Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-03
POULTRY VALUABLE
 AS SOURCE 0F MEAT
Extension Division Of U. of A. Urges Arkansas People To Increase Their
 Poultry Production.

place of red meat and relieve the great shortage Arkansas people are urged to increase their poultry pro duction as quickly as possible. In order to aid farmers and poultry men by giving such help and sug- gestions as may be needed, MT. H. B, Lansden has been appointed by the U. s. Department of Agriculture to CO., operate with the Extension Division ,f the University of Arkansas. He will visit every county in the state, md, working with the county agents, will organize Poultry Associations and Boys and Girls Poultry Clubs. He will be glad to answer all inquiries coming from Arkansas people.
 In speaking of the present situa- ion. Mir. Lansden says: '"The Unit hd States is short on red meat, and our soldiers and allies must have it. The quickest way to overcome this shortage of beef. pork and mutton is 'or every household, and every hotel and restaurant in this country to sub- stitute poultry for red meat. The de- mand for more poultry which will re- suit can be quickly met because of he rapidity with which increased pro- 1uction of poultry can be effected It is therefore up to every farmer and city or village dweller. who has a small back lot, to do their bit in the increase of this poultry food supply. There should be one hundred to two hundred hens on every farm, because these hens can pick up large DOT ton of their living and will consume much material that would otherwise 50 to waste. Every city and village iweller who has small space in the back yard can keep few hens A half-dozen to a dozen thrifty hens or bullets will produce sufficient supply of eggs for most any ordinary fam fly, and can be fed largely on the scraps from the table for which there is no other use." :.
 Hints to Prospective PouItrymen.
 Hatch chickens early. as it is the sarly matched bullet that lays in fall and winter when eggs are scarce and nigh priced.
 Conflne hens and chicks to brood coops for at least two weeks The loss of baby chicks, fro1l allowing the hens to lead them through wet grass and weeds before they are strong, is enormous.
 Dispose of surplus cockerels as soon as they weigh one to one and one half pounds. There is more profit in The first pound than in any time there after. This will not only be more profitable to the producer, but will conserve the grain they would con- sume after this age.
 Produce infertle eggs. The loss from fertile eggs, from blood rings developing during warm spring and summer. amounts to $15.000.00o annu- Ally. lnfertile eggs are produced by removing the male bird from the yard liter the breeding season is over.
 Preserve eggs during summer while eggs are cheap by the water glass method. Full instruction for this method of preserving will be furnish ed on application to the Extension Division.
 Provide comfortable. but not neces- sarly expensive houses, we'll ventilat- ed and kept thoroughly dry. Hens can not produce eggs when subjected 10 cold rains and storms.
 There is every indication that the prices for poultry and eggs will be high for some time-and remember, there is no danger of over-production. Patriotic Duty to Increase Brood Sows
 and Protect Pigs.
 It is the patriotic duty of every Ar kansas farmer not only to keep more brood sows, but to protect his pigs from cholera and other diseases. Re- member, next to cholera. lice and in- testinal worms are the worst enemies of the hog. Lice can be controlled by dipping the hogs either in the arsenical cattle dip, used for killing the ticks. or dipping or spraying in any one of the creosote dips: or applying crude oil. commonly known as louse oil. This is applied by painting it along the back of the hog and on the inside and outside of the ear When the hog lies down in the sun this will run over the body and will kill the lice and remove any scurf which may be on the skin.
 Intestinal worms can be prevented 10 certain extent by changing the feeding places of the hogs regularly