The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-14
WEED BARNS MADE
into HEN HOUSES
chickens Have Benefited
From The Triple AS To-
bacco Control Program

lonrO IOllS4S
p~oun. Extension poultryman of
G. State College, reports that
s,rnerous farmers in the eastern
a,rt of the State r converting
their excess tobacco barns into
GOOD poultry houses.
This means that the birds have
,.tter places to roost than in the
+rpes. and the hens no longer have
n use the hay loft in which to
lay their eggs.
As an example of this improve
ment of poultry housing facilities,
Brown mentioned the conversion
~ = tobacco barn into a poultry
bo,se on the farm of j. L. Sasser
in ZONES County. Mr.. Sasser re.
moved his tobacco flues, put in
roost poles, cut a door beside his
+urnace, boarded up the grading
shelter,' the specialist said.
The Jones County farmer is now
housing IT'S hens satisfactorily in
the old tobacco barn. What's more,
Brown says, the usefulness of the
structure as a. tobacco barn has not
been hurt. This conversion present
ed one Of the best poultry POSSIBLE
tiles for the fue-cured tobacco
farm that l know Of" the special
ist stated.
Put Barn To Double Use
He recommends the practice not
only to farmers who. have an ex-
cess Of barns due to the Agricul-
tural Conservation Program, but
also, he pointed out, the tobacco
barn is used only six weeks OF
the year and at a time when the
noultry flock is culled to a mini
mum. This means that any tobac-
CO barn could be put to double use.
Floyd F.. Hendrix. Jones County
farm agent of the Extension Serv-
ice. supplements the information
on Mr.. Sasser's poultry project by
reporting: "Mr. Sasser has re-
placed his regular barn doors with
DOORS covered with cello-glass to
furnish light for the barn. Tn e
hens use the tobacco barn proper
for roosting only, Poultry wire has
been placed under the roost poles
10 keep the chickens off the ground
and improve sanitation"
Hendrix says that a visit to MI.
Sasser's farm was probably: the
outstanding stop on arrecent poul-
Try demonstration tour in Jones,
the first poultry tour ever held. IN
the Eastern part of the State and
one Of the few ever held in North
Carolina. .f:s> ~
In his report on the tour; the
farm agent said: 1.-THE flocks visit
ed had ben built up . without a
great deal of expense, or special
equipment. The first stop was to
inspect Randolph Foy's chickens
and turkeys, and his range Shell
ters and poultry house."
Randolph is q years old and
he started in the poultry business
as a Service Club, or Older Youth
member. He now has 8OO New
Hampshire hens, and he also raises
several hundred broilers and from
50 to 100 turkeys each year. Ihls
year he ordered SO turkey poults,
and now has 81 grown turkeys
raised on wire; they have never
touched the ground. His RECORD
shows the birds have a value OF
twice their expense"
Enthusiastic Over Income
THE tour next visited Mrs.
George R. Hughes home and saw
her flock Of $50 New Hampshire
Red pullets. Mrs. Hughes has two
brooder houses, and she is using
both now as laying houses. She
plans to Gull her flock in the spring
until all of the hens al be put IN
one house and new pullets raised
IN the other house. Mrs. Hughes is
IN her second year of poultry work
and she is very enthusiastic over
the additional income secured from
her flock"
e. S. Simmons flock of loo
harred Plymouth Rocks ri in the
second year of production. Til
mock cleared S175.0 90 for MI. Sim
mons last year and the hens are
now IN 50 per cent production. MIR
simmons is in poor health and cen
sequently devetes.most Of his time
10 MS chickens. He credits the
Algh production of his flock to the
sood breeding and personal atten,
ton" =
The next stop was to see the
,ock of $50 New Hampshire pull
.els owned by S. H. Haywood. This
was possibly the best looking flock
seea on the tour. Mr.. Haywood
Wlo the group that the chickens
were live and one-half months ole
aiu IN 80 per cent production. The
pule's were grown from premium
miceo baby chicks and Mr.. Hay
sooo says that present indications
ths mat the chickens will more
,a.l justify the extra expense fol
"elnlum chicks"
oener stops were made at Mrs
o;so. Gray's, where feeds were
Missed at the home Of Miss
don Debruhl, who has the oldes1
~ nohstration flock in the county
mo Il. L. Fordham's, who is build,
d new poultry house and a,
FOOL Eubanks' who has 800 barred
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