Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-12-20
POULTRY BUSINESS
IS PROF|TABLEI
RIGHTLY MANAGED
State Association Issues Hand
some Pamphlet On Business.
MARTINsBURG MEETING
Is LOUDLY PRAISED

" r'SHt@pte ESpiaineu--Some rus
tory Of the Association and What
Has Been Done.
IL there money In chickohs7 Well
there's lots of money put into chick
chs There ought to be money IN
them. II isn't so easy getting II out.
however, ais tome think, There's the
difficulty.
The West Virginia Branch OF the
American Poultry Association has
something t6 say about that That
what the association IA for TO tell the
farmer and the oity-lot pouItryman
how To get moaeg out OF his chick.
ems. And that IS what the association
Is doing new by It's institutes.
Institutes are TO be held during
the next two months at the following
Places; Parkersburg. Dec. 10; Nor.
ms, Dec. IL; Parkersbnrg. Dec. ~;
gantown, Jan Q; st, Mays Jan. 10
10.
The last annual meeting OF the as.
sociation was held November ~ at
MartinsDurg, while the poultry show
was being held there. Several poul.
try investigators and authorifies on
poultry subjects were present and
gave chicken talks, some illustrated
with stereopticon.
Ono point made very clear IN the
session was that the farmer has much
the advantage over the eity-lot ponl
tryman 10 making money from his
poultry advantage. By the way,
that the farmer is BY no means maxi
lue the most Of, The farmer has free
range for his stock for great part
of the year and the flock lives large
n on grain and other food that would
otherwise be an absolute waste Oh the
farm. But the trouble is that So mary
farmers do not give the poultry en-
augh attention, either Ia housing,
rearing or marketing thus losing a
Glance to build up enc OF tho most
pfObtable dsbartmeats ~ the farm
Itis was brought out nrst ID HE
talk OF Harry NJ Lanioa. senior ami
nal husbanaman Ia poaitfy lnyes.l
cations Of TIC u s.. Department CT
Agriculture Mr. Iamon also pointed
out that the farmer should keen pure
bred stock--he did not say because
they lay more eggs than monsrels
but because they make the heck more
uniform and present 4 more uniform
appearance when II comes 10 market
ing, therefore they brihg more mon
ey
Chickens ahould - Graded" he
Flid JuFt as apples are. The care
full apple grower does not mix the
number enc apples with the culls and
send then. to marker. He sprays and
trims his trees and gets The best pos
sible fruit and then grades II. The
farmer often sends his flock Of poul
try to the market without sorting
and without conditioning Poultry
well fatted and sorted always sells
above the market, while the market
Is always oyerstocked with eulls With
free range for growing his stock and
ground grains and milk for fattenng
the farmer should produce the best
of market chickens, ready for mar
ket"
Mr. Lamon also urged that faneiers
not to confne/ their operations 10 rais-
ing fancy foIls TO sell to each other
but by selling their stock and eggs for
what the farmer will pay to create a
market with farmers.
other speakers we're John W.
Dodd, OF Martinsburg. who as mayor
pro TEN, delivered the address OF well
come. Response was given BY Thom
as s. Meek, of the West Virginia
state Board of Agriculture. Adolph
Kogelschatz, OF Martinsburg, gave an
interesting talk on the selection OF
breeders. Professor Horace Atwood,
OF the West Virginia experiment sta
ton, spoke OF the advantages OF the
state of West Virginia for raising
poultry. and Professor H.. X. Lewis. OF
the New Jersey experiment station.
gave an ilsultrated lecture ON the es-
sentials OF winter egg prpodnctlon.
Professor Lewis emphasized particu-
larry the Importance Of having constt
tuiional vigor in fowls used for breed
ing. and illustrated with the lantern
the effects OF breeding from constitu-
tionally weak fowls.
The report OF the proceedings, con-
tanning reproducticns Of the photo
graphs uaed in Professor Lew1s's lee
tire. viii be published shortly by the
Board OF Agriculture aud ready for
distribution
The West Virginia branch OF the
American Poultry Association Was or
ganized August II, 1908, Al that time
there were six life members OF the
American Poultry Association resld-
ing ia West Virginia. AT the present
time the association has ~ life mem
beers and associate members. the
associate members consisting Of local
poultry association. So in reality
there are several hundred poaltrymen
affiliated with this organization.
The mapffDe AT Martiusbur4 Was