Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-23
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
HELP POULTRY RAISING
Profitable Work Done by Youngsters
During the Past icar--Aioncy
Makers and Prize Winners.
NATION AND STATE OFFER HELP
Town Folk and Country Folk Inter-
eSted-f oungsterS Giving Grown
Ups Lessons in Modern business
MethodS-Guod Work Spreading.

The boys and girls poultry clubs Of
Virginia. which have been organized
In seventeen counties by - r. t. Tai-
colt. tho United States governments
agent in animal hustaudry. acting in
cooperation with the Virginia Poly
technic Institute. did tine work last
wear. as their reports to the agent
show.
Screnty-siN clubs. III seventeen coun-
ties. composed OF school children from
ten TO eighteen years OF axe. expert
menied in poultry raising ana selling.
last year. The membership or the
clubs aggregates si> young chicken
raisers. and q large majority of them
were very successful last year. More
than half OF them made reports to Nh
Talcott. and these reports show the
following statistics. eggs set. CLOS
chicks hatched. 1867; chicks raised
1913. sold in the markets after having
plenty OF fried chicken and fresh egg :
al home, l.s1l pounds of chickens for
SSI0.2e and ?ai dozens of eggs for
sS"2.ol Besides these market results.
the club members arc distributing pure
bred chickens and hatChiuG eggs to
tine farmers and town poultry users. a :
evidenced by The following figures.
sold L. fowls for breeding purposes.
receiving for them s2ll.2". and forty
sin sittinGs Of eggs for $3.i". The
total net profit shown 10y the club MEM
bers reporting i'm fun. after icd,.Iting
the cos, OF feed. labor at Ia cents per
hour. cost OF Matching eggs and breed
ing stock. is sl,7i?.e3. These figures
do not include amy work doue 10y mem
bers that failed 10 report.
MANY PRIZES AND
MANY WINNERS or SAME
Numbers OF the clubs made exhibits
at the State Fair. the Southside Fair
and numerous county fairs, and the
people who saw the poultry placed on
exhibition by the club members could
not for moment doubt the quality OF
the birds. Another evidence or the
quality is TO be found in the good prize
money won lay the Young chicken
raisers. the amount being 500 and
this does not include tho value OF very
many special prizes IN tho way or mer-
,chandise badges. pins, etc,
In order TO stimulate ;he poultry club
members 10 keen the required records.
q. ]. Sands. Of Richmond. donates a
pin hearing the National Poultry Club
emblem 10 members reporting in full.
the Norfolk ahd Western Railway do
mates the same pan to members living
along its lines: Wes;morclanG Davis.
Of Loudoun County. gives $40 to the
member submitting the best and most
accurate report. and tho southern
Planter donates s. for the second best
report.
The lis; Of members winning pins is
TOO Lengthy for this column, ia, tho
winners OF the first and second prizes
should he mentioned. Miss Maud
Glenn, Of Prospect, Prince Edward
County. won tho fi:st prize. This mem
Der is thirteen years Old. Her report
was not only accurate. hut showed good
results. and she completed tho specified
work Ia every detail. The winner Of
the second prize was j. Earle tinker.
or Gainsporo. Frederick County. aged
thirteen. This report was accurate.
ard made good business showing,
BRIGHT ot'TLOOk FOR
THE IMMEDIATE FI'rl nE
ot Ne seventeen counties doing poul-
try work last year, the following three
counties took III. lead in tho order
named Dtnwidd!c. FRINGE Edward and
Albemarle
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