The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1917-06-08
LINFIELD URGES
CHICKEN CULTURE
SAYS EXTRA POUND OF POUL-
TRY NECESSARY FOR EVERY
lNHABITANT OF AMERICA
Says Meat Supply of Country Is Low
est Per Capita in History of the
United States; Demand for Next
Twenty-Four Months Will BE Ex-
traordinary.

| traOrdlnary.
| F. B. Linfield, director of the
Montana experiment station, urges
Montana farmers to grow every
pound of poultry possible. He says:
| 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 foretell the countless thousands
that may be crying for bread. 1t is
up to the United States, the worlds
greatest, richest, and most resource
full nation, not only to look after
to give aid and assistance in supply
ing food to countless thousands of
suffering humanity in the torn and
stricken war zone. The great agri-
cultural resources of America must
prepare to assume this burden. Every
one of us must do our bit. Every
acre, every nook and corner must
bare 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. Here, we have an opportu-
nifty of producing an extra one hun
dred million pounds if the American
farmers, the fanciers and breeders
will give their attention to Matching
during the month of June.
Meat Supply Low.
1t is a 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 wonderful
opportunity Of aiding what may
prove to be a worldwide cry for
, food Let us all join enthusiastically
in the propaganda of helping in the
probable time of need, by putting
forth now every effort to meet, in a
measure, the demand that is sure to
come for untold quantities of food
, stuffs. Never in the history of s>e
world will there be greater demand
than in the next "a months that are
to follow
For the past "a months we have
y 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 esti-
mates as to the relative cost of pro-
duction, 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
anthropic 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 fac
tor in the production of an extra
hundred million pounds of poultry
meat which is less than one pound
J. additional for each man, woman and
child in the United States.
Millions Wanted.
The United States department OF
Agriculture has just issued an esti-
mate that upwards of seven hundred
millions of dollars is the annual tri-
butte paid by Americans to the gar
bage can. Why not convert this into
feed to produce poultry and eggs
Every home can have a 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
extravaganza that costs us nearly
4 seven dollars for every man, woman
e and child in the United States? Let
l. every home have a neat poultry
S house and a few we'll kept, profit
$ able fowls. The editor of this publ
i cation will be only too pleased to CO.
operate with every reader desiring
!. any information.
o 1t is not unusual for the fanciers to
d quit Matching with April. Let me
: urge that Matching be continued dur
2 ing the month of June and also dur
s ing July in large part of our coun-
n try. Let the old hen do her part
I fill up the incubators-keept them go
3 ing through June and July-the re-
j. suits will be worth while.
! LAMB UNDERSTANDING