The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-16

| business. Take day or two OIL and
attend this meeting and you will come
home with new vision of your work.
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture is making great appeal to farm.
ers to increase their poultry production
They say that more fowls and more
eggs mean more meat for Democracy
fighters. Profits can be made while
increasing the food supply.
One big aim in this endeavor is to in
crease to 100 hens the average size OF
the American farm flocks. The present
average is 40 hens.
More chickens ard more eggs will re-
lease more meat for our armies and the
allies. They can hot get our chicke MS
and our eggs-we can, and like to eat
them.
Poultry can be produced more rapidly
and more economically than any of the
meat animals.
The Department urges that as many
of the farmers who have not raised
chickens to stock their farms this year
with focks large enough at least to sup
ply the needs of their own households.
1t does not advise that the general far
mer embark in extensive raising of
poultry, but warns against such ven
lures.
But it sees no reason why every farm
should not produce enough chickens
and eggs for its own use, and why there
should not be enough surplus to make
chickens and eggs available to the
general public at reasonable prices and
in such quantities that there will be
markedly less domestic demand for the
meats that are needed abroad and that
can be transported there.
David F. Houston, Secretary of Agri-
culture, has asked Congress for an ap.
preparation of So. 900, 900 to enable the
Department of Agriculture to buy and
sell seed to farmers for cost at reason
able price.
1t is the purpose of the department,
If the sur suggested is made available,
to take immediate steps to secure, test,
and store at least portion of the sup
ply of these seeds that will be needed
for next season. In this connection. it
should be borne in mind that, under the
language of the item, the seed will be
sold to farmers only for cash at rea.
sonable price.
1t is also provided that the fund may
be used as a revolving fund until the
Secretary OF Agriculture determines
that the emergency contemplated by
the appropriation no longer exists. In
the circumstances, it is believed that it
will be possible to return to the Treas
ury the entire amount appropriated, or
at least the greater portion of it.
If you are interested in the "baby
chick" business you will find elsewhere c
in this issue an article on the Future
of Baby Chick Raising" which IL being
published through the kindness of Mrs.
Harry Hannah, of this city. Mrs.
Mamman is an enthusiast in the chicken
business and she, with the assistance OF
Mr.. Hannah. has made quite a success
of it. They raise the ], w. Parks bred.
today Barred Plymouth Rock chicke rs
and they prove to be everything that's
true of their name. This year Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamman are doing something out
OF the ordinary In this section of the
country, and are raising capons. Capon
meat is considered better than turkey
and the fowls sell at 80 and 40 cents a
pound. Another good thing about Mr..
and Mrs. Hannah, they believe in ad-
vertising their goods SO they never have
any trouble selling it.
900
Geo. H. Lyddan has "a head Of Short
Horn cows that will calve In March and
April. These cows were bred to a
Hereford bull. He shipped in Decem-
Der l30 head of hogs that brought him
S3, 700. He raised the hogs and feed.
Thos. Lyddan sold two Hereford
steers eleven months old to H. H. Nor
ton for sl62.
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