
Training for good eggs: Winter School at Puyallup
The winter school at Washington State College's Puyallup station trained many farmers on the finer points of raising hens and eggs, including how to build laying and brooding houses.
» More ...The winter school at Washington State College's Puyallup station trained many farmers on the finer points of raising hens and eggs, including how to build laying and brooding houses.
» More ...More than a century ago one man’s longing to live in the country led to a course in chicken farming offered through Washington State College, laying the groundwork for one of the largest and oldest egg operations in the Pacific Northwest. Along with just a few other large egg companies, the family-run Wilcox Farms is now a pillar in Washington’s 1.9 billion-egg-a-year industry.
In the early 1900s, a Canadian transplant named Judson Wilcox settled in Seattle. He had a home on Queen Anne and a hat shop in Pioneer Square. But city life wasn’t for him. In 1909 he visited a site east of … » More …