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High Prices For Poultry and Eggs
A s Direct Result of European War
Splendid Opportunity For
Poultry Raisers to Reap Big
Profits
Pullets Should Be Saved Now
For Layers When Prices Rise
By Prof. Harry Reynolds Lewis.
Head of the Department of Poultry
Husbandry at New Jersey State
Agricultural Experiment Bta-
Statlon.
Copyright, 1914
Poultry raisers will enjoy a rare
opportunity t«> money as a re
sult of the European War. This will
he a. natural reault and not due to
holding up the public American beef
and other food stuffs will be in great de
mand by the nations at *ar Canada
will make a direct demand for Amcri
tnan poultry foods but the main in
crease in poultry consumption will b«
within our own borders due to the de
pletion of other staple food stuffs.
The poultry man who prepares for
this market by increasing his flock and
improving its laying efficiency will be
amply repaid
The consumers of agricultural pro
ducts have already ceafied to ask the
question. "Will th< war Increase the
already high cost of living.“ It is an
established fact that, to date, food val*
ue* have risen materially since the war
broke out. New York city has taken
steps to meet this rise in food values
by the establishment of a number of
so railed City Public Markets The
government lias attempted through tju
enforcement of laws t * check the un
necessary Increased prices which the
housewife must pay for her food sup
ply. Poultry products have not risen in
proportion to other more perishable
foods. This Is due to the fa«’t that the
increased cost of the production ol
eggs is a secondary and not a primary
cause of high prices.
The ponltryman is constantly asking
himself how he get get higher prices and
keep down the cost of production. In
order to answer this question intelt
gently it is necessary to underatand the
conditions created by the war. Europe
In the next few months, and possibly ,
years, will be an immense consumer of
staple products produced In the United
Rtatfs and Canada. In the countries
at war the entire male population,
which usually works the land and pro
duces the crops, Is practically on the
battle field fighting for national exls
tence. The women, children and old
man must do whatever farming Is done, i
which at best, will enable them to pro
duce but a small prtptrtion of the com- j
modules needed.
Cause of High Prices.
High prices received by the producer
will he due to indirect causes, that is,
there will he no direct demand for
poultry products for exportation to
Kurope, largely on account of the
faxt of the perishable nntur# of the
product and the high cost for an me.
There may he. however considerable
demand from Canada, due to the fact
that less eggs and poultry are produced
on acount of the extensive demand !
for foodstuffs for shipment to Eng
land. Higher prices for poultry and
eggs will he due to two indirect causes !
First, the great demand tor An cri- j
can beef for exportation to the war
ring countries, will cause the price of |
foodstuffs to reach a very high level !
That will mean a greater demand for I
poultry and eggs which can not but j
help to materially Increase the price j
Poultry, meat and eggs will be used |
vary extensively during the cccninK j
winter on the American table In the 1
place of beef and other forms of meat, i
The second Indirect cuuae if the j
prevailing high price will be the ma
terial Increase in food cost due to a !
great demand for grains in Kurope We
have already seen it) litis short time
how' the price nt wheat has risen to i
a very high point This means that the i
GOLDEN LACED WYANDOTTES
I ?v -V ]
• --?« ,<■'•''•*••■ * Av*- w&'K'r,^;±- ■ : '>>s J
(By Lost* «*aul Oranam.)
This I* the second variety of the fa
niiui American general purpose fowl
■ml wrae originated al>oul 1550. foil, wing
cosely ili« grp.it Silver Izrail Wyan
dotte with which It divided popularity
among American breeders for »omp
year*
The Golden Wyandotte l> marked e\.
art))' like the Silver, tut liaa a beautiful
go den reddlah ground color to Ita plu
mage. Inatpad f white Thla In
tra»i with the greenlah black markings,
make It a richly colored fowl.
Th* Golden Lai cd Wyandotte wwe
originated by rroaalng the Silver with
Partridge Cochin*, or aa c almed t.jr
aome with the Wlnneltasn fowl, which
aeetua to have been a cleat) legged Part
ridge Cochin. From thte crosa resulted
j ponltryman muse pay more for his food
and hence it wll cost him more to pro
duce eggs. This high price and pos
sible scarcity of common cereals or
grains will affect all meat production
i in the same way. The Increase in sell
j ing price due to demand and cost of
j production will, however, be greatly
ahead of the slight increased cost of
j foodstuffs.
How to Grasp Opportunities.
lfow can the poultryman best grasp
his oppnrtunities?
His opportunity is the ability to pro
duce throughout the next or ten
! months an abundant supply, and at
! the same tin e to maintain as low a
j cost of production as possible. The
| following five factors should receive
! special consideration, as it is only by
[attention to the details that he he is
j able to meet the present peculiar con-
I ditions. First his aim should be to
increase the size of bis flock. A larger
! flock, properly managed will mean
[larger production, and there will cer
tainly be a demand for this Increased
production at the prevailing prices,
prices. The flock can he increased In
j two ways. First, by retaining a num
ber of yearlings and even two year
old hens and second by rutting into
winter quarters a large flock of pul
lets Two year old hens. especially the
Leghorn#breeds, If properly managed,
will produce a fair number of eggs If
sold at prevailing prices this winter.
