Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-05-18

and the exports at Washington, for
fiscal year from June, 1886, to June.
1887, show we imported Is, $50. O54
dozen. value IA cents-$1,9 $50, 1876. We
export about $50, 900 In valuo, to-wit. ;
Import 1s,6se;05i dozen, invoice value 81, $50, sO5
Exports, domestic, s72, 792 dozen, $4,000
R~e-exports, il,7o6 G,727............. 02.41a
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Balance against us ............ . -. q, 897,a83
These eggs came mainly from Cana
da, and Belgium partly, about $22, 900.
We are largely an agricultural people.
Fowls are peculiarly an agricultural
product, yet we import an increasing
number of eggs annually to eat. Cana
da mainly, and Belgium partly, supply
these eggs. Subjects of Britain and
Belgium feeding the sovereigns Of
America This would seem a great re-
Election upon the dung-hill fowl OF
America. But / do not SO consider il.
1t is reflection rather upon the poultry
culture than the fowl of the country.
The dung-hill has done we'll under the
circumstances. He has literally had
to ''go alone" He has roasted in trees
in weather fair and foul. He has
picked up" his living as best he could,
about the dung-heaps. Without much
care Of himself or consideration for his
product, he has rivaled and outstripped
every other fostered and carefully
nurtured industry Of the country. No!
Nobly done, old fowl OF the dung-heapl
We, however, should not only make
home supply, but export largely of our
poultry product. To do this we need
improved breeds, fowls bred to high
product Of meat and eggs. We need
transportation facilities to carry speed.
lily our country product to city markets.
We need education or information as
to points of economy and thrift
in fowl culture. Above all, we
need to be taught the Importance
Of this product; the profit it
yields when intelligently pursued,
and the merits OF different breeds OF
fowls. In a word, we need to be taught
the value OF poultry to the country;
the profit of intelligent culture, and
how to get the greatest output with
least outlay.
There is no danger Of o~ver-produo-
ton so long as we import eggs to eat.
Home demand steadily increases. In
1880 we had So, 900, 900 population; in
1890 we will have 65, 900, 900, the great
err proportion of increase being non
producers, needing to be fed by the
farmer. viii poultry payP
Mr.. Felch, in his book, Poultry
Culture" says: "Mr. Mansfield, in
1861, with 100 hens Gree iange). 99
bushels corr or equivalent, no chicks
raised, produced lat eggs per hen,
yielding a net profit per hen OF 81. 35.
and manure rs cents, profit 81. go. 9th
or similar experiments in Massachu-
sets yielded 49, 90, 1925, and $3.50 per
annum. Mr.. Whitman, in 1873. with
81 LeghOrn hens, laying an average OF
207 eggs per hen, and sold at 81 cents
per dozen, made q net profit of $4.04
per hen per annum."
Mr.. Felch also states, and gives the
figures to show it true, that Light
Brahmas and Boston market, and
product of eggs and chickens COM
bined, he can make s. per hen per
annum. Rev. ]. 7. Hoyt, of Bedford,
n Y stafaa that in 100h ha hoIohf
twenty-five hens at Is consists. TO
and sold the coming year 500 eggs
for $685. 80; sold 200 chickens for
$112.5 so, and had fifty left valued al
$50; expenses 1925, and net profit for
year 500. His coops were small, anO
had a northern exposure, and in winter
we're often filled with snow.
DIR. 7. B. Spalding, in his work,
STANDARD and Commercial Poultry
Culture by Artificial Process says
"that actual and varied experiments
prove that a chicken can be raised
from she'll to maturity-say six
months-for a maximum costs 5 cents
per pound, the chick will gain on av.
erage of one-fourth of a pound each
week for the first twelve weeks. After
that the gain is not so rapid. He
therefore concludes the greatest profit
is in sales at four to twelve weekA
The expense, risk and trouble much
less. -Hon. Howell Cobb, in Southern
Cultivation