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Note: N185 Oregon death index on Ancestry.com gives 24 May 1973 as death date
Instructor at Cornell, Perdue, Oregon State.
Vice president, Centennial Mills, Portland Oregon.
in Poultry Hall of Fame
1905 Census Minnesota State - Charles S. Brewster (18) is living with his parents and siblings at 1770 Emerson Ave, S, Minneapolis, MN. No occupation is listed for Charles.
1906 - Aug 26 - Minneapolis Tribune - “Charles S. Brewster of 717 Kenwood Parkway left Friday evening for Palo Alto, Cal., where he will enter the Leland Stanford university.”
1910 Census Charles (24) is living in Portland, Oregon working as a time keeper for the telephone company. He is a lodger and is single. Both parents born in Il.
1915 - Sept 28 - Minneapolis Tribune - “Mr. Charles S Brewster of Corvalis, Ore, stopped in Minneapolis a few days last week to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Brewser, 717 Kenwood parkway, while en route to Cornell university, where he will take post graduate work this year.”
1915 - Charles Stockton Brewster, B. S. A., Instructor in Poultry, Poultry Husbandry, College of Agriculture, Cornell University (The register, Cornell University, Volumes 15-18, 1915)
1917 - Newmarket era (Newmarket, Ontario), 10 Aug, 1917, p. 2
THE ALTER
BREWSTER-HAIGHT
At St. Paul's Church, Newmarket, on Tuesday, Aug 7th, 1917, by Archdeacon Canham, Rachel Webb, only child of the late Milton Haight, and Mrs. Haight of Corvalis, Oregon, to Charles Stockton Brewster of Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, son of C. E. Brewster of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1917 - Charles Stockton Brewster, B. S. A. Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, Perdue University, (The Annual catalogue of Perdue University)
1917, August 14 -Tuesday - Lebanon Daily News, page 4
Miss Haight Weds in Canada
Many Lebanon Friends will be interested to learn of the marriage at Newmarket, Canada, of Miss Rachel Webb Haight, a former resident of this city. Some years ago she lived with her grandmother, Mrs. William V. Light, at 917 Maples Street, and attended the city schools. She graduated later from the Lebanon High School. Afterward she removed to the State of Washington, and with her mother became an instructor in one of the leading education institutions of that state.
A Canadian newspaper published the following account of her marriage:
A very quiet marriage took place at St. Paul's church, Newmarket, at 8. A. M/, Aug 7th, 1917, when Rachel Webb Haight, only child of the late Milton Haight, and Mrs. Katharine B. L. Haight, of Corvalis, Oregon, became the wife of Charles Stockton Brewster, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bride wore her traveling dress, was unattended and only immediate relatives were present, the bride being given in marriage by her uncle, James C. Haight, of Waterloo, Ontario. After the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was served at the residence of her aunts, the Misses Haight, "Maplecroft", Niagara St with whom the bride had been spending a few weeks. The bride and groom left on the 9:45 train for the north to spend their honeymoon in a canoeing trip on some of the lakes and rivers of Northern Ontario, after which they will return to West Lafayette, Indiana, and be at home at 504 Waldren street after October 1st.
1917 - Aug 12 - Minneapolis Tribune “Cards have been received announcing the marriage of Miss Rachel Webb Haight of Newmarket, Ont., Canada, to Mr. Charles Stockton Brewster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brewster, 717 Kenwood parkway, which was solomnized Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster will be at home after October 1, at 504 Waldron street, West Lafayette, Ind. “
1917 Draft Registration - WWI - Charles S Brewster (30) living in W. Lafayette, Indiana, “investigator and instructor Perdue Univeristy; medium height, medium weight, brown hair, brown eyes, lost “one eye”.
1917 Dec 5 - Minneapolis Tribune “Mr. Charles S. Brewster of Lafayette, Ind., who has been guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Brewster, 717 Kenwood parkway, left Monday for Corvalis, Ore., where he has accepted a position at the College of Agriculture of Oregon. He will be joined by Mrs. Brewster later.”
