Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-05-24
The Necessity OF Producing an Ex-
ira Pound of Poultry Product
for Every Man, Woman
and Child in the Unit
ed States.
BY E. E. Richards, President of The
American Poultry Association.

Before another Matching season,
the great United States Will, no
doubt, besin the deepest throes of the
worlds most cruel war and no one
can foretell the countless thousands
that may be crying for bread. 1t is
up to the United States, the worlds
greatest, richest, and most resource
full nation, to not only look after the
give aid and assistance in supplying
food to countless thousands of suffer-
ing humanity in the torn and strick
en- war zone. The great agricultural
resources OF America must prepare
TO assume this burden. Every one Of
us must do our bit Every acre,
every nook and corner must bear its
share. 1t is lucky that in poultry we
can produce the cheapest and most
quickly produced meat of all the va
rious sources of our meat supply.
Here, we have an opportunity OF pro-
ducing an extra one hundred million
pounds il the American farmers, the
fanciers and breeders will give their
attention TO Matching during the
months of May and June.
1t is we'll known fact that the
available supply of meat products is
today the lowest in our country. per
capita, in the history of the United
States. In order to meet the extrem-
ely dangerous condition, we have
within ourselves a wonderful oppor-
tunity of aiding what may prove TO
be a worldwide cry for food. Let
us all join enthusiastically in the pro-
paganda of helping In the probable
time of need, by putting forth now
every effort to meet, in measure
the demand that is sure to come for
untold quantities of food stuf1s
Never in the history of the world will
there be a greater demand than in
the next twenty-four months that
are to follow.
For the past twenty-four month:
we have been killing the goose thai
has been laying the golden egg, ant
with the hue and cry of costly feed
poultry and all meat products have
been soaring far above all the usua
estimates as to the relative cost o.
production, and the selling price
The margin of profit on the produc
ton OF eggs and poultry for meat Il
far in excess of the percentage of pro
At in normal times. But aside from
the question of profit, we Americans
must look at the situation from 1
philanthropic and humanitarian
standpoint and each and every on
do his bit" to meet an exigency tina
seems inevitable. Let us all try Il
be a factor In the production of al
extra hundred million pounds o
poultry meat which is less than on
pound additional for each man, wo
man and child in the United States.
The United States Department o
Agriculture has just issued an esti
mate that upwards of seven hundre'
millions OF dollars is the annual tri
} butte paid by Americans TO the gar
= bage can Why not convert this Int
r feed to produce poultry and eggs.
Every home can have a self-sup
: porting and profitable flock in tn
back yard by converting the offa
, from the table and kitchen into tn
very choisest of poultry feed. VIII
such an astounding waste. an ute
extravaganza that costs us nearl
seven dollars for every man, woma
3 and child In the United States? LIE