The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11
Agriculturssl Depsl t11ent
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ation oh- Legislature. ThIs T1,g' is . ai 5000 from the state AS.well be followed b4n example that might e the so,,tb If tlM every state throughouAslld sss., a,,,a1 sttesa state governments wofA ast. ,s +bAir e0tion to the poultry Inter wa,,ld fake these agricultural departments ss r,,,eb for the matters up and do hall as thasr are doing Improvement of puoltrs @rovine they wou!Ahr cotton and sugai hen woa,ld add more to Qd that the httl' few years than can ever V heir wealth M !. again from the other two poe hopeu io'
 Greatest Drawback.SV SVuee's'
 The greatest drawback to keepN .,, try in localities of the south Ns PVai .a scarcity of gravel or coarse sand to .h' nish the necessary grit for grinding ~ food. This Is so easily overcome, howeyer7%l that it is useless to hold this up as a reason for not keeping poultry in the scuth Grit made purposely for the hen can be purchased at such low prlee by the ton or carload and shipped into any of these localities, that It's purchase is a matter of very small moment as to cost Shell material and all other neces- aities for the hen are quite as plentiful in these localities as here Barrels or sacks of grit can be purchased and placed about the poultry runs where the hehs can have free access to them Ihe ques- tien of managing poultry throuehout tne south is much the same as we ma ~ elsewhere if we would only consiuer .ns changes necessary to the ch,aa.e .Sat %nt guard against the injurious enec's ,nae come from the unreasonable weather our- ing the month that the people oi thu rorth hatch their chickens .o.
 The winter resorts of the south hase TOT years received their supplies or poo. v and eggs from the New fork marke.. The few poultry farms in the eounus .4.-I. Iaid eggs and fresh-dressed poultry that thev had to sell to these places A writer from Tampa tells of the ready demand for poultry and eggs in his locality rom A number of winter resorts In ana aoou' Tampa that use large amount or pro ducts of this kind; and we Know rom nersonal experience with these hotel lxeeners that they would gladly purchase all their supplies of this kind from the local market if 1t was possible to get them in this way But they say that the quality of the poultry and eggs Is gen erally so unattractive that they nave never attempted to do much within the past year two with products purehaseo in the neighborhood.
 Cattle Growers Active.
 The cattle growers of the country are purchasing lands and preparing to grow large quantities of beef in the south. IT Florida and other southern states Will produce enough green food of all Kinds for cattle growing, most certainly the hens should prosper in the same locality. If 1t might be possible for the people of the south to consider the advantages to be gained from poultry farms If they would take hold of the same in good earnest and unite the cultivation of fruit, poultry, squabs and bees they would find their way to gratifying profits. The production of beeswax, even if the honey were not considered, might become very profitable when once understood and the people had learned to construct their hives and the boxes In such a man. ner as to encourage a larger production of comb that is turned into wax. This alone would be a profitable product from the bees We should like to hear from southern poultry growers among our readers exactly what is being done along these lines in their localities.