Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13

d Glib era ion. H0OICe
have come to the
S@a5 TIE two MOTT From
America ana the
s %er' and are ss.i e4tsS- The
Since Noah Of
S S5'ss .i hen a "a "a Poultry
ark upon Mount
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great indeed has
been the progress Of poultry culture.
As soon as Noah was able to build for
his family a suitable home, ! am conf
dent that ne turned the ark into q
hen house and proceeded to encourage
the precious birds to multiply upon the
face Of the earth. SO universally, eX-
tensively and earnestly have the sons
and daughters of Noah seconded mis- eff
forts in the preservation and propaga-
ton Of domestic fowls that today the
value Of the annual poultry production
Of the world can be safely estimated to
be equal TO two billions Of dollars in
gold. We need certainly have no hest
tatlon in placing the annual production
Of eggs and chickens in the United
States at q valuation Of five hundred
millions Of dollars.
/ shah not attempt to place a money
valuation upon the children. They are
priceless and / feel that / shall have
your hearty Endorsement In determining
fair play and a square deal for both
the "chiX" and the "childers"
In the great progressive movement
which is sweeping this country. carry
ing revolution and reformation into
business, politics, religion and educa-
ton, there Is a place and part Tor
the progressive poutryman.
Poultry culture is almost universal
among our people. 1t comes close to
the individual and home life of nearly
every American. Any actual advance
in poultry culture is far reaching in it's
effects especially when taken up and
heralded from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc and beyond, by our multitudinOus
and widely circulated live poultry jour
mails and agricultural and other period
icals.
one poultryman working and study
Ing by himself may or may not accom-
plish much by his Independent effort,
but it is when. putting aside petty diff
ferences and uniting upon the essen
uals, we make fun use of the principle
of cooperation in our efforts, that we
become truly and effectively progress
sive
We have a STANDARD Of Perfection"
for each and all Of our accepted breeds
Of fowls Shall we not seek also to
establish at least a standard of excel
lence for poultrymen?
If "Chanticleer" in a play can be
made the representative Of all that is
noble, courageous and fine in charac-
ter shall we not demand "Chanticleer's"
masters that they be leaders i'm the
greatest uplift of modern times the
giving to all the children Of America
the fullest opportunities for perfecting
their physical development and the
training OF their minds and souls for
llfe,s work in the world?
Now we come to one Of the connec-
tons between the chickens and the chill
dren. If you would begin Alright the
life training of a child, you should have
him Matched and brooded in a happy
rural or suburban home and give him, II
possible, the free range of a good farm
during his period of growth
One of the earliest delights of the
child on the farm is the acquaintance
with the fowls. Strange indeed would
be the child's nature If he did not find
the birds attractive AS soon as he is
old enough, the child Just naturally be-