South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-24
Joint Meeting OF Several Com
mitteeS Appointed to In
crease Supply to be
Held at c. of c.
POULTRY Is ONE GOOD
SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF
Local Chamber of Commerce
May Advocate Chicken
RaiSing-SaVe Your
Potato Eyes.

In answer To the appeal made 20
the nation for the conservation Of
the meat supplies of the United
States. the local Chamber Of Com
merce. i'm conjunction with the work
it has already started in assisting
embryo truck farmers and amateur
gardeners viii probably take up the
furthering of the poultry industry
and for that purpose will hold a
special meeting at the Chamber
headquarters at 4 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon.
No other immediate cure for the
relieving of the meat shortage in
the country promises to be more
effective than the furthering of the
poultry industry. Only few
months are required 10 bring chick
ems and other poultry 10 an age at
which they may be slaughtered for
consumption and no other meat
producing industry requires so little
outlay at the start. 1t has been
considered eminently practicable by
various authorities for the Chamb Der
TO undertake such propaganda
among the renters and small prop
erty owners of the city.
Will Meet Committee.
Members of the local poultry as
ISOLATION and of the st. Joseph
county farm bureau will be invited
by the business mems association to
meet with its agricultural commit
tee and the special committee APP
pointed some time ago TO look after
the conservation of the food Of the
city and surrounding territory. The
latter committee with the cOOpera-
ton of number of the business
men of the city has already done
much toward the distribution of
seeds and the dissemination of need
full knowledge regarding the plant
ing and care of vegetables.
Great possibilities are seen by
members of the local association in
terested in the question in the prop
osition TO multiply the production
of poultry in the city. Available
space is TO be found even in the
more cOngested portions of the city
that will permit the broOding and
raising of small hocks of chickens
and other poultry for private con-
sumption or for sale 10 local or
foreign markets Soil conditions. SO
important in the production Of vege
IA bles. can be disregarded in raising
poultry and many barren tracts can
be made available for this very pro-
ductive industry.
II cannot yet be asCertained just
what direction the activities of the
Chamber of Commerce may take
but the whole question will be
thoroughly gone over at the meet
ing on Wednesday.
Save Potato Eyes.
The possibilities Of conserving the
major portion of potatoes for con
sumption and still utilizing the eyes
for planting purposes was pointed
out by Victor Jones Of the Chamber
Of Commerce.
Mr.. Jones explained that the part
OF the potato which contains the
live portion is directly surrounding
the eve II can be included in
cone-shaped piece of the meat ex-
tending a half inch around the eye
and from a half 20 three-q quarters
inch into the center These small
pieces may be planted and the other
parts used for cooking purposes.
Ii has been suggested that the
restaurants of the city could with
very little difficulty cut potatoes
with a view Of disposing OF the Vi
tality portions TO gardeners and
truck farmers at a cost 10 compen-
safe them for the loss OF the vege-
table and the labor Of preparation.
With some necessary care il is pos
sible 70 keep potatoes cut in this
way for week or 10 days without
a loss Of the life. IL is possible
that the committee on food conser-
walton and gardening may take up
this suggestion and assist IN the dis
tribution OF such seed.
The added possibilities that ac-
crue TO the gardener who is espe-
cially careful 20 plant potatoes with
the eve pointed toward the surface
was also rointed out by Mr.. Jones.