Show Women Operate Large fl Hatchery In Michigan T c hE 4 L Margaret and Martha brtha Stride Strick elt have haie grown frown up in the chicken business near ne r Grand Crand Rapids Mich under tutor tutorship of their father Jacob Strick 89 shown at at right Dy By NEA 1 Service Ser GRAND ORAND RAPIDS Mich Nov No 12 32 Two Two women have helped develop this region as the thc Petaluma of the Middle West They are Misses Margaret and Martha Strick Strict whose chicken hatch hatch- hatchery cry ery near here Is one of or the largest argest and finest in the district Several years ago Jacob strick their father started the chicken business as a small side-line side enter enter- prise Today at 89 hes he's retired and its his two daughters carry It on with great success From small beginnings this re region re- re region gion glon has developed one of or the larg larg- largest largest est eat chick shipping centers in the country says sas its Its Its' members They have formed the Michigan Poultry Poultry- mens men's association and operate co-operate their activities as ns one enterprise Today millions of ot new-born new chicks arc are shipped to market in parcel post containers going to practically every point In the country The Industry has grown so ro rapidly in the past five live years ears that now it sup sup- support port 85 big hatcheries each with aith witha aitha ltha a million or more eggs capacity Three years jears ago the post office at Zeeland from which most of or the districts district's chicks are mailed was a ar fourth r class station Today Toda thanks to the great reat chick business it has risen to first class rank It reveals re the rapid progress of or this section In iii the breeding and sale of ot chicks From the latter part of or March until June when shipments are heaviest iest the Zeeland office handles in the neighborhood of five million potential Ingredients for salads salads' s lads lads' and Sunday chicken dinners The chicks are sorted according to size breed and quality and are shipped to the crate At the height of ot the season It Is estimated approximately one mil mil- million million lion Hon chicks are hatched each week |