Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1917 — KILL ROOSTER AND SAVE EGGS [ARTICLE]

KILL ROOSTER AND SAVE EGGS

He Annoys th« Hens and Reduces the Egg Yield. Capital punishment lor all surplus roosters in Jasper county is advocated by a conservation enthusiast. The following charges, for any one of which the death sentence should be given, have been proven against these noisy fowls: 1. They eat Ynuch expensive food but yield no profits.« 2. They annoy the hens’ and reduce the egg yield. 3. Fertile eggs spoil much more quickly than infertile ones, particularly during warm weather. Now that the breeding season is practically over all of the older roosters should be placed in pens separating them from the hens, :>nd all but those to be kept for another breeding season should be eaten or otherwise disposed of. The young roosters should be separated from the pullets. The best cockerels may be saved, but all others should be marketed when they will bring the most profit from the food consumed.

F. J. Haskin tells what has become of some of the breweries In states that have gone “dry.” They are used for canning clams, fnaklng vinegar, handling dairy— produets,cold storage warehouses, making artificial ice, meat packing, making yeast, dry cells,, soap, chemicals, moving picture films, paints, varnish and everything from ice to loganberry juice. One has become a hospital and another a church. The Coors brewery at Golden, Colorado, was famous for its size and its beer, but nothing could save it against the “dry” wave. So one of the Coors brothers took over the plant and is now doing a thriving business in malted milk.