Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-17
OR0UTH CAUSE
OF DECREASES
POULTRY LINE
PREVAILING EXTRAORDINARY HIGH
Prices OF CHICKEN AND EGGS
MAKE CHICKEN INDUSTRY
NOW MOST ATTRACTIVE.
Especial to 'i'hc licrald.l

NJ LIN. lhAl~. .NbN. it. -A'Nfihli- tF
unofficial statistics the prolonged drouth
which has affected u wide scope ii Cen
trial. South and West Texas has caused an
enormous decrease in the poultry stocks
upon the farms and III the cities and towns.
The prevailing extraordinary high price,
az chickens and eggs make the poultry in
du-try more attractive than ever before
and il i expected that it VIII again in
crease rapidly in this state n soon a. the
price of feed for the fowls becomes cheap
err. In n preface To Il bulletin BY Or. n.
Ca~well Ellis of the University 81 Texas.
issued two wears ago the Importance Of de-
voloping the poultry industry IN thu state
was pointed out. What he said Oh the sub
liect then j. still more pertinent now.
fowls and eggs are selling for about
double the prices which DIR. Ellis gave IN
hi bulletin. The suggestions which he
makes are valuable. lie said. in part:
with our mild winters and continuous
green throughout the year, Texas l. far
better situated for poultry raising at n
minimum Of both cost and labor than Mis-
sour or Illinois or New York. where snow
and lee covers the eround for many months
each year and poultry must have expensive
hou@e0 anu nc l'u IT ehtre t"''""' i"' IN
nl"hihN - '"e N'"i- ~ .m I"
'"oe 9'"'oN : m.N'"N "' ~" wa
on poultry. where Texas farms hardly pro
ducc enough for their home tables.
Furthermore. The number Of fowls ON the
farms in Tcxa, actually decreased from
i''" 10 ''' run ii''e" ni'i''n ." .""'-
lee" in'il'"n' WIT ''he i"Ni' III ,ni'h"i''
increase" from i've !" m"c ii''i''h' J."
Nnn'N rum 'hii''," "i''"H \"
"'i""' +" "i>N""i. mum INV
n" '"'h'N -"he Ml ""iN' N'i'' W.
P""'iH : = mu'' -'''' \ "'e' 'u' "'e'"-v
'"iue PeI i""l K" ''h- III" ''''@' "
~ F" W 'N" -.
N'IS'N an = ''n' ~o"'''
""e uoc- HI wv '''Hh r"'l"nt'i
ing ne can pau" Tor amour twenty "'i'io
{" l""'if "'"N' '"'-' .'""-" M "'''".
"'"""'e a"""' " """"ie" "e"H ~ "''"r"
"h'e WIN rs l""hS ~ '"'o 'Hn''i'' "V
i"uh'aih' le'u hoopitrN an" watering ne
wee rah II il'"e Hi " ieN cent ""' "i
an ~ -"""' p"N' VIM '"@ ol"p""'"'
''u win .he painting - " Nu''''N'"h iii
~ni"ii pal'heo 81 Nhe"' ""t~' rape 'urhll1'
'h"r'' "ee'N, Sun''o"eiN' r-NPti"h "he'i'
mn" " ~in"i'f crops 'h' I""lrH '1n rs
ralSeu - amos. =" expense p". me i"""r'
nj lap"r I AT n4hl ana 'ah rs zone ~
ehhdFeh ana hH a"hlis ny 'da hohro' h''N
III Nhal m ""ula mean N every i'TIh mouse
IN leNaN would build up a iiock "i u nun
area .ood ieh-. Al lht~e hth~ lul" hlhc
or ven "o~eh e--1 ea'h per year me '-@N
""ulu nfihs' III - cent fer n"heh' ninety
siN hhiilioh "oliar>' ht~lde~ leaving enough
es-o Tor haiching io keep up The supply ri
hens anu sell OIL each year Ten million
dollars worth ~ surplus r"o~tef~ and
cuiied mems lhl~ sum Nh more Than hHli
the value OF our cotton crop and could be-
occurred without decreasing that crop y
single bale. Let n awake To our oPpor-
tunitN.
The mann obstacles To success IN p"nl-
Try raising thus fnr n Texas have been the
use al scrub stock and the rHvagr- NY I'M
~oct~. Unless these problems are met
properly. failure T. certain. for scrub poul-
try covered with mites. lice or blue bugs
will not pay for it~ keep. The discussion W.
tins bulletin Will show how these Difficult
" ties NAV be overcome. Tho mrflpd- nf