Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1919 — TIME TO START POULTRY RAISING [ARTICLE]

TIME TO START POULTRY RAISING

At no time in the history of the standard-bred poultry business has there been such a favorable opportunity for the beginner or small breeder to make a good profit from poultry. There has never been a time when it would pay so well to keep even a small flock in the back yard to supply the family needs.* In conversation with a back-yard poulyrymon. writes a poultry expert, we learned that from pine hens The had secured enough eggs during the past year to supply fresh eggs for the table use of a family of three, and they had eggs on. the table at least-one meal every day. His feed bill was very little owing to utilizing the table scraps, which, made into a mash, made Up a nice part of the daily ration. The saving in meat and egg bills was no little item of expense, and, as he put it, “The expense and trouble are so little it’s just like finding them.” For the poultryman the future never was brighter. The demand for stock, eggs and baby is sure to be the greatest in the history of the business, and those who have stuck through the trying times of the past and those who will take up the breeding of standardbred poultry wilf reap a great harvest during the next few years. The present prices of market poultry and eggs, backed up by recent government reports on cold storage holdings, indicate prices will continue to soar higher. The man who is in the poultry business, or can get in even' with a few fowls will come out a long way ahead, even if only a few are kept for his own family use —to reduce the advanced cost of living.