The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-18

true answer. This reminds me of a elr- cumstance that took place this fall down in South Alabama. I was at small station where there were a number of people going to Texas. The conversation of course, was all of the advantages that Texas was offering. The station master had been to Texas, and tried his fortune there. He gave these people what I thought a good lecture. He said to them, If you will only work as hard in Ala bama as you will have to work when you go to Texas, you will do as well here as you can there." He went on to say that here in Alabama, we were accustomed to having negroes do most of our work and that our young men felt rather ashamed to have to get out and down to hard work right at home among their old neighbors, but he said, Boys, If you will throw your clothes off and get right down to work here in Alabama, as you will be compelled to do when you get to Texas, you will do as we'll here as you can in Texas" Now I am sure that there is much truth in this statement I have nothing whatever to say against Texas. She Is a great state, and has many advantages, as well as room yet for thousands of families. But, I do think that the man who owns a good home In Alabama makes a mistake when he sells 1t and moves to Texas. I look upon Ala bama as being one of our best stace In a great many respects, and the opportuni- ties offered in this state for men to do well are many. And, now when we see and hear so many calls for labor, it does not seem that we can we'll spare any of our good citizens for other states.
 Poultry.
 Out in the west there is almost as much excitement over the poultry market IS there Is over the beef market In fact, l do not know but that there Is more for beef is goin down while the prices on poultry and eggs Is keeping up This poultry business Is fast becoming a big one and enc that requires much capital 10 handle. l was in one town in Mis- souri of about 5000 people. I am we'll ac- quainted with the banking firm in this town, and the cashier said that they had furnished one poultry dealer in the town SlO,OOO for helping him handle the bus,- ness. This dealer bought up one car of turkeys which sold in the market otso each on foot. Now. h0re comes In q good text for another sermon, and inc question is why should Alabama pay Ms souri so much money each season for poultry and eggs? We can grow all tho poultry we need right here at home, and not only should we, grow8 for our bona use, but also grow for markets else Where Missouri, Kansas and Iowa are now engaged in shipping car lots of poul- try to New York. Boston, Chicago and other eastern cities. Alabama could and should be doing the same thing. There ia no speculation or guess work with me in this statement, for I made q practical test of the chicken and turkey growing business the past season. and know lust what can be done along this line Our people must prepare for growing poultry They must prepare more green food for both winter and summer There Is no money to be made growing poultry where they have to be penned up, and where everything they eat has 10 be bought The feed must be raised with the poultry right on the farm. Chickens and tur- keys must have free range and plenty of fresh. pure water happened out on farm early in the fall where the family had grown a fine lot of fine chickens and turkeys. There was a piece of nice land about live acres, lying near the house I said to the man, you ought to SOW this piece of land to rye for winter pasture Tor your poultry. He remarked that he had thought of sowing a strip of about one acre on the end nearest the house. I said, sow the whole five acres; you have poultry enough to eat all that the whole