1917 - Dec 26 - Minneapolis Morning Tribune - “Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brewster gave a family dinner in their home, Kenwood Parkway. Mrs. Charles Brewster of Lafayette, Ind, who is moving to Corvalis, Ore., daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Brewster, was among the guests. Mr. Charles Brewster was unable to stay through the holiday.”
1930 Census - Charles S (43), Rachel S (37), Joan (7) and James ( 2 5/12) are living in Portland, Oregon. Charles is a Poultry specialist in feed manufacturing.
1940 United States Federal Census about Charles S Brewster Name: Charles S Brewster Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1887 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Minnesota Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: S E 28 House Number: 6808 Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 10B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 247 Occupation: Treasurer House Owned or Rented: Owned Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 15000 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 60 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 3600 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles S Brewster 53 Rachel Brewster 47 Joan Brewster 17 James Brewster 12
1942 - WWII Draft Registration
Charles Stockton Brewster
Mailing address:
6808 SE 28th Ave Portland Multnomah County Oregon
Telephone: SW 4057
age: 56
born in Minneapolis Minnesota July 22 1886
Name of person who will always know your address:
Mrs Rachel H Brewster 6808 SE 28th Portland
Employer: Hodgen Brewster Centennial Flouring Mills 112 SE Clay, Portland, Oregon
Height: 5 feet 10 inches weight: 158 eyes: brown complexion: ruddy small white scar on upper lip
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"Better Eggs and More of Them" The Farmers and the Egg Question CHARLES S. BREWSTER, '13 IT seems hard for the average farmer to realize the importance of the poultry industry, or that the flock of chickens which he is keeping is probably the most profitable department of his farm, invested capital considered. It can probably be said conservatively that the majority of the farmers of the country quite overlook the benefits to be derived from this little source of big profits, either because it seems such a small item, or because its value has never been demonstrated to them. The egg situation in Oregon is one which will bear some investigation. In the year 1911 the value of the poultry products of the state was $5,000,000, but there were imported into this state during that same year 204 carloads of eggs, each containing 400 cases, and this.in spite of the fact that we have here an excellent market with a steady demand at good prices, and a favorable climate which should make this state a very profitable field for poultry raising and egg production. Now this money, amounting to $700,000 in 1911, which is anually being sent out of the state in payment for eggs imported, should be enriching the farmers of Oregon instead, and if they will but realize the facts of the situation, it may be remedied, and not only will the farmer benefitted by the increased profits, but the consumer will also gain by being able to get fresher, Oregon grown eggs at all times, rather than the old ones shipped in from the East, and there will be a consequent gain in the consumption of eggs. It is from the farms and orchards of this state that this increase must come, as the few commercial poultry farms are able to supply only a part of the demand. At the present time there are many farmers who keep just barely enough chickens to supply their home demands, none, or at least only a few, being sold, when with the expenditure of only a very little additional time and energy, enough poultry could be raised to add considerably to the cash income of the farm. This condition may be remedied in two general ways: First—By the obvious method of keeping more hens and better hens, and treating them properly. In this this connection it has been demonstrated that poultry, as a side line, could be taken up very profitably by the orchardists of the state to a much larger extent than at present. The fowls not only add materially to the cash income through the eggs ad poultry sold, but also increase the fertility of the soil and destroy many injurious insects and larvae of insects which are found in orchards. Second—By the proper handling and marketing of the finished products. The quality which is most desirable in milk and cream for immediat consumption is sweetness. In eggs the corresponding quality is freshness and "new-laidness." Most producers have come to realize that dairy products must be marketed daily and under the most favorable conditions to command the highest price. This same practice should obtain in the marketing of eggs. But does this condition obtain with eggs? On the average farm the eggs are gathered and marketed irregularly, nests are not properly cleaned, and after gathering the eggs are not stored or handled properly. Under the same conditions eggs will keep fresh no longer than milk will keep sweet. If exposed to heat, chick development starts, and bacterial changes may occur which will render the egg unfit for food within 48 hours. If exposed to dampness and odors, the egg will absorb mold, absorb the odors, and become staie and unwholesome. It is, therefore, very important that eggs be gathered daily and marketed daily or at least three times a week. Thousands of farmers market their milk and cream daily ad it is urged that for their own benefit they will market their ket. Instead of gaining by this practice, it is really one of the best reasons for curtailing consumption and making the business profitable. If the stale and rotten eggs could be eliminated it is estimated that the consumption would be doubled or at least greatly increased, and at the same time about 17 per cent of the present value of eggs produced would be saved to the farmers of the country. This would amount to over one-half million dollars yearly in the State of Oregon alone. If the eggs are gathered daily, and shipped to the market at once the quantity demanded would be much greater that prices will be kept at a higher level, even with a much larger production.
