The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-23
PROFITABLE
POULTRY
REMCNERATIvE INDUSTRY sCIEN-
= ILLEGALLY DEVELOPED.
II seems That Ready Markets Exist Fo,
All the Eggs and Chickens
That Can be Pro-
duUed

When in Dallas recently I had an I'M
expected opportunity to learn at first
hand OF the growth OF the poultry in
dustry, says a correspondent OF The In
dianapolis Star. A friend of mine had
ben ordered Ia Texas or has health.
and alter travelling about IN the state
for some time. sojonrnng In several Of
the large cities. and health resorts. he
had finally decided that he would make
his home. In or near Dallas. His health
demanded that be should be in open
AIR as muchs4as- possible. so he chose a
SMALL comfortable home on the out
skirts Of the cty.wth sufficient land to
allow him to have a vegetable as well
as flower. garden, and keep. a few
He soon found chat he hal more veg
etables and eggs than his family need
ed and opened negotiations with mis-
provision dealer for the surplus. He
became Intensely interested In poultry
raising and began. experimenting with
fine breeds, getting such excellent re-
suits that he finally decided to sell his
home and buy land in the country with
I In a. few miles sof Dallas and establish
poultry farm. This he at length had
equipped to his hiking. and IT was m
his abrasive country home that I
lounu Haul HHSn i JouIutycu Out ttoth
the city to renew my old friendship
Naturally he was anxious to show me
over his farm. and i was equally anx-
ious to GO s
1t was perfect revelation to me. for
/ had no idea OF what a poultry farm"
would be--the fine. well built henhouses.
the wire fenced yards, the incubators
and brooders of the very best designs
that the market affords. all sorts of de-
vices for the care of the chicks. sup
plies and foods In the greatest variety
and. lastly the thriving vegetable gar
den and fields of alfalfa and grain--all
these went together to provide for the
wonderful variety of hens, ROSTERS,
pullets and chicks, which my friend dis
played to me with justifiable pride,
How can you afford all this expense?
| Does 1t really make you returns on tho
| money invested?" was my perpiexed
query.
My friend smiled geniaily as he re-
piled: II wish I could have invested my
money in years gone by so that 1t would
have yielded me the returns that l get
| man today"
| Amounts To Many Millions.
THE poultry Industry in Texas Is yet
| in its infancy, although last year the
returns from 1t touched the $10,000.oOt
mark. Farmers in Texas, like farmers
in every other State, have always had
hens to supply their amily with eggs
and AM occasional dainty bit of
meat and perhaps have kept suff1-
cient quantity to permit the sale OF
eggs and fowls to the nearest grocery
butt 1t is ony. In the last few years that
they have realized that poultry could bt
| made profitable"
"what caused this awakeningT' was
| my next question.
l -.
| which made a local demand for eggs
and fowls Then. the wider circulation
of literature on scientific poultry raisS
| ing and the excellent facilities for
i transportation to more distant markets
| which the new railroads have afforded.
"Atfirst there was great deal of
hesitancy bout introducing new and
| ancy breeds, for men were skeptical
Of the reports which the journals made
on the difrererent varieties. Gradually
the more venturesome began to expert
| ment and when others saw their sue
| cess they were willing to try also
Where they had been able to get on ar
average about one egg a week from q
hen of the common sort, from the new
breeds they found that the eggs quad
rupled In number. Today you will find
that almost every farmer can boast oi
a few, at least, of the white Wyan-
dottes, Plymouth Rocks, or white Leg
! horns"
/ care there many such poultry farms
as yours in 'Texas? I asked wonder
| ingly.
indeed, there are, and many that
are far more extensive. You evidently
dent realize that Texas poultry and
eggs and Texas turkeys are shipped In
carload lots to nearby States and to
Chicago, New York and Boston. Each
year the demand grows larger. the
poultry farms are constantly increns-
ing in size and number. Through the
| experiments in breeding and feeding.
| the eggs, fowls and turkeys are becom-
ing much finer in quality. and the prices
which they bring are corresponding ly
| higher"