Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-03-11


While stands the Coliseum.
Rome shall stand.
When falls the Coliseum.
Rome shall fall.
When Rome falls. the world
Please substitute farmer for ColIse-
um and United States for Rome I'm the
stanza and you read the truth II you
have scornfully termed the farmer "a
hayseed" or a Reuben" read il again
aud in the future be decent.
As the farmer seems TO be SUN total
in producing breadstuffs. fruits. vege-
tables and dairy products, SO IL is also
evident that he Is something in the
poultry world.
Cut the farmer out OF the egg and
poultry reports and behold the vast
deficit,
There may be crude chicken meth
DDS and careless poultry keepers on
some farms: but kind reader. they
VIII not all plead guilty TO the follow
ing description. not 10y a long shot
Listen. The farms are decorated
with speckled dunghnl pheasants that
are compelled TO dig their living from
frozen manure piles.
1t night they sleep with the hogs,
/ on the manger or with their crooked
/ breastboncs warm the wagon tire and
the ancient grindstone.
loft In the Silly night" may bt
heard the last sQuawk OF n Shanghai
rooster as he is jerked of the fenc.
\ by the odorifcrous skunk. while the
boot OF the long cared owl proclalms
the sad requiem OF some aged hen that
snOozed In the sour apple tree.
Can any hen pen scratcher make us
believe all .thatg
Some OF these blue goggled cushion
! pressers are in need OF facts. fresh all
and a good square meal OF brain and
backbone producer. and the place e
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 IN,
/ poultry product. as IL mentioned bis
name in connection with other item:
that. entering into the big total from
all 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. jus
/ prove and increase his crops, so he I:
raising better fowls and adopting more
advanced methods in poultry culture
But let him speak for himself:
THE FARMER HAS \ 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 10 prac
tice what they preach, and especially
let some OF them quit showing old Gull:
off on the farmers when they sent
cash orders.
Poultry with us is simply n family
convenience. That our surplus should
make US cut such figure in the gov
eminent poultry report is astonishing.
We are breeding more thoroughbret
poultry. building more comfortabl,
| poultry houses and using artificial
Matching and broOding, but our maiT
pursuit is filling the soil.
Farming. and especially intensiv,
farming. requires more money anC
close application to book and soil thar
the old system.
AS the population increases the de
mand becomes greater on us to pro
duce more TO the square inch thal
ever.
The people want bread more thar
chickens. turkeys and eggs, and tn,
great American hen thrives better OF
the poultry farms where she has n,
crops TO rip to pieces.
We are doing extensive trucking anI
strawberry growing. We can't jai
hens all summer, for il doesn't pay.
The farmers wife and daughter
are needed at other employment, so /
the chicken business gradually fall
into the hands OF the professional
don't be surprised.
The professionals are continual,
harping at us 70 go into the poultr
business.
The price would advance. Then they
yell louder.
II we went into the business, wer
successful and prOspered, then the
would turn and call US bad name
and tell us 10 stick TO farming an
mind our own business.
We farmers shall strive to advanc
in all lines that are conducive to brin
success to our main purpose. which
to scientifically tin the soil. provil
the people with brcadstu0S and l
keep the United States NJ the head {
the nations Of the world In cereal pr,
duction.
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