The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-01-14
W. A. Lippincott Delivers An
interesting Address

Columbia, Mo-, January 7.-Oppor-
tunities in the poultry business today
lie, not in the production of fancy
birds, nor in the raising of poultry
which is fed grain at market prices,
but rather in the production of birds
raised largely on waste grain, which
has no market value, w. A Lippin-
colt, professor of poultry husbandry
at the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege asserted in an address at the
College of Agriculture of the Univer-
sity of Missouri here today.
In his address he urged commun-
ity breeding and the establishment
of more cold storage plants, pointing
out that they serve to equalize prices.
Probably not much more than fif-
teen per cent of the eggs produced in
this country find their way into cold
storage, yet this number is sufficient
to have marked effect upon the pre-
vailing price levels during the season
of productione and non production"
he said. ct is fact, not as clearly
recognized as it should be by either
producers or consumers, that eggs are
a seasonable product.
When Egg Crop Is Produced.
Half the egg crop is produced in
March, April, May and June If it
were not for the packer and his re-
frigerator, contemptuously referred>to
as a cold storage, the farmer would
have to be content with price be-
tween two cents and five cents a dozen
for eggs during the season when they
are plentiful, and the consumer would
have to pay from 50 to S. a dozen if
he wanted eggs during the season
when they are scarce.
Professor Lippincott emphasized an
assertion that exhibition poultry must
be classed among the Injuries. He
pointed out that in times of financial
depression the first lines of business
to feel the stringency are those that
have to do with the Injuries and said
that in such times the public pur-
chases poultry and eggs at good prices
long after exhibition birds have ceased
to be saleable at any price. The
speaker said, however, that this does
not mean that there is no money in
fancy poultry, but that it is at the
best a hazardous undertaking.
Much Advertised Rooster.
"The much advertised rooster that
sells for upwards of $100 in the show
room has about as much relation to
! the furnishing of society with eggs
and poultry as the race horse has to
plowing," he said "A few men make
money rearing and exhibiting poultry
but in both cases the very many fail
/ to make expenses.
Commercially, the poultry indus
| try of today has largely paralleled the
history of the development of the
J modern common carriers, and ad
vanced with improvement of refriger-
ator cars. 1t was not until means
were afforded for transporting poul-
| try products from the farm to the dis
! tant cities that production, beyond the
demand of home needs became an OBJ
! ject and poultry source of consid
| cradle income
Even in it's present high state OF
development, when the national valu-
alton of the annual product is mount
ing toward a billion dollars" he con-
tinued ut has essentially remained a
home industry, providing however, a
considerable surplus which is handled
commercially.
Fowls to the Square Mile.
Taking the country over, there are
1874 fowls to the square mile of i'm
! proved land. l have been unable to
get hold of the exact figures for Mis-
souri,, but | presume that this is not
/ for from l,n
! state. Japan, I find supports 1926
fowls to the square mile without i'll
results which allows less than eight
! tenths of an acre per fowl There is
no reason, as far as l am able to see
why we should not go considerably
beyond this width safety, and have a
farm flock of at least 800 hens on any
| farm of $50 acres or more.
| furthermore, from figures taken
, from western states, see no reason
J why these 300 hens should not supply
| the home needs, and make net profit
above feed cost, but not including la
! Dor of $500. This profit may be en-
HANGED by the general introduction OF
| the quality payment system in the
purchase of poultry and eggs. An
other great opportunity for large
profit in poultry is going to come with
| the growth of the rural community
idea. / refer to the introduction of
community breeding. l hope we shall
live to see the time when here and
( there over Missouri, Kansas and the
other western states, we shall find To-
cal1tles in which the people have
realized that they are community in
interest as well as location, and have
gotten together to such degree that
/ they are all raising one breed and
variety of chickens"
Frcm Fridays Daily.
Very Enjoyable Parcel Shower.
A very enjoyable parcel shower was
held at the home Of Miss Anna I1...AN