Milford chronicle., 1917-12-07
POULTRY THEI BEST CHANCE.

i PUULIkI IhEl bESI GnANGE,
Poultry must be produced next year in
places where It has not been produced
before. and everywhere that poultry has
been produced that production must be
increased. It is necessary that people OF
the country and in the towns answer
alike TO this call. Farms and backwards
must both do their bit, for the doubling
Of our poultry production next year is
an indispensable item in the Nations
food production program "A program
which must be carried out if We are to
win the war
The meat SUPPLIES available for Euro
pean use are short. Meat must be sup
piled if the war is to be won-by the
forces who fight for freedom. The war
will be won If we fail in food production
but net won by us. We must UNDER
stand what will hapen II we do not pro-
vide the enormous quantity Of foodstutfs
that the Allies cannot produce for them
selves
Are we going to fed our Army on
chickens and eggs? OF course not. But
by greatly increasing our production Of
chickens and eggs, and by eating those
chickens and eggs ourselves we win,
NATURALLY, eat that much less beef and
pork In turn. that beef and pork can be
sent to Europe.
The United States Department Of Ag
riculture calls upon the country to dOu-
bic poultry production next year This
can be done if the farms will keep an
average Of 100 hens instead Of an aver
age Of 40 hens. as at present. and If every
family in town will keep enough hens in
the backyard TO produce all the eggs used
by that famiy,-Or two hens to each per-
son.
If poultry production is doubled next
year. as is readily possible with this city
and country cooperation, we will have
$500, 900 pounds of meat food. in the
form Of poultry and eggs. This will re-
lease almost that many pounds Of other
meats-pork and beef-for our Armies in
Europe, and for the armies and civilian
populations Of the Allies.
II we do not produce this amount Of
poultry we may find ourselves short Of
meat food to just that extent.
1t is a patriotic duty Of the utmost i'm |
portance that every farmer and every |
person in town do his part in producing |
this increase Of poultry, which will help |
win the war 1t is also a profitable prop !
osition for the average individual Both |
town and farm families will produce, at |
it's lowest cost, meat food for their own |
use, and by putting up eggs for winter |
use will further reduce living expenses.
The poultry will be handled as a by ]
product Of the farm and backyard; each |
flock being large enough in numbers to
utilize the scraps and waste from the
kitchen and the "pick-ups" around the
place, supplemented by some feed. But
no flock should be out Of proportion to
the ground space and kitchen wastage-
not so large that feed will become. re-
latively. too costly an item. The idea is
not only to increase our poultry produc-
tion, but TO do II economically; to do it
at very little cost by turning the waste
OF kitchens and backyards all over the
United States into chickens and eggs.
Fowls are the only medium through which
a good deal Of this waste can be trans
formed into a valuable food product
Because Of the. war the meat reserves
of the world are diminished The herds
Of live stock in Europe have been reduc-
ed by slaughter made necessary in order
to feed the armies. Our own meat pro-
duction in the years just preceding the
war was barely sufficient for our own
uses. And yet we are now called upon
not only to feed ourselves but to feed
Europe to large extent. And we must
do it if we win the war
Where win we get the meat? You can
do your part, on your farm and in your
by producing some poultry-in-
,reasing the supply Of eggs and chickens.
geese and ducks. Our total number of
beef animals cannot be increased with
sufficient quickness. Several years are
required to build up cattle herds Hogs
'an be increased considerably in a year
They can be increased faster than any
Ither meat animal But poultry can be
doubled in a year. II offers the fastest /
ind cheapest possible source Of meat in
,rease. That is why it is so important
hat everyone help in poultry production
ieXt year
The more poultry and eggs we produce
he more poultry and eggs We will eat.
The more OF that food we eat the less
,eef or pork we will need or want-leav-
ng that much more to go to Europe.
Thus W. do indirectly the thing we can
lot do directly. BY poultry production
We get quickly more meat to win the war,
Though we cannot increase inthat time
he number Of our meat animals
Get some good hens. They win help win
he war. You can reduce your own cost
t living You can turn waste into food
let some good hens.