Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-10-05
GkBY CHICEShEEWDISH
Served at Hotel Tables In the
Place OF Squads.
u,DUsTEY WITH ZIG POSSIBILITIES

Hotels As" Euy Them Alive.
II chicken, could talk great cutlery
of In d .lat.uu might he heard from
the poultry yards a,aln't a ncy indus
t,y Recently begun In the east. says
/ Columbus MOI correspondent Of the
[ Kansas cay star. Taey have good
grounds Tor protest. Tor II the new
/ industry succeeds and spreads over the
country The lives Of vast majority
of IN, chickens would Ice curtailed To
the limit OF about six weeks.
The Industry is perhaps due To the
fact that the present demand for
SQUALLS Is ahead of the supply. sub
| Stltute was needed. and some one hit
upon the idea of serving baby chicSens
in place al the latter II Is alleged
that the cblSuHIer cant tell the diner
| rure. ana il is even said that the
| youug chickens are more tender aud
superior in flavor. Some declare them
the greatest uelcaCy that ever ucklcd
a hunan lalate Be this as II may.
the new Industry is gaining great head
way and eastern hotel and restaurant
men are Offering high prices for baby
chickens. At present the demand ~
far ahead OF the supply for the simple
reason that very few poultry breed'rs
are aware that such IL demand exists.
Western poultry breeders are yet in IL
uolance of the new industry, which
may IN the end reyolutionZe the en-
tire chicken business.
Whether it will interfere with the
SQUAD industry cannot yet lie told.
The very fact that chickens are being
substituted for squaAs shows how
great is the demand for the latter. Ii
may he remembered that the SQUAD
industry owes its origin 10 the search
ty OF quaiia. When the quail supply
failed squads We're substituted, ana
now when the demand for the latter Is
ahead OF the supply baby chickens are
pushed into the breach. If the new
chicken business succeeds as well as
the SQUADS there is no telling what
NAV he used when Il substitute for
chicks is demanded.
The poultry yards where the baby
chickens are raised for market re
sembles SQUAD farms in the manner OF
constructions Woven wire fences ar,
used and the whole business is con
Quoted inside an Enclosure of this kind
> the clicks not being permitted to roam
C about in the old fashioned way. The
3 feed il the same as that given L
e chickens destined to live II longer life
l. but il more plentiful, as the object Il
to fatten Il EN- us much as possible
, at an early age. All are raised in in
cubutors and the Matching is so time,
that new brood is turned out ever.
day in the month. This is made neces
sary hy the market demand. The
buyers demand that Il certain numbe
be furnished regularly every day ant
make contracts with the chicken rails
ers to this effect. The fact that it /
rather difficult TO furnish Il given mum
Der daily owing to the possibility o
disease. accidents or the like is one o
the few drawbacks to the business.
As soon as the chicks are hatche
they are taken from the incubator an
carried to the pens or yards. Fac
! group has Il separate yard in which
j brood house kept warm by mean
Of a lighted lamp inside Each var
is surrounded by a woven wire fenc
which is so arranged that it may b
thrown open when it is desired that a
40 .l,it l. S1n1ll ~ tnuat ha,
Around the small yards is high wir
+. fence surrounding all the pens to pre-
to tect the chickens from danger of rat
e. or proving animals. When the chcl
re ems are large enough to grow feather:
mt or about six weeks old, they are pu
lie in boxes and sold alive to hotels an
ID restaurants. 1t is usual for the owne
pit to have Il contract with particula
or buyer who generally agrees to take a
u that he can produce. 1t can he see
that to supply even Il single large hot,
nv or restaurant is a big undertaking an
ne it is often difficult to keep up with til
III demand The general demand ha
CIV been rapidly increasing, thanks to III
he ravenOuS appetite which the publ
We seems to have developed for infai
II" chickens. and the Indications are til;
err the new industry will soon spread owe
to the entire country.
ell There are several advantages in til
'nt new method which should not he owe
ur looked. The fact that the chicken
es are marketed at such an early age ne
we only cuts down the expense of feedin
81 tG figure far below the usual COS
err but in an equal proportion curtnilS I'll
re danger of loss from accident or disens
-, There are other advantages so ohviol
M as to need no mention. and. all tl.ing
st considered, it looks as if the new il
ak dustry has big possibilities.