Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — MIŚ GOULD'S HENS [ARTICLE]

MIŚ GOULD'S HENS

Fine Flocks of Chickens Bid Defiance to Egg Trust Product of Two Thousand Prize Birds at Tarrytown Farm More Than Owner Can Use-—Msny Are Sold to the Trade. New York. —There may be 30,000,000 eggs in cold storage in New Jersey or anywhere else, but Miss Helen Miller Gould can snap her fingers and forget about it, for she owns one of the finest poultry farms tn New York state, writes a Tarrytown correspondent The establishment of this farm has proved Miss Gould to be a good business woman, for it is practically self-sustaining. This is an added comfort to the convenience of having fresh eggs when you want them and as many as you want Miss Gould decided about a year ago that she wanted a poultry farm to free herself from any egg trust. She has a most capable superintendent In Archibald Robbie, and upon him devolved the wort of carrying out the plans. Miss Gould has plenty of land, and the site selected for the chicken farm was on the property on the White Plains road, east of Meadow street. . . % Only two breeds are boused on the farm—white Leghorns and W/andottes. Miss Gould tries to keep the number up to 2,000. Just now it is below tost figure, bat the incubators will be started soon and a large num-

ber of broilers are . planned tor the snrinr. The farm ' provides Mien Gould with all, the eggs she wants at all times. It also provides broilersj * chickens for roasting, squabs, capons and ducks. In the spring,’when the egg harvest is greatest, Miss Gould often finds that she has more eggs than she can use. Following the policy that nothing ■hall be wasted, these eggs are sent to some grocery stores in Tarrytown, where they are on sale as the Gould estate eggs, and great is the demand. These eggs bring the highest prices and are sold quickly. That is whythere is such a demand for these eggs by grocers. The henhouses are built with every convenience, proper ventilation andr; freedom from dampness. The house* are of wood and are not lined with plaster boards, but have a tight board wood finish which prevents dampness. This wood is sprayed with ■whitening once a week. The floor is of concrete, and about one and one-hair inches above the concrete is a tight board flooring. A cottage adjoining the farm haft been built This is occupied by the keeper. The chickens have Yo be fed imuTyi results. A pond has been for the ducks. As to the egg production, so exact figures are obtainable, but it is aaldt X^ t MiL t S nd i.’fonJ