The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-09-11
BIG SALE WILL Be HELD
At DAWSON THURSDAY
THOUSANDS OF CHICKENS TO
BE BROUGHT FROM TERRELL
AND OTHER COUNTIES.
TOP OF The MARKET IS ASSURED
Poultry Industry in This Section Is
Growing to Large Proportions, and
Sales Another Year Are Expected
To Reach Around $4,000.

| 10 NedCn Around UAU,uOO,
The third cooperative chicken sale
will be held in Dawson on Thursday,
September 18th, this date having been
set by the State Bureau of Markets,
which will have charge of the sale, as
in the case of the preceding ones.
AS interest in the poultry industry
has rapidly increased during the past
Flew months the sale Thursday is eX-
pected to be the largest as well as
most profitable of any that has yet
occurred.
The first Terrell county co-opera-
tive poultry sale was held in Dawson
on April 18th and the second fol-
lowed on June 18th, The sum real
fixed from the two sales totaled $1,000
all of which was outside capital
brought into the county.
On Solid Foundation.
1t is the concensus of opinion
among the people of the county who
have studied poultry raising that
this industry now has a solid founda-
ton in Terrell, and although the bus
mess is only in the embryonic Stage
it is certain to grow steadily until this
section will be noted for the success
it has achieved in the poultry industry.
Chicken sales will be regular event,
and it is predicted by persons who
have reason to know that the county
will ship approximately $4,000 to
| $4,000 worth of poultry the coming
year. This year the total returns from
carload lots and drop shipments will
reach approximately $500, which is
very commendable for the initial year,
when the industry has only been in
the experimental stage.
The poultry organization OF the
county, which has only temporary OF
fcers but which has functioned like a
perfectly organized body in every re-
spect since the first meeting, now has
a community hatchery in view tor
this section The cooperative hatch
cry would be of 10000 egg capacity
to begin with and could be purchased
for $1,000. A committee composed
of Mrs. Ernest Brim, Mrs. w. H.
! Dismuke and Mr.. D. ]. Woolbright
are now making a survey of the coun-
ty with the view to buying hatch
ery with subscriptions obtained from
enterprising chicken raisers and they
will report at a meeting soon to be
held. Dir. L. Lamar is temporary pres
ident of the organization.
Ideal for Poultry Raising.
The climate and conditions here are
ideal for raising poultry economically.
Green food can be had the year round
and in this manner egg production in
creased. The poultry industry has
proved a decided success in the north
under adverse conditions and with
much expense that would not be en-
countered here The advantages OF
poultry raising on a large scale here
are numerous, and any farmer who
might decide to try the. chicken bust
ness on a moderate scale would find
that this would more than pay the
expenses of the farm and thus make
the returns of the other crops, such
as cotton. etc. be clear profit.
The sale Thursday, just as the ones
heretofore, will be held at the Central
of Georgia depot, where a regular
poultry car will be placed convenient
iy in order to conduct the sale with
| dispatch. Experts from the bureau
of markets will weigh the chickens
and grade them, and the money will
be paid for the fowls as they are
brought in.
These cooperative chicken sales
are in every way advantageous to
Dawson and Terrell county. Aside
from the pecuniary gain the advertis
ing received from the sales is well
worth anything that can be done to
make the sales a success.
Neighboring Counties Interested.
All who will have chickens for sale
next Thursday are requested to notify
either R. d. Smith, H. A. Petty or
w. S. Dozier.
This sale is expected to be the larg-
est yea. Many chickens and other
poultry will be brought in by farm
ers of Calhoun, Randolph, Webster
and other neighboring counties