Milford chronicle., 1927-07-22
IUhINA MILLS BOOST
DEL-MAR-YA

The largest feed manufacturers in
the world feature Del-Mar-Va in the
'Purina Poultryman." This poultry
magazine, published six times a
year, has a circulation of 100000
and covers every state east of the
Rockies. 1t is encouraging to have
such an organization working for
and with us. The following is the
article which appeared in the June
issue-together with some photo
graphs of farms of some of our
leading poultrymen:
DOOR TO SUCCESS WITH POUL-
TRY is WIDE OPEN IN
DEL-MAR-VA
Del-Mar-Va, because of its geo.
graphical location, is destined to be-
come one of Americas great poultry
raising sections. Perhaps you won
der just where Del-Mar-Va is locat-
ed. A glance at the map will reveal
it as the unit of three states-Del-
aware, Maryland and Virginia. It's a
land of widely diversified resources,
with an area of 5000 square miles,
stretching southwark in an elonga-
ted line from Wilmington, Del, on
the north, to Cape Charles, Va, on
the south. Cooler in the summer
than most of the eastern coast sec
tions, the peninsula is likewise blest
with milder winters than are found
in regions many hundred miles fur
ther south. Within a radius of three
hundred miles there is to be found
quarter of the entire population of
the United States.
Del-Mar-Va presents all of the ad-
vantages which the modern poultry
man has come to demand. The mild
climate in which one side of the
poultry house can be left open dur
ing the entire year, the well-drained
soil and the access to city markets
are an aid to success in poultry
raising. 1t is especially practical to
combine poultry with a small fruit
farm in Del-Mar-Va. They say all
through Del-Mar-Va that the poul-
try industry on the peninsula is in
its infancy. However, a trip over
the land makes one feel as he sees
poultry farm after poultry farm that
the poultry industry in Del Mar-Na
is robust grown-up. Nowhere IN
the land are there to be found bet
ter poultry farms or poultrymen
than there are to be found on the
peninsula. Another outstanding
phase about the poultry industry in
this section is that the pOuitrymen
are making money. Seldom do you
meet a pOultryman in Del-Mar-Va
who is complaining about an over
production of eggs or poultry meat.
Seldom do you see one who doesn't
have the comforts of a successful
mans life. AS a matter of fact, Del
Mar-Va poultrymen are the type
who are buying the things they want
plus putting money in the bank
The reasons for the success of poul-
try raising in Del-Mar-Va might not
be approached from a long distant
view. But a visit with some Of the
poultrymen of the type of C. E.
Humphreys, Easton, Md, makes the
cause for poultry success very OBJ
ViOuS. First of all, the poultrymen
are of a cosmopolitan type. They
have come from all parts of the
country. They have combined their
ideas of poultry raising and worked
out profitable methods suitable to
the climatic conditions of the pen
insula. Second, a highly developed
network of paved roadways, sea-
board connections and railway de-
velopment bring the largest mark
cts right to the very door of the
peninsula. There is the south on
one side and the north on the other.
From the southern part of the
peninsula the poultry raiser can
have his products delivered by mo-
tor van or rail or water within
less than twelve hours to such mar