Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05
$4,000 Hens in Sight.

$4,000 Hens in Sight.
canvass Of the territory which it is
hoped to incorporate within the scope of
the association shows about 1900 hens.
That ought to make the Friendly Neigh
bors'' brand of eggs considerable fac
tor in the market. The same canvass
showed about 800 milch cows, but a con-
derable proportion Of them are kept for
family purposes only, SO the outside pos
sibi.ty of association marketing prob
ably would not at the beginning involve
the product of more than $50 cows. and If
We got the output of half that number
we would be doing well.
But it seems to me that right here lies
our community. We need more livestock
need it to build up the fert lily of the
soil. With a cooperative creamery IN :
GRAFTON. furnishing a convenient and
profitable market for milk, the number
of cows ought to increase on every farm
Then there would be skim milk and but
termi.k for feeding pigs and chickens. so
that a minimum of fertility would be
shipped to market. There are large
number of streams that do not fail: even
Of the land is billy and better adapted to
grazing than cultivation: blue grass.
while not ind genous to our soil. can be
grown, and that alfalfa Is practical
crop hereabouts has been demonstrat d.
Corn does almost as well in or sol. with
any sort of liberality in fertilization. as
it does in the corn belt' Of the middle
west. There doesn't appear any good
reason. therefore. why ours should not
become a great dairy ng community, with
siios dotting the landscape and cattle
grazing on every hill.
1t doesn't require perfervfd imagina-
ton to believe that Jane may have
launched a movement which may revo-
;Lffr l.
there, all right. Whether 1t can be real
lied depends upon our neighbors and our
Neutrality-suspicious.. Jane and the few en-
thusiasts who have enlisted under her
banner cannot do it alone. In fact. when
she accepted the presidency. Jane de-
the organization. She agreed to be chief
booster and to do all she could to sir
up interest in the project. but the de .ails
of organization and of buying and selling.
she insisted. must be left to those moro
experienced in such matters.
Speeches by Everybody.
Jane not only made her speech at the
meeting. but she made two or three of
them We all took a hand In the
speechmaking. in fact, and I'm afraid
the rules Of parliamentary procedure
were not very strictly adhered to. But
it wasn't parliamentary practice we
were after. We wanted results.
II plans discussed at the meeting are
carried out the Friendly Neighbour
Club is only a beginning. There are
to be wheels within wheels For In
stance. the cooperative creamery Mr..
Brown is trying to organize would be
a separate Institution, financed sep
arately and with its own officers. But
it's output would be marketed through
the association and bear the Friendly
Neighbors" label, There is going to
been meeting at our house this even
ing for the purpose of organizing a
poultry club; We ma may decide ss.,, to dc DO
through the association as Friendly
Neighbor" eggs and Friendly Neigh
Dor" dressed chickens. II all the bee
keepers In our neighborhood can be
gotten into line there will be lot
Of honey to sell under the association
label
Jane and Mrs. Brown are working on
a scheme to organize the women into
a preserving and canning club. Jane
is going to sell her pack this year in
accordance with her agreement with
the department store which has con-