The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-05-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricultural
Hen husbandry--like many other
fields of production-wasfb benefited By
wartime conditions, as the increased
prices of poultry have revived interest
In the industry and have influenced
many producers, who had temporarily
abandoned the business or reduced the
size of their flocks. to engage again In
the egg or meat business on more
extensive scale. Furthermore, many
persons who enlisted in backyard poui-
trying from patriotic motives or for
home table provision intend to con-
tinue handling hens for home use.
Particularly In the southern states
has forceful impetus operated to
popuarize backlot and barnyard fowl
keeping. great awakening to the ad-
vantages of poultry raising Is marked
ly evident in the territory south of the
Mason and Dixon line, and. since most
of the poultry stock now present in
the South consists of mongrel or low
grade fowl. there Is every reason to be-
iltNc tlul Will tHc eicutci NS'S'"P
ment of the industry will come q
gradual interest in improved poultry.
Education along this line will ultimate
ly popularize standardized poultry In
Dixie.
Better Blood Brings Best Results.
The demand for improved stock Of
fers matchless opportunity to place
poultry-raising on higher plane than
It has before occupied. Among those
who have become interested In keep
Ing poultry there are sure to be many
who will graduate from the stage OF
interest in common chickens to lik-
Ing for fowls of only the best quality.
Such operators can easily be converted
to the use of standardized poultry,
and where their original breeding stock
Is Of type which will prove salts
factory, these converts will be changed
into permanent boosters for better
blood. The crux of the situation rests
really with the breeder who supplies
| foundation stock to beginners In the
| industry. If the beginner In breeding
| standardized poultry Is able to pur-
| chase stock which gives satisfaction,
he Is likely to be ever after an ardent
advocate of standardized hens. If. on
the other hand, stock Is furnished him
which is unsatisfactory, he Is likely to
join the ranks of those who feel that
there Is nothing In STANDARDIZED poul-
try, and that It Is better to keep mon
| grel or unlmproved stock. On this nc
count breeders should aim to dissent
nate foundation fowls which will meet
the needs and reasonable expectations
Of the purchasers and which will be
representative of fair value for the
money received. Inferior stock should
| never be used to fill orders, even when
the supplies of desirable birds are ex-
hausted. Nothing could be more disas-
trous to standardized interests than
| plan which would promote the distri-
| button of low-grade fowls under the
| guarantee of good stock.
contented Customers Increase Sales.
| Not only Is 1t good business to make
| an honest effort to satisfy customers,
| for the reason that satisfied customers
mean additional business In the future,
but there is definite advantage which
will accrue to the poultry industry In
| its entirety from such a business
policy. If satisfaction Is not given, In
a majority of the cases Of those who
are becoming interested for the first
| time in standardized poultry, many
| Of those newly interested In the busi-
ness will henceforth taboo stock of
this character. On the other hand, II
| the majority are satisfied with the pur-
chases which they made. the results
will be apparent in a large addition to
the ranks of the standardized poultry
keepers.
| This Is indicative of conservative
and sound expansion Of a desirable
business, and makes for the building
Of the poultry industry upon a more
solid foundation. Such results are
aptly illustrated by the history OF some
of the breeds which have, had tenn
| porary bursts Of great popularity In
this country. These breeds, well nd
yertised, have gained many supporters
and for few years there occurred n
/ keen demand for foundation stock,
which subsequently died out almost en-
tirely. This came rs a direct result Of
the Unsuitable demand which led to the
breeders distributing fowls which were
Inferior. and the discourage cement which
these beginners experienced as q result
Of thiS low-grade stock led them to
abandon the breed and to condemn II
at every opportunity. Unquestionnbiy
some of these breeds would enjoy n
/ deserved share Of popularity had the
greatest pains been taken to zee that
only such stock as, would give the
Ss1s4 6osa rsputatfoa should b d.