The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-30
Putting Shets at the Kaiser
(By E. E. Richards, President Amer
lean Poultry Association

(By E. E. Richards, President Amer
lean Poultry Association.)
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
manhood, 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: An
army marches or its stomach" This
means that an army must be we'll
provisioned to reach its greatest eff
ficiency. In the war times that are
passed. an army could largely sub
sist 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 wars
greatest necessities. The greater
part of the food supply must come
from the United States not only for
our 100000 and more boys in the
army and navy, but we shall have to
feed our people at home, and must
dlSO supply TIC AlllCo " III al
ing this worlds greatest battles.
Mr.. Herbert Hoover, the nations
food administrator, asks for more
poultry, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and
geese. Mr.. Hoover pleads as follows:
I'VE are short of red meat. Our
soldiers and our Allies require more
than ever before. We are advocat-
ing in every household, every hotel
and restaurant in this country the
substitution of poultry for red meat.
Increased production of poultry can
be effected much faster than beef,
pork and mutton. While we want in
crease in all the latter, we must have
quick response in poultry and
poultry products. There is a great
waste of poultry feeds from every
household and every farm. 1t re-
quires little labor. Cannot the poul-
try raisers of the country help us by
providing the increased supply we
need?"
What can you do to help in this
worldwide meat emergency?
Every farmer can raise more and
better poultry and do it far more
profitably by disposing of all surplus
males, by keeping only the yearling
hens, and the earliest and best ma
tured pullets. thus keeping no dead
heads or "s1ackers" to consume what
should go to the profitable producers.
1t is a crime to dispose of laying
hen or a pullet that is just about to
lay. Keep the hen house neat and
clean. Repair the roof, the windows,
and stop any direct drafts that are
possible by knot holes or cracks. Too
much glass and not enough open
front is bad. Write your State Ex-
pertinent Station for needed informa-
ton. Every State in the Union ex-
cept Florida and Wyoming, maintain
poultry departments which are pleas
ed to aid the home folks with their
poultry problems.
Poultry is profitable! No source
of meat supply is as rapid or as
cheap. Every pound of poultry pro-
duced will help in sending pound
OF meat across to the boys that are
fighting your battles. Every farm
should have a carefully culled flock
Of not less than two hundred fowls.
The larger the farm, the larger the
flock, and such flock should be
maintained largely from economical
reasons. Poultry will pick up ninety
per cent. of its living from scattered
and wasted grains. They act as
scavengers In consuming a large part
of what would otherwise be lost.
Poultry will prove valuable in eating
obnoxious bugs. grasshoppers, worms
and insect pests, that would other
wise destroy food that is valuable. To
the dweller in village, town or city,
well kept flock of dozen or TWEEN
ty-five good laying hens will prove
profitable. They can be kept from
the lawn, garden, kitchen and table
offal, all of which makes the choicest
kind of poultry feed with but small
addition of grain.