Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-30
BOYS AND
GIRLS POULTRY CLUBS
Uncle Sam is Appealing to the
Children for a Countrywide
Crusade.
Clubs Among the Backyard
Growers Will Help to Solve
the Meat Shortage.
BY G.. II. Smith

The boys and girls Of America can
help win the war by helping TO feed
the soldiers. The supreme need Is
meat food. If we can get the young
folks Interested in poultry culture the
meat problem will be greatly benc-
fitted.
| Uncle Sam has fifteen hundred
| thousand men organized TO fight in
the field. He asks for ten million
boys and girls To organize in poultry
clubs 10 fight the battle for meat. This
latter call 10 the colors should be
needed with as much loyalty as the
former.
Tho United States government has
| appealed to the people to double the
amount Of their poultry products This
means that We will produce three and q
! quarter billions Of pounds more Of eggs
/ and poultry meat this year than we did
/ last We can do it Team work among
| the bows and girls Of the land viii help to
! turn this trick Of international importance.
/ WHY THE NEED ron cIUBs2
Young folks are social beings. Their
| Instincts swing them powerfully toward
mass movements No boy likes 10 do
anything alone IIc delights in n game
of skill with a dozen or fifty others Of
his own ago
The average boy or girl takes instinc-
lively 10 the club idea. The "gnng'
spirit is strong In them. The poultry
club will rouse an interest and IN enthI-
sasrn IN this line Of war work that can
not be generated in any other way
The spirit Of patriotism IS as strong
in our boys and girls rs in any other
class Their Young hearts flame with
desire to aid IN this big job that We
have undertaken. The poultry club will
furnish them n fitting opportunity to
express this desire and work u out in
practical service
/ Grown folks. men and women, arc
i organized all over the land in Red Cross
i chapters The women Of America are
F. knitting millions Of garments for the
i comfort Of the soldier boys. All this ~
good Il IS patriotic and il is practical
j Why not give the BOYS and girls also y
chance to work out their burning spirit
of patriotism let them organize a
+! nationwide drive at the meat problem
IN community poultry clubs They will
be worth IN army Of half q million
. soldiers
such service viii give them the best
| time they ever had too They will know
| that they really have share in the win
nlng of the war in defence of civiliza-
tion They VIII have n thrilling story
| Ia tell to their children and their grand
/ children how they organized for home
! action and raised old glory above q
| hundred Thousand poultry houses to feed
| The boys at the front on the best meat
/ IN the world
HAcKYATD GROWER MIST LEAD.
The farmer viii do his best We take
II for granted that large plans viii be
made on every farm 30 produce what
the government at Washington has re-
quessted double the amount Of eggs
and poultry that was produced last
year
The special call here is to the small
backyard poultry plants IN towns and
cities There are tens Of thousands OF
these town-lot possibilities Every one
Of them should be heard from this year
ID is estimated that one-half or more
If Ill the people who were engaged IN
raising poultrv. either rs main issue
or d side line, dropped out last year on
account Of the high prices of poultry
food Many OF them could not he blam
ed Their financial welfare was at
stake. They we're depending on the
poultry business for a living. But
among these thousands who sold their
stock were large numbers who kept
only a few hens and could not lose
much bx continuing whatever the condI-
tions might be The keeping OF poultry
was 10 them a side line, n recreation,
as well as 3 source OF income. They
were thinking mainly OF large profits
and pleasure to be derived. The thought
of the worlds need had not yet come
home tn them.
The club movement for the boys and
girls should call powerfully to all these
pcone. and to every one who has back
ward space sufficient to raise even q
dozen chicks 10 maturity. Countless
numbers of poultry houses all over the
country are at this moment empty, idle,
unused They can be easily made one
of the mjghtiest forces for the defence
of our country in this crucial time when
every ounce of our strength Is 50 much
required
We must get profits out Of our
minds. We may not make large fnan- |
cial gains on our little investment. |
What of it This is war work. We are |
doing It for the defence of our most |
sacred institutions. Meat We must have. !
Here is The way to get II Let 5 have |
no slackers on this battle line Duty |
must be dominant hcre-not dollais
our gallant fellows viii 90 by nun
drpds of thousands over the top in |
France this year They viii not do ii |
for cash Many viii return to us maim- |
ed. We must not dare 10 think of |
financial gam in the face Of our solemn |
and sacred charge heIe at home Let us, |
TOO. do GU. mite IN saving the life Of |
liberty and of Christian civilization. |
We will gev our profits in a world |
wide victory for democracy and in the |
fastening OF spirit of universal BROTH /
crhood among men.
THING THE CLUB Mill 20
The men and women of the country
need to be ztirred to their depths in be-
half Of ,his worldwide movement toward
Il sufficient meat supply. The club
will awaken the community to the vital
Importance of making the most OF our
backyard poultry plants IN this grave
national crisis. This will be verv good.
There are no promoters like the bows
and girls Get the youngsters organized
and moving in fine form and spirit and
if tile community does not awake to
the Importance Of the project YOU may
rightly infer that there is a deadly lack
OF interest IN the things that arc vital
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