Petaluma California Grain cheapest Sack

1930's Coulson Chick Feed Sack Petaluma California 10 Pounds.
The bag appears to have been made by a company called Bemis. This would make a beautiful pillow that can be stuffed, hemmed, and placed upright and vertical on a kitchen hutch, kitchen island shelf, or bay window showcasing the rich history of California agriculture and the "Egg Basket of the World" Petaluma California.

Condition:

Flawless condition with no holes, tears or stains. The red "Chick Food" belowe the Coulson's brand name has faded over time.

Dimensions:

8" 1/2W × 16"L

Company History:

Coulson Poultry and Stock Food Company past master in their line of commercial activity are the president and the secretary of the Coulson Poultry and Stock Food Company, an organization identified with the business development of Petaluma and transacting a large trade that extends throughout the entire state and even into Nevada, Washington and Oregon. The factory affords ample facilities for the manufacture and handling of poultry food and supplies, which is a specialty of the firm. The ingredients used in the work are bought in immense quantities and at the lowest possible prices, which gives the company an advantage in disposing of the product at reasonable rats. The company acts as Pacific coast agents for Armour's poultry meat and blood meals, also as agent for Conkey's celebrated poultry and stock remedies and the Jubilee incubators and brooders. The advantages of the Jubilee incubators are described to include a correct underlying principle, a faultless construction, a superior finish and an unapproached record. The Jubilee sectional hot-water in-door brooders are constructed in two, three and four sections, to accommodate fifty chicks to each section, and are made for indoor use in brooder houses. The colony outdoor brooders are constructed in one size only, for outdoor use. The Coulson Company have also a fireless brooder involving a new principle, that of heat accumulators under which the chicks are hovered and in which they are free from the danger of smothering, no lamps being used nor any other kind of artificial heat.
The present company was organized in February of 1905, with H. C. Scrutton as president and manager, and S. C. Leonard as secretary, and with a capital stock of $100,000, all paid in. From fifteen to twenty men are employed, four of them being traveling salesmen. Shipments are made in large quantities over the railroad, while the excellent shipping facilities offered by water make it possible to successfully compete with dealers in other western cities. The superiority of their poultry foods is recognized by customers, and in consequence the demand is constantly increasing. The people of Petaluma are justly proud of the factory, and its growing trade is appreciated by residents of the home town. The large brick building used as a factory is owned by the company, together with the expensive equipment of machinery necessary for mixing. The product is rich in protein, correctly mixed, accurately proportioned, and contains nothing that is not absolutely wholesome and the best of its kind. In poultry feeds the owners of the factory believe that the “best is the cheapest,” and that many of the heavy losses sustained by chicken-raisers are due to the purchase of cheap, impure feeds. The principal products are Coulson's improved egg food, Coulson's egg food, Coulson's special dry chick feed, Coulson's growing chick feed, Coulson's scratching feed, Coulson's No. 5 condition powder for horses, Coulson's No. 1 condition powder for little chicks and Coulson's No. 3 condition powder for laying hens.
The improved egg food is highly concentrated food, containing a large percentage of protein and egg-producing material, due to the ingredients that make up its composition. The food being concentrated is fed in smaller quantities than the old-fashioned feeds, while it is claimed that the flocks are kept in healthier condition, because their digestion is not overtaxed by having to eat a very large amount of food in order to produce the necessary eggs. A sack of ninety pounds makes a meal for twelve hundred and fifty hens. A little more than two pounds is sufficient for a hen for one month. The egg food is similar to the improved egg food, but contains less meat meal, blood meal and condition powders. The dry chick feed is adapted to young chicks and contains tender seeds, cracked grains, cut oat meal, dried meat, fine particles of fresh cut bone, charcoal and burnt bone. Every ingredient is selected with a view to its soundness and purity.
The secretary of the company, S. C. Leonard, was born in Bradford county, Pa., in 1865, and at the age of five years accompanied the family to New York state, where he was given the advantages of the excellent grammar-schools and the free academy at Elmira. At the age of fifteen years he moved to Big Flats, Chemung county, N. Y., and for three years helped with the work on the home farm, after which he studied telegraphy on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. At the age of twenty-one he was appointed station agent at Big Flats, and for fifteen years he remained in the same position, resigning in 1901. In 1904 he removed to California, where he has since been a resident of Petaluma and an associate in the business with which he is now connected.
The president of the company, H. C. Scrutton, was born in London, England, in 1872. In 1902 he came to California, settling in Sonoma county, where he bought and conducted a chicken ranch. In the year 1909 he sold the ranch in order to devote his entire attention to the rapidly growing business at Petaluma. With his partner he is giving the closest attention to the details of the business, and its rapid development is due to their indefatigable energy and sagacious judgment.


Petaluma History:

Petaluma was founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1858. Its first inhabitants probably arrived between 6 and 10,000 years ago and they were likely hunters and gathers. It is believed the word 'Petaluma' is from the language of the Coast Miwok Indians and translates into 'hill backside". Likely, this was referred to the Sonoma Mountain which is within close proximity to Petaluma.

