The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-10-19
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN THE
MOUNTAINS

The Transatlantic Times says lHat INC
statement has been made that ninety per
cent of the eggs used in Buncombe county
are shiuped in from other States; and the
Brevard newspaper believes 80 per cent
of the eggs used in that county are not pro-
duced in Pennsylvania. The Times wants
TO know if enough eggs to supply the local
demand can be produced in the county
and if not, what is the reason.
The answer is that the eggs can be pro
duced in Transatlantic, but the chances are
that the people over there will not take
the trouble and do the hard work that IS
necessary to make a success of the poultry
business. The people of Pennsylvania and
all this section are accustomed to getting
along without the use of much man-poWcr
or brain power, and both must be used III
the poultry business. This mountain coun-
try is a country where people can manage
to live with very little work and without
straining their brain capacity; and many
of our people have learned how to do BOTH
And, in addition to their natural inchna-
tions, Uncle Sam now comes along and
proposes to take care of large proper
ton of the population, atfOrding them sub
siStence without work.
Therefore, the chances are that there
is going to be less and less work done IN
Pennsylvania, Henderson and all of the
mountain counties. The people are going
to take time to enjoy the climate and
scenery and do not propose to let work
trouble them.
However, The Times-NewS can tell The
Pennsylvania Times that the poultry bust
ness in this county is in about the same
condition as the poultry business in that
county and Buncombe and others. A large
proportion of the eggs consumed in this
county are produced in Tennessee and
other States. This condition will be
changed when the people living on the
land, the people who are in position to
: make poultry raising profitable, use the
intelligence and energy they possess to
make success of the business.
The quality of the poultry and eggs of
: this mountain country is not excelled any
where in the United States. The mountain
counties ought to be raising poultry 10
supply all the demands Of local consump-
ton and, in addition, hundreds of carloads
= annually for sale elsewhere at cash prem
= iums. Poultry and eggs from this section
would bring better prices in the markets
. than the products of any other section-if
> the people of this section would learn how
. to produce and market, and capitalize the
climate and other natural conditions, which
:. are great aid to the production of the
: finest poultry and poultry products.
: The Pennsylvania Times speaks of the
cost of going into the poultry business on
n a large scale and of the fact that many
Of the people of that county do not have
the necessary capital Unfortunately, this
is the present condition of many residents
of all the mountain counties; and thew will
remain in that condition until they lift
themselves out of it. They may be able
to get bare subsistence from their govern
nent, or scrape along on pOverty-stricken
incomes, but in order to lift themselves out
= of poverty they must develop the resources
+ and possibilities of their section; they must
make use of the intelligence and muscle
( they possess-and every man must do il
. for himself.
The Pennsylvania Times refers to the