Do not offer for sale small, dirty, checked, stained or doubtful eggs. Most of these may be consumed at home, at full market value. Shippers: Pack eggs only in standard cases, with medium fillers, using excelsior, cork shavings, cut straw or corrugated board. Store case in a cool dry place, free from odors, avoiding heat, droughts, and dampness. Ship eggs often, at least twice a week in warm weather, (daily if possible), by express or in refrigerator cars. Quality is the thing most demanded by the consumer, and the producers of eggs on a quality basis have fruit. Why should it not prove so for the egg selling problem as well? The spirit of co-operation is the life of the Agricultural systems of Denmark, one of the most uniformly successful systems ever developed. Co-operation is comparatively a new idea in the United States especially in connection with poultry raising, but it has been such a marked success where it has been tried that the idea will probably spread very quickly. The idea is practical and the farmers can properly grade their eggs and put on the market a product of the highest quality has been demonstrated beyond a doubt by various co-operative egg
found that it pays large profits. But in order to get a product of uniform high quality throughout the state which will bring a premium over the eggs as now marketed it will be necessary to have the hearty co-operation between the farmers of the state as a whole, who will supply a better product, the transportation companies, who will give the eggs better care in transit, and the commission men and retailers who will buy eggs only on a quality or "lossoff basis." Co-operation has proved the solution of the problem of marketing selling associations in the state of Minnesota durng the last five years. The general idea of these associations is to produce larger and better eggs and more of them, and to market them systematically. The members of the association sign an agreement to gather eggs twice daily, keep them clean, grade properly, and pack them in one dozen cartoons, packing the white and brown eggs separately. All dirty and unattractive eggs are dicarded as far as the market is concerned. The eggs are shipped direct from the association to the city grocer or con sumer. They are guaranteed to be as represented, and bring from 5 to 6 cents more than the ordinary price as well as commanding a steady demand for them. In Minnesota, also, some of the creameries are beginning to handle eggs on the same plan as the associations, in fact, the creamery merely acting as the selling agent for a group of farmers allied with it. In one case the members of the association pledge themselves to gather eggs twice daily, deliver none over 8 days old and only of uniform quality, to keep in a cool, dry place until taken to the creamery, to place white and brown in separate cartoons and mark the cartoons, to stamp each egg on the side and each cartoon on top number of the producer, and to sell these eggs only through the creamery. The creamery sells in the city for cash and pays the farmer in cash and the farmers receive a much higher price than is paid for the best of the candled eggs and are well repaid for their trouble. With a motto of quality in production, and a spirit of co-operation in marketing, the demand will be increases, the consumer will be pleased, prices will keep up, ad the producer will reap a large and just reward.