The Petaluma River has a early and long history. Those who prospered from the river include the Petaluma Native Americans, Spanish Explorers and Mexican vaqueros. The River played an integral part in the success of the city and at one time, it was the third busiest commercial wateway in all of California. 

Produce, people, products and perhaps most notably, eggs, were transported between the northern counties and San Francisco. In the 19th Century, Petaluma became not only the largest -but- the wealthiest town in Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino counties. 

Petaluma's poultry industry dates back to 1858, however, it wasn't until 1875 that business soared. Canadian born, Petaluman Lyman C. Byce invented the first practical chicken incubator and Petaluma became rich. From the late 1800s and through the 1940s, hundreds of chicken farms were established in the Petaluma Valley and profits from the egg business poured into the town. 

The combination of Byce's incubator and the city's ideal shipping location on the Petaluma River enabled the city to flourish and an incredible building boom ensued - most of which is still standing today. At one time, Petaluma was known as the "Chicken Capital of the World" or the "World's Egg Basket". It was also known as the home of the world's first and only chicken pharmacy and featured in National Geographic and in Ripley's Believe or Not. 

A National Egg Day was launched on August 13, 1918 and was celebrated each year until 1926. Festivities included a parade led by the Egg Queen with her court of attendant chicks, a Chicken Rodeo and an egg Queen Ball. 

By mid-century, Petaluma's predominant industry became dairy farming and remains so today. However, tourism and high-tech industries also share this title. 


The Petaluma Adobe is a National Historic Landmark and it is the largest domestic adobe building remaining in the United States. Adobe, an ancient product, is a sun-dried brick made of clay and straw and generally used in hot, dry climates. Between the years 1836 and 1846, the Petaluma Adobe was onstructed by General Mariano G. Vallejo (1807-1890), commandant of the Sonoma pueblo. General Vallejo was the founder of the town of Petaluma and Santa Rosa.
Vallejo had a vast agricultural enterprise where more than 2000 Indians labored and the Adobe served as his headquarters. Vallejo owned 10,000 head of cattle, 24,000 sheep, and several large herds of horses making him the wealthiest, and one of the most politically powerful men in California by 1845. 

Several of Vallejo's land titles were challenged and tied up in litigation for several years following the occupation of California by the Americans and Vallejo was forced to sell the Adobe by 1857. Throughout many years, ownerhip had chanaged several times and the Adobe eventually fell into disrepair. In 1951, the State of California acquired it along with five acres of surrounding land. The Petaluma Adobe was restored to the year 1840 and today is a California State Historic Park. 

The Great Petaluma Mill which was built in 1854 is one of the oldest buildings in town. In the latter half of the 19th Century, it served as a food locker for most of the game used by San Francisco restaurants. Today it has been renovated and this riverfront landmark features specialty shops and restaurants. Throughout the building, one can find relics and antique photographs which tell the history of the Great Petaluma Mill. 

Petaluma survived the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake miraculously unscathed and its Spanish Colonial, Queen Anne, Victorian, Neo-classical, Gothic-revival, and Italianate architecture are beautifully preserved. Petaluma has been fortunate and Petaluman's have have worked hard to protect their city's history. They won their right from the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to implement an aggressive program of preserving older homes, commercial buildings and the Historic Riverfront. Petaluma was the first city which was able to protect its individuality. Their efforts paid off and in 1995, the Victorian Historic Downtown earned the recognition as one of the best preserved Historic Downtown areas and was added to the National Register Of Historic Places. 

Petaluma has an "Americana" visual appeal which has attracted Hollywood filmmakers for more than 50 years. In 1911, the first movie was filmed in Petaluma. Additional movies followed such as American Graffiti, Peggy Sue Got Married, Inventing the Abbotts, Pleasantville, and Mumford. All have used Petaluma's historic downtown streets, shops, residential homes and unique collection of architecture and landscapes as movie locations. 

Petaluma was the site of the world's first airmail run, to Santa Rosa, on February 17, 1911 

Petaluma is home of the World's Wrist Wrestling Championships. Petaluma's Historical Museum and Library features the only free-standing stained glass dome in the state.
Today the quaint riverfront city with Victorian charm is home to more than 600 businesses and 65 historical properties. Annual events include the Butter & Egg Days Parade, Victorian Holiday events, Semi-Annual Antique Faires, the Great Petaluma Quilt Show and the Arts & Garden Festival. Petaluma is located just 32 miles north of San Francisco in the gorgeous Sonoma Valley Wine Country. Its ideal location can easily serve as a base for those exploring numerous romantic wineries, lush California Redwoods, and the breathtaking Point Reyes National Seashore. 


References:

History of Sonoma County, California Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present
History By: Tom Gregory
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California (1911)


http://www.petaluma.com/history.html

https://youtu.be/eN1TifKrVlQ

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