The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-03-23

HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENTS.
! OF FLORIDA BRING ABOUT
uNCREAoED FOOD PRODUCTION.

sNVHEASEO FOOD PRODUCTION.
One Of F1orid1's needs in increased
food production. is increased poultry
! Production. Some are skeptical as to
the possibilities that lie in this work
I In the state. hut not so the farm peo-
pie and the home demonstration
agents who are urging this. Gratifying
] results are being obtained in organized
poultry work as = phase OF home DEM
onstration work carried on in Florida.
The first work Of this kind to be
undertaken in the state, was begun
August, 1916. when Miss Minnie FLOYD,
Of Tennessee, became a member of the
state home demonstration staff. The
poultry work has been organized es-
pecially along three lines: Egg cir
cles. for the CO. operative marketing OF
guaranteed eggs; poultry clubs for
boys and girls; back yard poultry for
towns and cities In 1918 p egg cir
cles with a membership OF Isl women
working for an average term Of four
and one-half months, sold $1,000 dozen
eggs for which they received SIC. 5o0.5o::
Circles are stfn in operation.
The following extract from the re-
port 10 The HeEnando county agent.
shows What ID b4iug done at this time
through this circle:
1.-The egg circle this month has 500
1850 dozen eggs. received $47S.2O Tor
same; 35S pounds OF poultry TOT
1880; total gor February, $5S4.lo.
During the past three months TINS
circle has received $1S40.76 for poultry
p1oducts.'' go
Last year $50 boys and girls enrolled
in the poultry clubs organized IN ta6
various counties. This year there mas
been an increase in the NUMBER OF
members enrolled. Minimum requil.
ment for membership in the club Is
th.t Climb member shall incubate one
sitting OF pure bred eggs and rear the
hicks to maturity This II sure
method. Of increasing the pure bred
stock in the state.
In many counties public spirited
poultrymen are working on coop
erative basis with the boys and girls
of the clubs. The poultrymen furnish
the strings OF eggs and receive In re-
turn one pullet from each sitting when
the birds reach maturity. or two chicks
when ten weeks Old ~
The first ppultryman In the state 70
otter to work CO. operatively was Ms
Venting, Of Glen st. Mary. Seventy
bows and girls Of Baker County took
advantage OF his offer. White Wyan-
DOTS and White Leghorn eggs were
used. AS result there are more farm
homes In Baker county supplied with
i rre bred stock than are found m
eosnntiee~in the state. ana
ines I!ub members were first prize
winners At the F1orida State Fair. held
in Jacksonville last fall.
The following items from the Feb
ruary reports Of county home demon
stration agents shows some Of the
things being done on this co-opera-
I've basis:
suwannee county: ''Mr. Bryson,
clerk OF fhA curt said he would b.
glad to ii he have eggs on the cofs
operative plan.
White Lebhorn eggs from his blue
ribbon winners. ! found Ave sittings
OF silver Laced Wyandotte eggs on
my Live Oak desk, presented to the
clubs by Mr.. E. c. Faulkner. Of Dow1-
ing Park. Mrs Hughes will furnish
Barred Plymouth eggs to the girls on
the ten weeks cooperative plan.
have So poultry club members who
have pure eggs sitting. most Of them
will return the two chicks for eggs, at
the end Of the ten weeks
Boost School Work.
volusia county: added six mem
bers to the poultry work. Most Of my
time this week was spent visiting
scioA and HOME gardens and talking /
poultry. Friday took the poultry club
girls 125 Barred Plymouth Rock eggs.
Four dozen eggs were given the girls
Then want to get two matches before
April. Mr.. Brown of the Rose poul-
try farm win give me four dozen eggs
for clubs"
fernando county: Zone poultry
m.o rave me six sittings which en-
abled mo to give q sitting to every
child that exhibited In contest IN ad-
dition to those that sent exhibits to
the fair. r think NE have some good
arfn and iva have good success In
Matching wiz have some fine birds
next year"
Bradford county: II then started
out calling. saw DIR. O. d. Haynes.
who promised me six sittings of eggs
on the co-opeyp&jve plan. Saw Attor-
ney Poppel who promised to help
later. also saw the agricultural
teacher. MT Pope, who promised two
sittings Of White Leghorns."
sdes Poultry 10 Topic.
Calhoun county: AT Durham the
home demonstration club had the best
meeting we ever had. Some new
-znsmbers and every ono on the pro-
gram sready. The topic was poultry. !
was pleasantly surprised to find how
much they had studied and read on I
the subject. Had clippings from poui-
~ journals --kProgressive Farmer. +
Nd and Southern /
8fS13 we selected a good sit
tlisx 81 esgs candied q basket Of eggs
brought by members Of club, only ono
bad. Then we demonstrated the
proper cooking OF eggs. Several MEM
befs expressed tlseir surprise on find
ing that there was an art in cooking