The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-09-11
POULTRY DRIVE WEEK
OF SEPTEMBER 2o-25
PLAN 10 TO PLACE 1000 pEhs o.
PURE-BRED POULTRY
IN STATE.

September goth to 25th Will Do
known rs Poultry Week In Louisiana.
and all specialists. parish agents and
others connected with the Extension
Division. Louisiana State University.
will devote this week to talking more
poultry and better poultry.
The object Of this drive In to smpha-
size tho necessity Of the greater pro-
duotion of poultry and poultry produc-
tion 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 COZ
sumed in the State. 1t IL the plan to
place 1000 pens of pure-bred chickens
in the parishes where there are farm
and home demonstration agents -
lead and direct the campaign.
Poultry Production Low.
Louisiana, with the possible sxceD.
ton 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 H.
346.S34: Mississippi. 36.s0s.sS1: Low
isiana, sA.392,O17.
Can Louisiana farms and back yards
produce top quality poultry and eggs.
and II so 10 the land on which same
Is grown too valuable to merely raise
chickens"?
Authorities Of the State University
and the United States Department Of
Agriculture state emphatically that ~
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 1t
least rs per cent Of the poultry and
eggs being shipped into Louisiana are
produced on land which has \ much
higher valuation than Louisiana land.
New Orleans . Good Market
New Orleans alone consumes ap-
proximately 500 cases OF eggs each -
hours, at retail price Of SO cents per
dozen Wholesale price Was ~ cents
per dozen August 1D. New Orleans'
daily egg bill II $4,000. or S4.3s0.ooe
yearly. New Orleans poultry bill u
equally ~ large II not larger. What
II true OF New Orleans IL true Of the
other cities throughout the state IN .
iikened ratio Of population. Figures
compiled by the Louisiana State UNI
versity for year 1913 show that -
per cent of the eggs and 80 per cent
OF the chickens eaten in the state Of
Louisiana are imported.
Poultry supply short.
What IL the future financial; outlook
of the poultry industry! y
August Z, 1919. 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 s.s56, ste cases: The
same day. 1920. 3.27s.l36 cases. or .
shortage over last year Of s7s.A41
cases, which eQualled 2O.2SS. ESQ dossn.
Dressed poultry In storage. August
IL. 1919. 1s.s3S,2s1 pounds. same day
In 1890, 16.11s,Sss pounds, or = short
age - compared with last year Of
l,s1s.3S1 pounds.
II you happen to be consumer pos
sibly you have not forgotten how you
| conmented last year on the scarcity
Of poultry and poultry products; Or II
producer how you longed for guam
tity Of these products to place on the
market At the existing high prices.
From the above figures showing a
enormous shortage every indication II
that prices are going to be even higher
this winter than they were last year.
The outlook for the poultry and egg
producers was never brighter than 81
the present time.
Better get In touch with your County
Agricultural or Home Demonstration
| Ageat and place that order today fes .
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