The St. Mary banner., 1920-09-11
POULTRY DRIVE WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER 2O-25
PLAN 10 TO PLACE 1000 PENS OF
PURE-sRED POULTRY
IN STATE

Division. Louisiana State University.
will devote this week to talking more
poultry and better poultry.
The object of this. drive is To empha-
size the necessity Of the greater pro-
duction Of poultry and poultry produc-
ton in the State. Louisiana, accord
ing to the poultry specialists. produces
not more than 10 per cent Of the eggs
and 20 per cent Of the poultry con-
sumed in the State. 1t is the plan to-
place 1000 pens of pure-bred chickens
in the parishes where there are farm
and home demonstration agents to
lead and direct the campaign.
Poultry Production Low.
Louisiana, with the possible eIcep.
tion OF Florida, is the lowest poultry
producing State In the South. The
census figures OF 1909, the latest sta
tistics available, show the value OF
poultry and eggs produced In Arkan
sas during that year amounted to ST.
345.S34: Mississippi. ss,S06.981; Lou
isians, $4,392,017.
Can Louisiana farms and back yards
produce top quality poultry and eggs.
and IL so is the land on which same
IL grown too valuable to merely raise
chickens?
Authorities OF the State University
and the United States Department OF
Agriculture state emrhatically that az
good quality poultry and eggs can and
is being produced In limited quantities
in Louisiana as in any other section
of the United States.
Further investigation by the above
mentioned authorities show that at
least 70 per cent of the poultry and
eggs being shipped into Louisiana are
produced on land which has a much
higher valuation than Louisiana land.
New Orleans Good Market.
New Orleans alone consumes ap-
proximately 500 cases Of eggs each "a
hours. at retail price Of 80 cents per
dozen Wholesale price was AZ cents
per dozen August 14). New Orleans
daily egg bill is $4,000, or $780, 900
equally as large II not larger. What
II true of New Orleans is true of the
other cities throughout the State in a
likened ratio of population Figures
compiled by the Louisiana State Uni
versity for year 1913 show that 80
per cent Of the eggs and 50 per cent
of the chickens eaten In the State Of
louisiana are imported
Poultry Supply Short.
What is the future financial outlook
o( the poultry industry?
August 7, 1918, figures given out by
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture show that the total holdings
Of eggs in cold storage throughout the
United States was 1855 ,S76 cases; the
same day, 1920, 3,279,435 cases, or
shortage over last year of 676,441
cases. which equalled 20,293, ,230 dozen
Dressed poultry In storage, August
z, 1919, 1s,939,2S1 pounds, same day
1a 1920, 15.119.S99 pounds, or a short
age as compared with, last year of
A,Sle,3s2 pounds.
II you happen to be consumer pos |
Ibly you have not forgotten how you
commented last year on the scarcity
OF poultry and poultry products; or if
q producer how you longed for guam
4ity Of these products to place on the |
market at the existing high prices.
From the above figures showing an
ind to
that prices are going to be even higher
ahis winter than they were last year.
The outlook for the poultry and egg
producers was never brighter than at
the present time.
Better get in touch with your County
or Home Demonstration
Agent and place that order today for q
psn Of standard bred poultry.
Ancient Bricks Well Made.
Of the durability of the ancient
bricks the remains Of ancient walls
and courses that go back to prehis-
tOric times bear witness. So strong
are the well-lnade sun-dried bricks
that they are found as q foundation
many courses deep, beneath the pom
derous stone work of ancient temples.
The remains of the ancient town, now
known as Ell Kab, still exist, with a
wall constructed entirely of such
bricks, still a solid mass These
bricks now, as In ancient days, are
made with mud from the Nile and
chaff, not straw, but the admixture
vas by no means always required, as
he Nile mud differed considerably in
iifferent places, and In secondrate
,riclmaking the mixture of "tibu" or
,haff was not used. But Id great 4