(from The Oregon countryman, Volume 5, 1912)
Raising The Chick C. S. BREWSTER, '13. COMPARATIVELY speaking, the chickens are easy to hatch, but the question of how to keep them and help them to grow into big, strong, healthy fowls, is another matter, and one which will stand much study. To begin with, we must take it for granted that the chicks are from healthy, vigorous, and contented fowls,and that they have been hatched under proper conditions, whether hens or incubators were used. So there we have them, a lively bunch of bright, plump little fellows just from the incubator, each representing an opportunity for the skillful poultryman to show what he can do toward reducing the high cost of living by bringing to maturity in the best and most economical manner a good egg producer, breeder, or market fowl. The question thus arises, How shall this be done? It has been said by good authorities, and experiments seems to verify these statements, that the raising of chickens to renew the flock is the most difficult problem in successful poultry keeping. The conditions should be thoroughly understood and a definite system should be used in raising the chicks. At the present time, on many farms throughout the country there is almost an entire lack of system in this work and the returns show plainly that such methods do not pay well, if they pay at all. The broody hen steals a nest, or is set on the first bunch of eggs that comes handy, and when the hatch comes off, no coops are provided (an old box being used for a day or so perhaps), after which the mother and her brood are turned out to shift for themselves, or at best are given but scant and irregular attention. These methods, of ocurse, bring little profit and the farmer complains that chickens don't pay. Of course they don't pay under these conditions, but let him give as much care to the raising of the chicks as he does to the raising of a calf, colt, or litter of pigs, and he will find
often knows more about bringing up the chicks than the average farmer, and for this reason, unless large numbers are to be raised, it is advisable, under proper conditions furnished by the farmer, to let her superintend the brooding. When the hatch is complete, remove the hen and chicks to a clean, dry coop with a sanded floor and give them plenty of fresh water. If several broods are hatched at once, from 15 to 20 chickens may be placed with a hen, doubling up, and thus allowing some of the hens to be broken
that they will pay and pay well. This subject may be considered either from the viewpoint of the commercial poultryman, raising chickens on a large scale, or with regard to the conditions as found on the average farm and the methods which are best suited for these conditions. In the limited space available we shall have the time only for consideration of the latter phase of the question, and shall take up separately the management of the chicks raised with hens, those raised with brooders, and feeding principles which will apply to both of the classes. It may be said that the old hen up and returned to the laying pens, or re-set on another bunch of eggs. It is doubtful if this last is advisable, however. They should be closely confined the first few days, as the chicks need careful brooding at this time to prevent chilling, which is one of the greatest causes of loss in young chicks. Dust the hen carefully when taking ter off the nest and watch the chicks carefully for the first week for lice, and if any are found, rub a little lard or sweet oil on the head and under the chin. Let the chicks out after the first three days, if the weather is good, but keep the hen shut in the coop for the first week. Place the coops where the chicks will have clean grass, cut short ,or clean, newly plowed earth to run on, and where they will be sheltered from storms. Also keep them away from other fowls, and provide shade of some kind in hot weather. If hawks are bad, a wire covered runway may be furnished, extending out from the coop a short distance. See that they are shut in every night so that they will not be disturbed by animals of any kind. After the first week the hen may be allowed to go out with the chicks, but should be shut in at night. After being shut up for a week or so they
fowls. When they are half grown the sexes should be separated and housed in different fields, if possible, where they can be fed according to the uses for which they are intended, and which will be discussed later. As the birds grow care should be taken that they always have plenty of roosting room, as crowding will help to produce stunted fowls, counteracting any good conditions which may exist. As the flock developes it is often advisable to cull out the poorer ones, if there are any, and sell them, as this will help to prevent over crowding and useless ex
Brood Coop, for Hen and Chicks, Made Out of Shoe Box will return to their proper coop with out much trouble. The chicks may be weaned in four to five weeks in warm weather, or in seven or eight weeks in cold or damp weather. After weaning give them a small colony house where they will have plenty of roosting room not too high above the ground and with an abundance of fresh air, yet protected from drafts and dampness. Keep them on clean ground, moving the house frequently (twice a week is good) and provide some kind of shade and as much range as possible, grass range preferred. If they are given plenty of range, and are made to scratch for their food, they will develop strong bodies, and grow into lively, healthy penditure on poor birds. Also, as only the birds will be kept, the value of the whole flock will be improved. It often happens, that, where young birds are kept on the open range, there is a tendency to neglect them at times, but this should decidedly not be the case, as neglect of any kind at this growing period will result disastrously, as the growth is easily retarded, and "stunted growth" is the result. One thing to be kept in mind all of the time is to keep the chicks growing. A good hen-hatching and brooding coop which may also be used for a colony house for the growing stock is shown in Fig. 1. As used on the 0. A. C. farm the size of this coop is 5 ft. long and 3 ft. wide, with a shed roof
