The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-05-25
THE NECESSITY OF PRODUC.
ING AN EXTRA POUND OF
POULTRY PRODUCT FOR
EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN THE
UNITED STATES.
By f. F. Richards, President of The
American Poultry Association

By f. E. Richards, President of The
American Poultry Association
Before another Matching season, the
great United States will, no doubt,
be in the deepest throes Of the worlds
most cruel war and no one can fore
tell the countless thousands that may
be crying for bread. 1t is up to the
United States, the worlds greatest,
richest and most resourceful nation,
to not only look after the welfare of
her own citizens, but to give aid and
assistance in supplying food to count
less thousands of suffering humanity
in the torn and stricken war zone
The great agricultural resources Of
America must prepare to assume this
burden. Every one Of us must do our
bit, Every acre, every nook and cor
ner must bear its share. 1t is lucky
that in poultry we can produce the
cheapest and most quickly produced
meat of all the various sources of our
meat supply. Hele, we have an OPP
portunity of producing an extra one
hundred million pounds if the Amer
lean farmers, the fanCiers and breed
ers will give their attention to hatch
ing during the months Of May and
June.
1t is we'll known fact that the
available supply Of meat products is
today the lowest in our country, per
capita, in the history of the United
States. In order to meet the eX-
tremely dangerous condition, we have
within ourselves a wonderful Oppor-
tunitf of aiding what may prove to
be a worldwide cry for food Let
US all join enthusiastically in the
propaganda of helping in the prob
able time of need, by putting forth
now every effort to meet, in a meas
ure, the demand that is sure to come
for untold quantities of food stuffs.
Never in the history of the world
will there be a greater demand than
in the next twenty-fOur months that
are to follow.
For the past twenty-fOur months
we have been killing the goose that
has been laying the golden egg, and
with the hue and cry Of costly feed,
poultry and all meat products have
been soaring far above all the usual
estimates as to the relative cost of
production, and the selling price. The
margin of profit on the production Of
eggs and poultry for meat is far in
excess Of the percentage Of profit in
normal times. But aside from the
question Of profit, we Americans
must look at the situation from a
philanthropic and humanitarian stand
point and each and every one do his
bit" to meet an exigency that seems
inevitable. Let US all try to be q
factor in the production of an extra
hundred million pounds of poultry
meat which is less than one pound
additional for each man, woman and
child in the United States.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has just issued an esti-
mate that upwards of seven hundred
millions of dollars is the annual trib-
ute paid by Americans to the garbage
can. Why not convert this into feed
to produce poultry and eggs.
Every home can have self-sup-
porting and profitable flock in the
back yard by converting the offal from
the table and kitchen into the very
choicest of poultry feed. Why such
an astounding waste, an utter extrav-
agance that costs US nearly seven dol