The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-14

as Belgium will have no more cattle
until the war Is over. Here in Holland
they have slaughtered so many cattle
during the last year that the Govern
ment put a stop to It. Cattle can now
be slaughtered only for the army. The
people have been without fresh beef
for a month, and the use OF beef for
the civil population has been prohib.
tied until August. The great slaughter
OF cattle last fall was because there
was q shortage OF grain and concen.
trated feeds. The Allies stopped the
imports of cattle feed TO Holland. as
the exports of cattle and dairy prod
ucts to Germany was immense.
We are allowed three ounces Of bread
daily, no meat, occasionally n lite
veal. no mutton or pork at all. Fv-
| erything rationed. 1t will be necessary
for America to furnish US with horses
and cattle after the war
The sufferings of the people now in
Belgium are beyond anything you can
believe. Many people are dying from
tuberculosis on account of under nouy.
ishment, abuse and starvation. Many
also die from punishment inflicted BY
the iron hand Of the Germans for
minor or imaginary offences. No
mercy is shown the young, aged n
helpless.
l had news last week from Belgium
that the Germans had taken all the
clothing. furniture and fixtures from
the houses. SO all we have left arc our
wrecked and empty homes, and these
German brutes call this war.
1t is up to you to use all your in
! huence, power and ability to induce
your people to increase the production
of horses and cattle and other stock so
that We may be able to restock all Of
Belgium in the shortest possible time
after the war. Do not underestimate
BelgJum's future necessities. Produce
more live stock, much more, immense
numbers, for Belgium.
JULES SoMms.
RoosENDAAI., Holland, June 3.
! Hens like freedom, but good feed
and care reconcile them to conine-
ment. Mature, rugged birds often lay
more eggs in close confinement than
when at liberty.
| Chickens, in any general scheme Of
! poultry production. must take first
place. They are best adapted to gem
eral conditions, take a wider range
Of feeds and convert them, perhaps,
with the greatest margin OF profit
Chickens, better than any other class
Of poultry, utilize table scraps and the
general run of waste from the kitchen
door all the way from apple and
potato parings to sour milk. Chickens
far surpass all other kinds Of poultry
in salvaging waste grain from tine
stables from the shed or lot where the
cattle are fed and from hog pens
During the winter months on farms
where any considerable number ot
live stock are kept the hens would
take their living from these sources
with only slight additional feeding
from time to time. Chickens are
great destroyers of insects. Including
many injurious forms, in yard, pas
ture and orchard. They utilize also
many grasses and weeds and seeds
from the same that would otherwise
be OF no use. Except in isolated in
stances the part of wisdom would be-
undoubtedly. to keep more chickens
than all other kinds of poultry COM
bined; but there should be, in a ma
Jority of cases, some of all the Other
common kinds Of poultry.
Twenty-four thousand eggs at each
Matching is what A. f.. Hampton Ut
Pittstown, y. j., turns out of his Ce."-
brated Black Leghorns. Black Leg.
horns are leading this year in the
Nineland contest with As per cer'.
egg yield. Black Leghorns are hand
some. thrifty birds. The Hampton
fowls are in pen 9S at Eiueland. BABY
chicks are offered for June delivery
at very low prices.
The poultry house should he bull.
as low as possible without danger n
the attendants humping their heads
against the ceiling. A low house IS
more easily warmed than a high one.
, Wilburtha Poultry Farm. Trenton
junction. n. j., White Plymouth Rocks
and Columbia Wyandottes and \. F.
iampton's Black Lsghorns are Civ
ing a good account Of themselves IN
the Nineland contest Of the New Ter
sey Agricultural Experiment Station.
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