The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
THEN AND NOW
Poultry Conditions siSty-FiVe Years
Ago contrasted With Those OF
the Present Day.
"a s Abbott Mt Olive. o., in Ohio
Poultry Journal)

IA D Ag0DNAH 49,
Poultry Journal)
In no way is the wonderful growth
NJ the poultry industry more focioly
shown, than by a comparison OF the
columns of the agricultural papers OF
today with those published years ago.
All of them now conduct a poultry de-
partment many of them with an ex-
perienced breeder in charge, and very
often it is the largest and best depart
ment Of the paper. l have just been
Iooking through the New Genesee
Farmer" published at Rochester, N.
Y in 1912. and in the entire volume
can find only two places in which
any reference is made to this Industry
In the March number appears this
item:
"Many object to rearing hens on ac-
count of their liability to be carried
off and destroyed by hawks and owls
In some situations this is serious OBJ
lection, as the hen, if suffered to run
at large with her chicks is almost GER
tain to be lost But the evil may be
avoided. A guinea hen, If suffered to
associate with the flock, will at all
times prove efficient in protecting the
latter from the hawks, who no sooner
hears her voice than he takes wings
and carries the war into some other
quarter, where his murderous propen-
stiles for slaughter may be more easily
gratified, and without the fear insptr'
ed by So valorous and powerful
foe. The eggs of these fowls are also
highly priced by some, and meet with
a ready sale in our markets, being
much larger than those of the com.
mon hen"
There surely has been a very de-
cided decrease in the size of the gu1-
nea eggs or an increase in the size OF
hen eggs in the IS years since this
was printed, as guinea eggs now aver
age smaller than hen eggs.
The other reference is in the Deem
Der issue, where the publisher sug-
gests several ways in which to raise
the money to pay subscription to the
paper. He says:
Fifth, by the suitable encourage
ment of one Mr. Cockerel and his
spouse who, enjoying your protec-
ton, but demanding nothing from your
purse, will jointly produce eggs and
chickens enough in the season to
make the editor crow as loud as ever
one Chapman 1--WE think that is the
name, though we are no politicians
ever crowed in log cabin campaign.
1t is not now generally thought that
"Mr. Cockerel' is of any assistance
to his spouse in the production of
eggs.
In the Rochester market report for
November 1, 1912, eggs are quoted
at to 10 cents per dozen, and poultry
to cents per pound, but just what
is meant by poultry is not known.
Apples 10 to 25 cents per bushel; mess
pork, $500 per barrel; live hogs $3.50
per hundred.
The February number contains an
item, evidently from the pen of the
editor, comparing the qualities of a
new candle made from castor oil,
which had recently made its appear
ance on the market, with those in gen.
eraI use made from sperm oil. In
article, headed Post Of
fce and Postage" the writer says:
"The revenue of the Post Office De-
partment is derived chiefly from tax
on letters With a liberality adapted
to republican institutions newspapers
weighing several times as much as a
letter that is charged twenty-five
cents. are carried the whole length
Of the United States for cent and
a half-so we may all be politicians.
Surely the world do move.