The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-09-09
THE FARMER CUTS A FIGURE.

um and United States for Rome In tn
stanxa and you read the truth. Ii yo
have scornfully termed the farmer .
hayseed' or Reuben read it agal
and In the future be decent
As the farmer seems to be sum tota
In producing breadstuffs, fruits, yege
tables and dairy products, 50 it is ais
evident that be Is something IN tn
poultry world.
| Cut the farmer out of the egg ant
poultry reports and behold the vas
deficit!
There may be crude chicken meth
eds and careless poultry keepers OF
some farms; but. kind reader, they
will not all plead guilty to the follow
Ing description, mot by long shot"
| Listen. The farms are decorated
with speckled dunghill pheasants thai
are compelled to dig their living from
| frozen manure piles.
At night they sleep with the hogs,
on the Manager or with their crooked
breastbones warm the wagon tire and
the ancient grindstone.
loft In the Silly night may be
heard the last squawk of Shanghai
rooster as he is jerked or the fence
by the odoriferous skunk, while the
boot Of the long cared owl proclaIms
the sad requiem Of some aged hen that
snoozed In the sour apple tree
Can any hen pen scratcher make us
believe all that?
Some of these blue goggled cushion
pressers are In need of facts. fresh air
and good square meal of brain and
backbone producer, and the place to
get these commodities Is out on the
farm. where most everything else good
comes from. &
The census gave the farmer credit
for producing the greater part of the
poultry product, as it mentioned his
name In connection with other items
that, entering into the big total from
al sources, make Uncle Sam the rich
est ruler on Gods footstool. Better
farm poultry, and more Of It," Is be-
coming the farmers slogan, and, just
- no IL adopting every method to Inn
prove and increase his crops, so he is
raising better fowls and adopting more
advanced methods in poultry culture.
But let him speak for himself:
THE FARMER HAS A WORD,
We farmers aren't poultrymen and
make no pretension to the profession.
We are ripped up the back by some
Of the chicken fellows for our meth
DDS, but let them be careful to prac-
tice what they preach, and especially
let SEINE Of them quit showing old culls
OF ON the farmers when they send
cash orders.
Poultry with us is simply a family
convenience. That our surplus should
make us cut such figure In the gov
eminent poultry report ia astonishing.
We are breeding more thoroughbred
poultry. building more comfortable
poultry houses and using artificial
Matching and brooding. but our main
pursuit 10 filling the soil.
Farming, and especially intensive
farming. requires more money and
close application to book and soil than
the old system.
As the population increases the de-
mand becomes greater on as to pro-
duce more to the square inch than
ever.
The people want bread more than
chickens. turkeys and eggs, and the
great American hen thrives better on
the poultry farms where she has no
crops to rip to pieces.
We are doing extensive trucking and
strawberry growing. We can't jail
hens all summer, FOR 1t doesn't pay
The farmers wife and daughters
are needed at other employment, so IL
The chicken business gradually falls
into the hands OF the professionals
ion't be surprised.
The professionals are continually
Aarping at US to 60 into the poultry
business.
II we did, there would be less feed.
The price would advance. Then they'd
pell louder.
II we went into the business, were
'uccessful and prospered, then they
would turn and call US bad names
Ind tell us to stick to farming and
mind our own business.
We farmers shall strive to advance
y Ill lines that are conducive to bring
Iuccess to our main purpose, which IL
= scientifically till the soil, provide
he people with breadstuffs and to
'eep the DATED States at the head Of
Ae nations Il the world IN cereal pro.
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