Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1917 — HENS RECOMMENDED BY COUNTY AGENTS [ARTICLE]

HENS RECOMMENDED BY COUNTY AGENTS

Less Done for Development of Poultry Industry Than for Any Other Farm Stock. ‘The poultry committee of the recent farm bureau conference at University farm, St. Paul, believes that more work for the development of the poultry industry is needed, because: Considering its importance, less has been done for it than for any other live stock Industry, by farm bureaus. Poultry production costs no more per pound than the production of other kinds of live stock, yet the meat sells at a much higher rate. The committee, moreover, believes that the farm flock should be encouraged rather th*ai the large specialized poultry enterprise; that poultry work Is especially adapted to boys’ and girls’ club work, and that farm bureaus In encouraging the work should not overlook the development of the co-opera-tive marketing of eggs through local creameries, or assistance for poultry shows and associations.