The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-03-29
COMMUNITY CLUB
GAINING favor
Each Member Can Work Out
Problems in Direct Co-opera-
ton With His Neighbors.
AAPHAzARD WAYS REPLACED
Fowls Of General Purpose Type Are
Most PopuIaryAdvisabIe for Farm.
ers to Get Backing of Local
Business Men.

When one speaks of Petaluma, Cal,
his Imagination Immediately pictures
flocks of single-cOmb White Leghorn
hens. The mention of the Little
Compton district of Rhode Island is
synonymous with Rhode Island Reds,
while Vineland, N. j., spells single
comb White Leghorns to poultrymen.
Community Capitalization for the pro-
motion and improvement of one breed
of poultry in each of these cases has
resulted in the development of extern
sive and profitable poultry industries.
The United States department of ag-
riculture commends the idea to other
communities.
One Standard for Community Hens.
Boys and girls poultry clubs in
various sections of the country have
been an education to both young and
old and have acted as pioneers for
the subsequent formation of commu-
nifty poultry breeding associations.
Each member is interested in the bet
terment of one breed and can work
out his local problems in direct CO.
operation with his neighbors, the COM
mon interest of the locality being CEN
tered in the improvement of this
breed. With the growth of the bust
ness the. district soon becomes known
as source of large supplies of fowls
and eggs for market, eggs for hatch
ing, breeding stock and day-Old chicks.
Increased interest in the farm hens
and the practice of approved poultry
management always replace the pre-
vious haphazard, shiftless methods of
handling fowls after the cooperative
community club has been organized.
The Farmville (Va.) Barred Ply
mouth Rock association is an interest
ing example of what can be accom-
plished in community hen raising.
During the first five months Of its his
tory this organization sold $500
worth of poultry products. The club
has now been incorporated with capt.
tai stock of $500, and hires a man.
ager to handle its business affairs.
The last report from this association
shows that the members had on hand
5000 Barred Plymouth Rock hens.
while they had marketed 1000 capons
during the spring.
Seventeen counties in Kentucky
have organized community poultry
clubs recently and have distributed
$1,000 eggs among their members for
the foundations of one-breed fiocks.
Christian county, Kentucky, has al
ready established itself as White
Leghorn district.
Hens for Community Clubs.
The fowls Of the general-purpose
type, such as Plymouth Rocks, Wyan-
dottes or Rhode Island Reds, are most
popular for the use Of community
poultry clubs. Most of the members
Of the associations are farmers who
wish to raise dual-purpose fowl which
are adapted for both egg and meat
production. However, some special
purpose egg clubs have been formed,
such as the Franklin county (Virginia)
White Leghorn association, composed
of rs members, which markets it's eggs
in New York. There are six similar
White Leghorn county clubs in Ten
aessee, which also ship their eggs to
New York.
How to Start Club.
In organizing community poultry
club it is always advisable for the
farmers to get the backing of the local
business men. Generally when the
tradesmen are shown that the "get-
together hen club" will be an agricul-
tural asset to the community they are
not remiss about aiding the enter
prise. Funds secured from the busi-
ness men may be devoted to the pur-
chase of purebred stock for distribu-