Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — NATION STILL NEEDS GREAT POULTRY INCREASES [ARTICLE]

NATION STILL NEEDS GREAT POULTRY INCREASES

Poultry production should be increased greatly, according to* the department of agriculture’s 1918 agricultural production program, especially in back yards and on farms where waste material is available and the purchase of expensive grains and other material is not required. Increased poultry production may be obtained most economically, according to the federal experts, by early hatching, by confining mother hens at least ten days after the chicks are hatched, by reducing losses on account of rats, weasels, and thieves, and cold, damp conditions, by thorough sanitation, by discouraging the marketing of. early-hatched pullets as broilers, by eliminating non-producing hens and keeping good layers through at least two laying seasons, and by the poultryman raising his own feed as far as possible.