Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10

Eastern cities. During this perio
!, y Sussex county has dropped fro
Tooth place of more than 5000 coul
ties in the country to first in Il
! production of poultry.
Statistics reveal, it is pointed ou
that seventy-fve per cent of a
broilers grown in the country al
on the farms of Sussex county. I'll
. banner producing section Is th
Sixth and Seventh Representatiy
Districts, in the Selbyville. Frank
ford, Ocean View, Millville. Days
boro, Millsboro, Bethany Beacl
Clarksville, Williamsville and ROA
ana areas. Twenty-Five and thirt
years ago this was the larges
strawberry area in the country
Gradually the farmers turned fron
strawberry growing, because of in
sects devouring their crops and loy
prices, and started in small wa,
in the production of poultry, chick
ems and turkeys, but mainly broilers
Millions of day-old chicks annual!
are housed and given proper ra
tions from ten to fourteen weeks
when they are ready for the mar
kets, weighing from 2 to 8 pounds
They are sold in the Philadelphia
| Chester, New York, Baltimore, Jer-
sey City and Newark, N. j., markets
as we'll as many other sections
Many millions of pounds OF CONNER
cial feeds are used to produce them
to the marketable stage; and the
large feed houses constitute an ex-
tensive business alone receiving and
paying out each year hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. More COM
mercial feed houses are being built
to supply the demands of the boiler
producers, and poultrymen are
spending thousands of dollars for
more brooder and poultry houses.
This is an industry which seems TO
be a wheel within a wheel.
Owners of some of the feed houses
in lower Delaware have had profits
of more than S150,000 within the
past ten years. Considerable capital
is required to operate broiler plants
on a large scale as well as the COM
mercial feed houses. Thus several
millions of dollars annually are us
ed in the businesses which go hand
in hand.
Sixty-four per cent of the broilers
grown in lower Delaware and the
country are grown by the poultry
men of the Seventh Representative
District. in the area between Selby-
vile and Bethany Beach.
Many millions of feet of lumber
are being used for the construction
of new poultry hsuses within ra-
dius of ten miles of Selbyville.
which means that thousands of feet
of new houses are being built or
added to those already constructed.
1t is stated that millions of eggs.
mostly from the New England
States, have been sent into this area
within the past few weeks; and
daily carload shipments of day-old
chicks have been unloaded at Frank
ford. Dagsboro and Selbyville. One
extensive poultryman estimates that
within less than year there Will be
sufficient houses to take care OF
mere than twenty-five million broiI-
ers a year within the area. The bus
mess has become so extensive that
some are skeptical of the rapid de-
velopment. but the demands are
greater than the supply, according
to those engaged in the business.
A few years ago, the Jewish trade
in New York and Philadelphia used
most of the broilers from this sec
ton; but today they are proving to
be popular with all classes and the
prices are within the range of most
Dc ople. 1t is said that there seems
to be tendency on the part OF
thousands of people to turn away
from using so much pork and beef
to the use of more poultry.
Elect Officers OF
IIOmemakerS' Club
Officers of the Georgetown Home
makers Club have been elected for
The ensuing term, as follows: Pres
ident, Mrs. Miles NJ. Isaacs; vice
president, Mrs. G. T. Rust; secre-
tary, Mrs. Edwin Smith; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Ona Minor;
Mrs. William Brumbley: /
Mrs. Calvin A. Smack; |
project leaders, Mrs. William Glib I
Dons, Mrs. Arthur Kapp; recreation
chairman, Mrs. Charles 7. Jester;
project and report chairman. Mrs.
Jacob J. Minor; food chairman. Mrs.
Iohn r. Whaley; health chairman,
Mrs. Frank Green.
Members and families of the CLUB
will give the annual Christmas en-
in the hall OF Midland
irange, No. 81, Patrons of Husban-
Try, on North Race street, this city,
N Thursday night, December 16. A
,rogram will be given.
Ian To Eradicate Diseases
ImOng Dairy Herds
For the purpose of discussing one
{ the greatest plaques now affect ;
lg the dairy industry in lower Del
ware, infectious abortion or Bangs
isease, the Sussex County Agricul-
lral Department with the coopera-
on of the State Board of Agricul-
Ire, held a meeting in the Commun-
y Hall lat Coolspring. eleven miles J
asst of here, on Thursday night. The
Ian of work to eradicate the dis
ase is similar to that of the tuher-
llosis eradication campaign which ]
as conducted for many years. At
ne meeting it will be explained the !
lans that have been adopted by the ,
ederal and State agencies and the 4
angers and damages of the dread
| plague.
alhOun-COverdale
That age laughs at locksmiths is !
lst as true as the one that Dan
upid is no respector of persons. He J.