News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-10-28

campaign in the county for the pur-
pose of increasing poultry production.
The need for this work had previous
ly been called to the attention of these
| organizations by the statement of To-
/ cal poultry dealers and packers that
| they were no longer able to secure a
| sufficient supply from this immediate
| territory and were buying in car lots
| from other states in order to meet the
| demands of their regular trade re-
/ port of the board says:
Early in the campaign we found that
our farmers must first be induced to
send the mongrels to the discard. buy
pure bred fowls and enlarge their ia
| cilities by the addition of modern incu-
bator and brooder plants. Few of them
We're willing to venture all the way
without some definite guarantee of in
creased revenue in the immediate fu-
ture. The matter was presented to the
local packers through the board of
trade and an agreement of 30 cents
per pound was made for all chickens
of broi.er size delivered on contract
during the first four months of 1913
Armed with the proposition from the
packers and information in detail con-
corning the profits of broiler raising.
cost of equipment and plans for devel-
oping poultry raising as an important
department of every business farm in
the county. Representatives of the board
of trade. the Poultry association and
the Farmers club inaugurated their
canvass.
Prior TO this campaign the local broil-
er industry had been carried on in
small way only and with little apparent
prospect of large growth. During the
season following the campaign over
100000 broilers for which the farmers
received an average of 40 cents each
were delivered TO MOrristown packers.
fattened in the local feeding station.
which ran it's full capacity of 10000 a
day throughout the season. killed.
dressed and sold as fancy milk fed
broilers" to select dining car, hotel
and restaurant trade in the large cit
les OF the south. east and north. This
much was accomplished for the devel-
opment of the industry in one year.
The same agencies are working on the
cooperative plan for the continued de-
velopnIent of the industry and the near
future will add another million to the
annual value of the shipments from
Morristown alone.
The newest and one of the most
promising factors in the development
of the industry outside the depart
ments handled through local dealers
and packers. is the sterile egg farm.
These egg farms, all esta blished with
In recent years, are devOting their time
and efforts chiefly to the production of
the "all white. sterile guaranteed fresh
eggs" and. eliminating very largely |
the middleman, are selling direct to |
concerns supplying a hotel and res |
taurant trade in the large cities Of the !
east The superior transportation IA |
cilities afforded by the cooperation of |
the railroads enable these farmers to |,
compete successfully with any section
of the United States east of the Miss
ssippi. and the time is not far distant |
shen. with largely increased produc-
ton Of eggs uniform in size. color and
quality. they will be organized, ana
in the principal markets of
the north. east and south by their own
selling agents.
East Tennessee - destined to become
the greatest puuiir' producing section
In the United STATES and that before
the passing OF many years.