Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1913 — Our Poultry Industry. [ARTICLE]

Our Poultry Industry.

There is a great awakening in the poultry Industry among the scientist* of the country. Twenty or more States have established experiment stations and in addition, three yean ago the Department of Agriculture started a station at Baltimore, Maryland. At the State experiment stations there are regular courses of Instruction on poultry raising, while scientific experiments are made to determine the comparative values of different breeds and varieties, the best methods of housing and breeding, and the value of the different foods. The poultry Industry has long been deserted by the scientist* and In spite of them, according to figures prepared by Secretary Wilson. the value of the eggs and poultry produced on the farms last year was $620,000,000—as much as the cotton ctrop, seed Included, or the hay or the wheat crop.