Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT of farm welfare CONDUCTED BY CO. AGENT LEANING. June 3 to Bth, Is Rooster AVeek. Sell all the roosters,” isthe theme of a propaganda being carried on by the county poultry committee as a part of the state wide plan to reduce the number of eggs spoiled this summer. Chairman Chas. Postill of the committee estimates that at least $3,500 worth of eggs could be saved in this county alone this season by disposing of the roosters at the present time. Indiana poultry dealers have agreed to pay a premium for roosters during the week of June 3 to the 8, and actually, lose money themselves in remarketing them just to secure a better quality of eggs from the farmers. The committee asks all farmers to heed the suggestion as a matter of food conservation.