The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-20
C[UCK! CLUCK!-
WE'LL GET KAISER
Mr.. HOOVER SAYS THE HEN
WILL HELP WIN
THE WAR.
EGGS, A MEAT SUBSTITUTE
Quickest and Cheapest Way To In
crease Meat Supply 10 Through
Poultry, Say the
Experts.

10 help us win the war. Mr.. Hoover
says 20.
II has long been known that the
quickest and cheapest way OF adding
10 the meat supply is by producing
poultry. Eggs play very much the
same part in the food ration ~ meat.
Fondness for chicken is not conhned
to Methodist ministers and Senegam'
biaus, as some persons profess TO be-
iieve. We are a nation Of poultry eat
srs and the hen would probably be
adopted as the national bird IL the
eagle hadn't put in his APPLICATION when
the Republic was young.
The British and French, so we are
told, are not so strong on poultry.
The British, especially, are beef eat
ers and next to beef they prefer mutt
ton. Beef, pork and mutton are the
meats in demand on the western front
and the armies OF our allies, as well
- our own armies, are going to get
what they want, or just as near 1t as
vs can supply. II there Is to be
shortage of red meat, it is going to
be with US stay-at-homes. That is
quite an incentive to raise poultry.
Read what Mr.. Hoover has to say
about 1t in a letter to the American
Poultry Association:
I'VE are short Of red meat. Our
soldiers and our allies require more
than ever before. We are advocating
halA
restaurant in this country the substi-
tuition of poultry for red meat. In
ceased production of poultry can be
effected much faster than beef, pork
and mutton. While we want Increase
in all the latter, we must have quick
response in poultry and poultry prod
ucts. There Is a great waste OF poul'
try feeds from every household and
farm. 1t requires little labor. Can
not the poultry raisers Of the country
help us by providing the increased
supply we need?"
So there you have it! The shortage
in meat is real and not fancied. The
demand for meats for war needs VIII
be for beef, pork and mutton. our
substitute for those meats, il we can
get 1t, will be poultry.
U. s. Department of Agriculture sta
tistics show that there are only forty
hens for each farm in the nation.
There is a total of 6,371.502 farms in
the United States and 1.527,743 farms
reported no egg production in the last
census. In other words, almost one
farm in every four kept no hens. That
is ghastly showing in times when
we need every food resource at IT'S
| highest efficiency. Oklahoma is far
| above the average Of the states in the
| matter OF poultry. More than year
ago the State Board of Agriculture
| published figures to show that there Is
an average of about 20 hens to the
farm in Oklahoma. In some counties
there are more than 100 to the farm.
| The present standard set by The U.
! Department OF Agriculture is for
| 100 hens TO the farm. IL the number
| of hens to the farm can be increased
in a year from forty to 100, it will
| mean a production of something like
four million tons of poultry and eggs.
| Oklahoma can reach this standard
easily il the, people can be convinced
of the necessity of more poultry and
| that the increase can be made at a
profit.
The following information on the
| winter care of poultry is supplied by
Charles NJ. Smith, poultry specialist
for the Extension Division OF Okla
homa A. & NJ. College at saltwater:
See that there are no cracks IL
the walls of the house. except tht
south side. which should be oper
about one-third from roof. Have cur
tain made of muslin or burlap tha
can be lowered in very severe wealth
er. especially at night. Be sure th'
roof is tight Chickens can stand lot
OF cold but draughts and damp foor'
will cause colds and roup.
do not crowd them. II possible
allow four square feet of floor spac'
to bird.
Cover the floor with deep lite
of straw or dried leaves.
IF any OF your birds show symr
toms OF cold, that is sneezfng. an'
a watery discharge from tho eyes an
nostrils, dip their heads in solution
composed OF a pinch OF powdere'
borax dissolved in little warm watel
A few applications OF this IL done i
time will speedily effect cure.
Separate any birds that are not 4
good condition from the healthy one
and keep them in warm place unit
cured
Feed all the table scraps You ca
get. SKINNED milk is one Of the mos
valuable foods for poultry from tn
shell to maturity. 1t will also great
help egg production.
Some form Of green food mus
! be fed during the winter. Allow ther
: to run in the wheat pasturage wber
possible.
Remember that unless your chicl
ems are kept in good health and COZ
Z dition they will not produce eggs.
Plat to hatch your chicks earl,
February and March chicks will b
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