Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-10-04
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Annual Report OF thePoultry crop
10 the West. The conclusions ar
rived at and given below were com
piled from Inquiries sent throughout
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin,,
Missouri, Arkansas. Tennessee,
Kentucky. Ohio, Michigan, Kansas
Nebraska, MINI esota, and the Da-
kotas, making the most complete
and comprehensive report ever at.
tempted by any commission house.
1t is a reliable and unbiased opin-
ion. We have no interest 10 the
market in giving this Information
other than Commission Merchants,
and have no object in misrepresent-
ing the conditions.
We hope that the report may be
of some benefit to interested par
ties. All we ask in return is that
you will remember us when you
have shipments to make to this
hmarket, We can satisfy you if any
one can, and we might do so if 9th
ers cannot. Give us a trial.
The reports received this year
from our numerous correspondents
Indicate a material decrease in the
supply Of Ducks and Geese, rath-
er liberal supply Of chickens, but
90 larger than last year, and a
smaller crop Of turkeys. Weather
conditions have been of such va
riable and unreasonable character
as 70 have had very important et-
fleet on the production of poultry IN
its various stages of growth. 10
the first place the cold and unusu-
ally late and wet spring worked
very unfayorably against the early
matches. This was particularly
the case with turkeys, many of the
young birds dying from cold and
wet, and their growth was greatly
retarded from the same causes.
Then came the Excessively hot
weather during July, the hottest
experienced for years, with the
thermometer ranging continuously
tor weeks from 100 to ITO at differ
ent points, and pretty much all
over the, country. The fertility Of
the eggs was affected, and many
hatchings did noti bring out half a
brood during this period, but the
early hatchings met with better
success, and the early failures in
duced farmers to put out a larger
Quantity and thus in the case o
chickens particularly the early
losses were made up. Butthe very
hot weather and absence of rain
especially in the West and South
west, had a decided effect on thu
crop of ducks and geese. Water il
an important factor in the raising
of the web-footed fowls, and ducks
and geese suffered seriously. Thu
creeks and ponds dried up, and il
many places there was no water t,
be had, and besides the losses il
dead stock, great deal of stool
was shipped to market during tn
summer and much earlier than usu
al, and these facts create the be
lief that the coming supply for win
ter will be smaller than for severa
: years.
AS a result of the drouth, the corr
4 crop is not much over half OF tina
OF last year, and this inducedfarm
ers to sell off a considerable por
tion of their stock earlier than usu
al.
Turkeys--The crop of turkeys, i
is estimated. will be fully Is pei
cent short of last year, or abou
IS per cent of full crop. Las
year was considered about a full
crop. The crop is about the same
as during the year 1899, possibly q
little larger. Our reports in near
ly all instances claim the turkeys
are much poorer than usual this
year, and the scarcity of feed, it is
argued, will bring in large guam
tity of turkeys around Thanksgiv'
ing Of a poorer quality than last
year. Christmas turkeys are like
Ily to bring good prices.
Chickens-The majority of our
reports indicate an increased crop
some of the correspondents in theil
lsactions oiv1nU as much 40 Ok na,