The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-23
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS
Consider the hen.

l sss At this time she is worth looking at and after
 The rooster does the orowing-Ee is the alarm clock much better than Big Ben By the way an uncle of mine, troubled with insomnia, used to get to sleep just before day to be awakened by the barn. yard chorus led by Monsieur Chanticleer. Naturally 1t got on his nerves. He was for getting rid of the chickens, but his wife was unwilling, and so for while it was divided household
 How did it end? Why they compro- missed 1t the way the fellow did with his spouse It's an old story, but good one. If you know 1t, skip the next paragraph; if not, and you are married man, read it. It may help you some day.
 Said a man to friend: When I mar ried wanted cotton sheets and my wife wanted linen sheets" Well how did it come out?" "Oh," said the Benedict, i've compromised by using linen ones"
 
 Well, my unce having compromised, began an inquiry among his friends to find if there was any way to keep a rooster from saluting the dawn without cutting off his head
 
 n1d coid ere MaraQ Sam will build de roost so nigh de ceal- ing dat de rooster can't If his head he ain't gwine to crow" He tried it and it worked like a charm. If you don't believe it, try it.
 have never been in China, but have read that the Chinese tie bricks to the donkey's tail to keep them from praying, but as Kpling would say, that is anoth- CT story"
 All this to lead up to the following sent me by friend: \
 While you are encouraging everybody to produce garden truck, why overlook the question of fowls? If every person was encouraged to breed and raise all kinds of fowls don't you believe this would have tendency to reduce the cost of beef and pork?
 
 q believe this work could be easily car- ried to a successful conclusion if you would open a special department in your good paper devoted to the raising of such meat, and furthermore organizing such clubs and holding a semi-annual show in Birmingham offering prizes to the best grades of fowls shown.
 "Candidly, believe this subject will in- terest every boy, girl mother and fath- CT in this country, and hope you will see fit to take the lead and start the ball rolling"
 Now, I hope the hen is going to be put to work. She can deliver the goods. There is but the slightest chance of her failing if she gets a fair show
 
 I've read wonderful things about what one can do on a back lot with bunch of fowls, The catalogs of the breed CTS of fine stock are enough to enthuse anyone who likes to fool with chickens. Of course, many get fooled, but it's be- cause they make 1t fad and soon grow tired.
 Chicken feed is high, and 1t is expen- sive to try and keep a big lot of poul- try in town, where they have no range and require to be fed day by day.
 But the average city family can keep from to 10 hens and feed them all the table scraps and in this way find it econ- omy to raise chickens on a city lot know a man who upon being twitted for having put quite a bit of money in some high bred chickens, replied by say ing: "It was the best paying investment he had ever made.' The reason given was that their care occupied all of his mother-in-law's time and he had peace. Seriously I hope the people of Alabama are going to begin to raise poultry on a large scale. Here is chance for boys and girls in the country to serve their country.
 Alabama each year is sending hundreds, yes thousands of dollars out of the state for chickens and eggs. Let's try and keep this money at home.