Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-07
POULTRY cUL

gpecia1 Training For Wide Awake
and Ambitious young Poultry Hen.
Poultry culture has its fascination
for village and city people as well as
for the rural population. The matter
has also its moral bearings. 1t is well
for the lads as they are growing up to
become interested in the beautiful
birds Of the poultry hocks. Something
alive, that has motion, beauty and pos
sibilities of development, will attract
and interest the young and growing
boy and help to keep him out Of idle
ness and mischief A suitable pet or
hobby means much in this life and may
in the end make the difference between
a yirtuous and vicious life. This
work is akin to and proper continual
ton Of the valuable mature study" of
the public schools. The Rhode Island
experiment station has a plan of spe-
cial instruction in poultry culture
which seeks to place the poultry farm
ing Of that state and to some extent of
America on the very best scientific and
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provision is made by this course, sup
plemented by subsequent practical
training in the poultry plant, for the
prompt and rapid fitting Of young, ca
pable poultry men for taking up the
poultry business in this or other states
for themselves or for filling positions
remunerative and honorable as mana
gers of the poultry plants of the coun-
try. The poultry business, which is to-
day developing with amazing rapidity
in this country, should be employed to
utilize numerous acres comprising in
the aggregate an immense area which
is now for the most part lying idle and
profitless and in many cases depreciat-
ing in value.
According to a recent bulletin issued
by the state board of agriculture, there
are $40 farms for sale in Rhode Island.
Many farms in the state can and
should be devoted to poultry keeping.
This industry ought also to be devel-
oped as a side branch upon numerous
farms where some member of the
farmers family has the interest and
the enterprise to secure the training OBJ
tainable in this poultry course and then
take up this profitable branch of farm
ing at home. Properly extended it
means the establishment of this spe-
cialty in many parts of Rhode Island
as it is already developed i'll the east
ern part of the state, where the farm
o,.e po;co fowls ond nrot1,,oo oryc in
such quantities that buyers regularly
come to the farms for supplies of eggs
and market poultry. They thus relieve
the poultry producer of the trouble of
seeking a market unless he prefers to
be his own salesman and deliver the
products of his poultry farming direct
to retail customers. Thus may increa
ing thousands of land and water fowl
be raised in Rhode Island to supply
the demands of large nonproductiye
factory population and of the inhabit-
ants of several cities within the state.
Boston and New York are within easy
reach and can readily care for any sur
plus if such should result. The danger
of a glut in the market for fresh eggs
and prime dressed fowls exists only in
imagination. The export trade, now
rapidly developing, will take care of
any possible surplus for many years to
come. Several men and women have
lately come to this state to purchase OF
rent farms to be devoted to poultry
keeping. Surely it is well for Rhode
Island tiaeener abandoned farms and
numerous neglected acres should be
taken by native Americans and devoted
to progressive, profitable speciality.