The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-04
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Statistics

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ekCFt OF lis 3ea r-ment fc- yoi
-a1iug.atarch 81. Its mainly devoted
TO the poultry industry, and it,bears
evidence Of painstaking care III its
preparation. No document. issued BY
the department since its organization,
has been more interesting, and the in.
formation it gives is a revelation. On
the title page is printed in red this
dedication:
"The Helpful Hen-Wh everything
else was going to rack and ruin, she
increased and multiplied; she support
ed herself and the family, too. The
very insects which would have des
poiled the farm she fattened upon,
laying her daily egg-the blessed egg
that took the place of beef and milk,
mutton and portland in good time,
after all these services, surrendered
her toothsome body to the cause Of
humanity"
The introduction by Secretary Co
burn briefly summarizes the contents
of the report. It says that the value of
Kansas poultry and eggs sold last year
was s3,GO8615, or 10 per cent more than
the entire value of the rye, barley,
buekwheat, castor beans, cotton, hemp,
tobacco, broom corn, Milo maize, Jeru-
salem corn, garden and horticultural
products marketed, and of the wine,
honey, sheep and wool sold the same
year. No field crops, with the excep-
ton of wheat, corn and hay equaled in
value the surplus sold from the Kansas
hens, ducks, turkeys and geese.
ut was a sum sufficient to pay all
the state and city taxes of the proceed
ing year, and leave on hand the com
Portable nest egg of S175,OOO It's value
was So per cent greater than the same
years output of our lead and zinc
mines, conceded to be Of gFestrichness,
and within % per cent of the value of
all the coal mined during the preced-
ing year. It was % per cent greater
than the total paid in the state for
teachers wages and school supervision;
more than three times as much as the
total combined amounts paid for school
sites, buildings, furniture, rent, repairs,
district library and school apparatus,
fuel ineidentals and all other school
purposes except salaries. In fact, the
poultry came within about IA per cent
of paying the entire cost of the public
schools,
"The average value of poultry and
eggs sold annually in the state, as re-
turned to assessors, in the five years
ending with 1896, was S3,333,562, or a
value greater by nearly 10 per cent
than that of the potato crops for the
same years, 50 per cent greater than
the sorghum crops, Il per cent greater
than the millet and Hungarian and 1853
per cent greater than the Kaffir corn.
"Prices of poultry and eggs in 1896
were not high, but the years surplus
sold from Kansas farms amounted to
within , per cent of the total value of
all mich COWS owned in the great cattle
raising regions of Colorado, New Mexi-
GO, Arizona and Utah; more than the
value of all cattle owned in Oklahoma,
with the swine of Colorado, Montana,
Nevada and Wyoming added; OF about
the same as the value of all the sheep
in the six New England states and
those of New York and South Carolina
added; nearly as much as all the shsep
owned in Texas we're WORTH or as much
as the value of all the corn of New
England, with that of North Dakota
Montana and Wyoming thrown in for
good measure.
according to the United States cen
sus of 1890 Kansas then ranked among
states and territories as fourth in mum
Der of chickens, fourth in ducks, sew
enth in turkeys and nineteenth il
geese.
"Despite their Importance there j;
apparently notable lack in practical
pepularinformation within ready reacE
on the subject of farm fowls. Like
wise, much lest attention in given then
their economic importance justifes
and the great aggregate of money, mer
chandise and substantial comforts the!
bring into the homes of farmers anC
villagers mainly through vigilant care
taking by the good housewives is bu
poorly comprehended or appreciated
by the men folks who are so largely tn
benefciaries. It is from a desire t,
remedy this to some extent and tt
awaken new interest along these line
that the data here presented-mOstl.
the experience and counsel of thos
long and successfully engaged in poul
try oulture-have been compiled.
at is not offered as by any means a
an exhaustive treatise or a complet
guide as to breeds or management; no
Ia advocacy Of the useo artificial incu
bators nor of any particular makes no
a manual for fanoieFs, but as helpful
information for every day fowl raisers
for many women and occasional me
who possess the genius of patient il
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