Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-13
PROMOTING THE POULTRY
INDUSTRY IN GEORGI A

Z and scratch for living. Theoretical
| ly. the chickens were not supposed 10
/ cost the owner anything, and while this
may have been true IN measure, often
/ they did not produce enough to make
their maintenance worth while.
Ii will be a difficult matter TO teach
| people that chickens require the same
care and attention in order TO be profit
able as any other line of industry. Such,
I however. has been proven to be the
] case in thousands of instances where
records have been kept.
.. Attention will be centered on the
production of eggs during the winter
months when the supply is generally
| inadequate and the demand great at
prices which should certainly be high
" profitable to the grower, but eggs
can not be produced at a reasonable cost
unless the art of feeding is thoroughly
understood and those foods used which
promote egg production and yet are not
too costly to be profitable.
b. The campaign will include an ef-
fort directed towards inducing every
one maintaining chickens to raise a
part or all of the feed needed for their
maintenance, especially during the win
ter months That there is sufficient
idle land on every farm which can be
utilized to advantage for this purpose
is a self-evident proposition. That much
Of the grain and other kinds of food
needed can be produced cheaply and in
abundance is also clear. The question
is just what to grow and how to grow
II. and an endeavor will be made to edu-
cate our people systematically along
this important and essential line.
one reason why poultry husbandry
has been selected as a business to stress
i'm Georgia and the south i'm general
is due to the small investment neces-
sary 10 start with a pure-bred flock
of chickens. Nothing kept on the farm
will multiply and increase more rapid
" than chickens if given proper care.
1t is only a comparatively short time
from the period when the initial in
vestment is made until a return is he
ing secured on the capital thus en-
ployed. A pure-bred flock of poultry
can be easily established by purchasing
a few dozen eggs from a reliable breed
ers of pure-breds and setting them un-
der hens or i'm a small incubator. Of
course, this brings up for considera-
tiOn the question of the ACCESSIBILITY OF
using an incubator. one is told of the
thousands of failures of these machines
to do effec. tive work. A long expert
ence, however. shows that the incubator
is a reliable and valuable machine and
will hatch eggs in a highly satisfactory
manner if intelligently used. When
mismanaged, however, il will not do
good work, but in such a case it is
unfair to blame the failure on the in
cubator.
In ronclusion it will be interesting
to see what some farm women i'm Mus
cogee county accomplished last year
The record submitted covers a period
from January l to october /. 1916. In
this fable the record of the hens kept,
the chickens and eggs sold, the cost
of feed, and the returns obtained on
the chickens and eggs sold is presented
It will be observed that the keeping Of
a FLOCK of a reasonable size resulted
in a nice profit to the demonstrators
who carried on these tests. Similar re-
suits can be obtained in every other
county i'm Georgia. There is a golden
field Of opportunity undeveloped along
poultry husbandry lines. Let us take
full advantage of its possibilities in
1917.