Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1918 — APPEALS TO ALL TO RAISE CHICKS [ARTICLE]

APPEALS TO ALL TO RAISE CHICKS

In line with the big campaign to conserve .food that is being conducted by the food administration, the United States department of agriculture 19 making a direct appeal to every family to produce food in so far as it can. J. W. Kinghorne of the federal department of agriculture is in charge of the middle Western states in the government’s nationwide campaign to stimulate poultry production, with headquarters in Chicago. In an interview Mr. Kinghorne made the following statement outlining the nation’s needs and the big aid city and suburban dwellers can give in supplying them: “In hundreds of ammunition plants in various parts of our country skilled mechanics are working day and night, turning out shells to pave the way for democracy. “Contrast this with the possibility of every city and suburban family that has the available ground establishing another form of munition plant to produce shells filled with a most valuable and nutritious food. In other words, producing eggs. “The part that the American hen can play in winning this war can be materially increased by the establishment of thousands of backyard poultry plants all over this country. That “food will win the war” is brought before our attention daily, and the reason why food can and will play such an important part is because it is just as necessary and important as ammunition to obtain ultimate victory. “That poultry and eggs can be produced more quickly and by a larger number of people than any other form of animal food is the all-important reason why Uncle Sam Is making a national effort and a strong appeal to every city and suburban dweller to produce poultry, and especially eggs. “The equipment for such an enterprise need pot be laffge or costly. A lot 25x30 feet is ample to accommodate a flock of twelve to twenty-five hens, which should produce sufiicient eggs for the average family. By building a simply constructed ,poultry house out of dry goods or piano boxes, and supplementing the regular feeds with table scraps, eggs can be produced at but little cost. Thus the backyard flock will not only help in reducing tl>. cost of living and make possible strict ly fresh eggs, but at the same time it will fill a national need as a source of food production.”