelve-month records. A year is …
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