The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-26
PUTTING SHOTS AT THE KAISER
Poultry Association President Urges
Poultry Production.

We are going to win this war. 1t is
going to cost our treasury billions of
dollars besides the lives Of hundreds of
thousands of our bright young man
hood, but we shall win. To win this
war the quickest, and with the least
loss of lives we must provide the food,
for as Napoleon said: IAN army
marches on its stomach This means
that an army must be well provisioned
to reach its greatest efficiency. In tne
war times that are passed, an army
could largely subsist upon the country
through which it passed, but there is
no living upon the country through
which modern armies are passing. There
IS no living upon the Greek or Balkan
states nor on Salonica, so that as
Lloyd George said some time ago, the
food supply is one Of this war 5 great
est necessities. The greater part of
the food supply must come from the
United States not only for our 1,760,-
600 and more boys in the army and
navy, but we shall have TO feed our
people at home, and must also supply
the Allies who are fighting this world s
greatest battles.
Mr.. Herbert Hoover. the nation Z
food administrator, asks for more poul,
try, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese
Mr.. Hoover pleads as follows:
''1o the American Poultry Associa
ton and Producers of Poultry and
Eggs in the United States:
We are short of red meat. Oul
soldiers and our Allies require more
than ever before We are advocating
in every household, every hotel and
restaurant in this country the substitu
ton of poultry for red meat n
| creased production Of poultry can be
| effected much fa1ter than beef, pork
and mutton. While we want increas{
in all the latter, we must have a quicl
| response in poultry and poultry prod
nets. There is a great waste of roul
| try feeds from every household anC
every farm. 1t requires little labor
Cannot the poultry raiseTs OF the coun
try help US by providing the increase,
| suppl we need
! HERBERT HOOVER. =
What can Won do TO help in tni
worldwide meat emergency
/. Every farmer can raise more and bet
ter poultry and do it far more prof
itably by disposing Of all surplus males
by keeping only the yearling hens, am
the earliest and best matured pulleta
thus keeping no dead -heads or slack
ers TO consume what should 90 t
the profitable producers It is a Grim
to dispose of q laying hen or a pulle
that is just about to lay Keep tn
hen house neat and clean. Repair tn
roof, the windows, and stop any direc
drafts that are possible BY knot nole
or cracks. Too much glass and nc
enough open front is bad. Write you
state experiment station for needed il
formation. Every state in the Unio
except Florida and Wyoming, mair
tain poultry departments which al
pleased to aid the home folks wit
their poultry problems.
Poultry il profitable. No source Q
meat supply is as rapid or as chcal
Every pound of poultr.f, produced wi
help III sending a pound of meat acro>
to the boys that are fighting your ba
ties. Every farm should have a car,
fully culled flock or not less than tw
hundred fowls. The larger the farm
the larger the flock, and such foe
should be maintained largely fro
economical reasons. Poultry will pic
mp ninety per cent Of its living frol
scattered and wasted grains TheE 4,
, As scavengers III consuming a larg
tart of what would otherwise be los
Poultry will prove valuable III eatin
obnoxious bugs, grasshoppers, worn
and insect pests. that would otherwis
dcstroT food that is valuable. To Il
dweller III a village, town OF city,
well kept flock of dozen or twent'
five good laying hens will prove pro
table. They can be KEEP: from II
lawn, garden, kitchen and table otf'a
all of which ma kt,s the choicest kind {
, poultry feed with but 4 small additic
of grain.
BURN. this next wear every ctfo
, should be made 20 raise and consun
| | every pound Of poultry flesh joS5ibl
| i Is one OF the eaSi-: and quic Ike
way 81 helping 10 increase food pr
{ duction, aud that j nat every re
4 hlooded American must do to help h
country during the period Of the wa
/ | tv"Ep round of meat produced vi
help put 4 bullet al the kaiser |
Your bit.-Bv =. H. Richards, preside,