Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-13
Visiting the Poultry Clubs
This Week and Are
Much Pleased.
MR.. SHADES BIG PRAISE
Says Christian County's Plan
Is Being Watched All
Over the State.

Inc MONDAY night meeting OF the
christian County Poultry Improve
ment Association was we'll attended
laffair and much interest was taken in
the illustrated lecture given by Prof,
A. S. Chaplin, director in charge OF
Boys and Girls Poultry Clubs.
Prof. Chaplin is still very enthusias.
tic over the prospects of success in
standardizing the poultry interests of
Christian county and is well pleased
with the progress of the work started
by Mrs. Eloise N. Graves, County
Demonstration.
Mrs. Graves has under her super
vision ninety-three children, which is
fifty per cent more than any other
county in the State, and while Prof.
Chaplin had set his figures at sixty
members, he has approved of the
larger number in Christian county on
account of the hearty cooperation
Mrs. Graves is receiving from the
school teachers over the county. He
does not think that more chill
dren can be handled successfully and
on account of the lateness of the sea-
son for Matching, insists that no more
children be enrolled.
Prof. Chaplin said that in his lee
lures in other counties he told them
of the work being done in Christian
county and advised them to follow
the plans being worked out here in
Standardization. The influence of
Christian county is spreading over the
state and he looks for greatimprove-
ment in poultry raising in other coun-
ties as the direct result of the work of
the Christian County Poultry I'M
provement Association.
The lecture at the H. B. NJ. A. was
illustrated with sixty views, many of
them views on Kentucky farms. The
lecture dealt with management, poul-
try house construction, feeding and
club work and many points were
made of value to poultry breeders.
Prof. Chaplin, Mrs. Graves and
County Agriculturalist Casey will visit
as many clubs during the week as the
time allotted will permit. Edwards
Mill was visited Tuesday night, at
which place large crowd heard Mr..
Chapin's lecture.
Tonight the lecture will be given
in the school building at Pembroke.
The meeting Tuesday night at Ed
wards Mill was attended by over a
hundred people, who listened atten-
lively to the speakers.
On account of the absence from
Cadiz OF the Trigg County Agricul-
tural Agent, Prof. d. d. Slade came
direct to Hopkinsvlle from Caldwell
county and arrived here in time to be
present at Edwards Mill. His talk
was we'll received aud of much value
to his listeners. He told of the noto-
riety that Christian count ywas gaining
over the state and said we were the
most talked of county in the state,
that the plans of Standardization were
being copied by other counties, five
counties already getting busy along
the lines of work being done here.
He predicts that the Christian county
plan will spread over the entire state
and be adopted by all poultry raising
counties.
Prof. Chaplin gave an illustrated
lecture on management, care of
chicks, building brood coops and Sc
lection of breeding stock.
Mrs. Graves talked of Poultry and
Canning Club work and County Agri-
culturist Casey spoke of the work
with Corn and Pig Clubs.
"Wednesday several farmers on the
Nashville pike who are cooperating
with the Christian County Association
in the standardizing plan were visited
by the experts.
The Wednesday night meeting was
held at Casky and the meeting to-
night will be at Pembroke.