ing are to be used, there are a larger number of different makes and styles of brooders which may be purchased on the market and which may be used. There are several styles of lamp heated brooders with a capacity of 50 to 100 chicks which will g<ve ^ood results if proper care is taken, and there are also many of the newer fireless brooders, some of which are heated with hot water in one way or another, and others by the animal heat of the chicks only. These latter (the fireless brooders) may be made on any farm without much expense, and if properly made will give good results, especially where the number of chicks raised is small. it in the box high enough above the bottom for the jug to set under it. The jug is filled with hot water, and r'laced in the center of the hover, the bi'rlan holds the heat in and the chicks nestle among the warm strips of cloth. During the first week the jug should be filled night and morning, and after that only once per day (at night) until the chicks are three weeks old. when the jug may be discarded altogether, except in cold weather. If lamp heated brooders are used great care must be taken to keep an even temperature in the brooder. The greatest loss in brooding comes from getting the chicks chilled, or too hot, or in keeping them in poorly ventilated brooders. They must have fresh air, and there should be range of temperature enough in the brooder to allow the chicks to choose their own temperature. Keep a temperature of 90 degrees near the floor of the brooder under the hover, which will mean 100 degrees just under the heater. After the brooder chicks are weaned the treatment will be practically the same as for the hen-hatched chicks, being placed in a small colony house on good range. The proper development of chicks depends very largely, also, upon the proper feeding, which should take into consideration rapidity of growth with economy in the ration. Little chicks, as soon as they are hatched, should be given plenty of clean, fresh water (not too cool), and should have some fine sand with perhaps a little litter of cut straw on it for them to scratch in. For the first feed sprinkle a little rolled oats or bread crumbs soaked in milk, on the sand. This will attract their attention and they will soon learn to eat. If they are with a hen, be sure to give the hen a good feed of whole corn at the same time. A little chopped boiled egg or raw egg with bran is also good for one of the first feeds. For the first day keep the rolled oats or bread crumbs before them all the time, and as soon as they begin to eat it well start feeding regularly 4 or 5 times daily all they will clean up in a short time. Don't leave the food before them. If skim milk is available give them all they can drink, and plenty of tender green food, such as lettuce, grass shoots, etc., chopped fine. See that fine grit is before them at all times and give them some fine ground charcoal frequently. Mixed grains of finely cracked corn, wheat and pinhead oats may be scattered in the litter after the fourth day. They must be encouraged to scratch and work as much as possible to make them strong. Cottage cheese which has not been cooked too hard makes a good animal food and may be fed twice daily. If no milk is available animal food in some form should be fed, dried beef scraps, fresh cut bone being good. This should be kept before them in hoppers all the time after the fourth day. If table scraps are fed they may be mixed with bran and fed as a wet mash, but a dry mash is more satisfactory for young chicks. Avoid all sloppy and pasty foods. The dry feeding requires less labor and is generally more satisfactory. Always feed the grain in a litter of clean straw or chaff so that they will have to work for what they get and so will have good appetites. Keep all the troughs clean, and give plenty of feeding space to prevent crowding. Renew the litter as soon as it becomes dirty. When the chicks are weaned at six or eight weeks of age and are put out on the range their grain ration, with grit and charcoal may be fed in hoppers. It is a good plan now to begin feeding a wet mash once a day (in the morning) which may be made up according to the following formulas and mixed with milk or water: Bran 10 parts, corn or barley meal 15 parts, middlings 5 parts, or bran 6 parts, middlings 3 parts, corn meal 3 parts. Feed whole grain ,wheat and oats, at noon- and night. Some advise keeping a hopper of dry mash before them at all times, and doing away in this manner with the noon feed. The hoppers and all feed for the young stock should be placed where it will not be molested by the older birds or the hoppers should be so constructed that the fowls can't reach the food. Some also mix the animal food or meat scrap in with the mash, but I believe that better results are obtained by keeping it in a hopper before them at all times. Keep all the coops utensils and surroundings as clean as possible, and keep the flock free from vermin of all kinds. In warm weather keep especially careful watch for the red mites. In all this work regularity, cleanliness, and carefulness should be the watchwords. The first few weeks, especially make up the period in which the greatest loss is likely to occur, and then, as well as later, constant vigilance must be exercised to see that nothing is overlooked that will keep the birds healthy and growing steadily. Never let them stop growing or go backwards, but keep them going forward steadily every minute and they will turn out to be large, healthy, vigorous birds that will be a source of pride to their owner as well as a source of dollars and cents! ( from The Oregon countryman, volume 5, 1912)
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