Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-06
BACKYARD PLANT
IS MONEY-M MAKER
Even in New Orleans, Where
Conditions Are UnfavorabIe,
Success Is Achieved.

New Orleans is probably the last
city in the world where one would
expect back yard poultry raising
could be successfully conducted In
every way II seems anything hut
ideal for this purpose. And yet
there are more than a thousand
back yard poultry dealers in that
city. Here Is an account of what
one man has done. as written by j.
Evans Smith:
Extraordinary interest has been
aroused throughout the South and
particularly In the far South, In poul-
try during the year, and with the di-
viding and subdividing OF large plan
tations and the springing into exist
ence OF small farms and small farmers,
the South today presents a field for
the exploitation Of Northern farm
products that as yet seems but dimly
understood.
Within the past few months many Of
the large cotton plantations of a thou
sand ores or more have been pur-
chased with Northern capital and
broken up into small farms and as If
by magic the small farmer, heretofore
unknown in this section of the coun-
try, has sprung into existence With
the influx Of Northern farmers to oc-
cupy these farms, who have capital Ia
run them, the South has begun to ex-
perience a change revolutionary In ma
ture.
Now, then, It may be OF interest 10
those pouftrynen anxious to extend
their territory this far South to learr
that the North will be called upor
largely to supply these farmers witt
stock and those who first become me-
dilnns at hand are likely to reap a
harvest entirely gratifying, for the To-
cal supply If there ever was any to
speak of, has been exhausted and the
demand Is steadily and rapidly tn
creasing.
Hens Lay Year Round.
With the awakening Of the South u
her resources. the possibilities afforded
poultrymen have by no means been
overlooked. and with a climate war
ranted to induce egg laying at all
seasons of the year many have gone
in for this branch of farming with a
vengence and so far have managed al
least to keep their heads above water
II may seem strange to those unfa
r1thar with the circumstances which
brought about the change to think Of
the South as new and uneXplored
country, but such II is so far as the
small farm IS concerned With the ad
vent of the boil weevil, cotton growing
ON large scale received its death blow
ana IN the future the farmers or tnt
South like the farmers of an Other
countries, will have to resort to d.
.versihed farming So II is the DO,
iweevil after all which so suddenly
brought about the change
Under conditions now existing tho
back yard poultry breeders in the larger
cities Of the far South have been reap
ing large harvests on small plots and
have been encouraged to extend opera
tions. II Is estimated that more thar
1000 back yard poultry plants spranl
into existence In the city of New or
leans during the past twelve months
and II is these back yard plants which
are just now supplying the newly ar
rived farmer with his stock
The housewives, Ii would appear
were the first to grasp at the oppor
tunity afforded them 10 turn a penn,
on the side. They found the demand
for blooded stock increasing and KEEP
pace with the demand by sending Nortl
for fresh supplies. Soon they foun'
Themselves engaged in a commission
business and their husbands began T.
sit UP and take notice Such is IN
condition as il viii he found today.
Back Yarders" Spread Out
But many Of these back ward poultr'
plants have expanded and instead q
the original plot in which a dozen o
50 breeders were kept The adjoininj
lot has been leased When the writer
who had been breeding Single Conn
Rhode Island Reds for pleasure fel
\. that the growing demand for first elias
birds vas founded not upon q fad whicl
81 mao struck the country, but upon some