The effort should be to look over the
old birds well, weed out any which
seoni to I e especially fat, and not in
the best of health and vigor. These old
er liens should be kept, separate from
the pullets as they will have to take
more exercise, in order to keep down
the body fat. All available pullets
raised by the poultryman during the
past s< mi juer should be kept by him
and not sold. Pullets art- going to he
in great demand and are going to sell
at prevailing high prices. Even in view
of tin* possibility of getting consider
able revenue from their sale. It will
surely he more profitable to keep them
for the production of eggs Pullets will
also he more or less scarce, due to Ihe
poor conditions if hatching last spring.
Increased Egg Production.
Having Instiled a large flock of
healthy birds, the second problem of
the poultryman should be to surround
his birds with a congenial environ
ment which will induce production. In
order to insure winter production, the
birds should be confined in the laying
house all the time, hut should Rot be
crowded. At least four square feet of
floor space should be allowed each
bird In the? house. The house should
he kept perfectly dry, well lighted and
well ventilated. These three factors
combined witha suitable diet will cre
ate practically the same conditions
which prevail in the s. ring and sum
mer, at which season the hens pro
duce a large number of eggs
Again It is ur-ent if the birds are
to kept in producing condition, to keep
the flock perfectly healthy. Health j
u cans vitality and fre*«fnin from dis
ease This condition of the flock can
be assured by con pelllna them to take
considerable exerclw. This can be
dene by keeping the floor of the house
covered with little and scattering the
grain in the litter. Cleanliness Is a sec
ond requisite towards maintaining
health. The dropping boards should
he cleaned frequently, at least twice
a week, and good absorbent like
g\psoni or dry loam should be fre
quently sprinkled over the droppings
The litter on the floor should be kept
dry, coarse ami free from an excessive
amount of droppings. The house
should be thoroughly cleaned in the
fall before the birds start on their win
ter campaign
Guard Against Disease.
The poultryman should be on the
watch for the first symptoms of any
disease, such appearing, the conditions
causing same should be carefully stud
ied and steps taken to eliminate the
possibilities of the infection spreading.
'Phis can he done by the Isolation of
the infected birds and a careful disin
fection of the house. Houp, chicken
pox and canker are three winter af
flictions of poultry Vitality should he
i aintalned at all costs, for without
this no 1 lock of poultry can produce a
both Go’den Triced snd Part rid*# Wynn
dottf* At that time the latter were
cast aside ms th# aim was to |u\xluc# «
Golden Faced fowl.
Thetr rich coloration made them pop
ular favorites at once, and their ability
to produce penty of winter egg* caused
them to he widely bred.
After a time "Laced" waa dropped
from iheir name and they are now
known a* Golden Wyandot tea many
hahdaome *i eeltnena being exhibited al
loading poultry aboo*
The Golden Wyandotte female la val
ued aa a good layer of brown ruga, pro
ducing many of thcae In winter when
the be*i price* n a.v be obtained Th*
hens will become broody, alt. hatch and
rear the chicken* and arc usually good
mothera. The cbicka, like air Wyan-
I profitable dozen of eggs, nor will the
birds kept for meat production put
on a profitable pound of flesh
Birds are machines, or should bq
considered as such. They consume a
raw product, which is grain, green
food, etc., and produce for human food
consumption, eggs. Given a healthy
flock 1t is necessary for us to supply
it with the proper food materials, if
we are to got a suitable production.
The poultryman must obtain this food
from as near a source as possible, when
considering it from a standpoint of
cost. It Is never desirable to sacrifice
quality for cheapness, hut most east
ern poultrymen can materially lower
the cost of the food supply if they are
mo located that they can buy their
poultry food in considerable hulk and
store it for a period of two or three
months. Wheat, oats and corn and
'ilso buckwheat can frequently he pur
chased direct from the farmer in mod
erate quantities at a considerably low
er price than would have to he paid
for the product shipped from the mid
dle west.
Lastly, he should make an effort to
study market conditions, to observe
'•arefully from day to day the fluctua
tions in price. He should also cater
to any peculiar demands of the mar
ket which exist in an effort to make
his products a.ppear to the best ad
vantages when offered for sale.
That opportunity exists for the pro
gressive poultryman no one will deny.
That the war will last long and that
prices will rise as the supply becomes
shorter and shorter is a generally ac
cepted fact. It remains for the poul
try rnan to appreciate conditions and
take advantag of of them.
Next week Mr. Reese V. Hicks man
ager of the Rancocas Poultry Farms.
Brown’s Mills, N. J., and former pres
ident of the American Poultry Assoc
iation, will contribute an article on
“Poultry Outlook for 1916." The il
lustration will show up to date ap
pliances for poultry houses.
Best Cough Medicine for Children.
“Three years ago when T was living
in Pittsburgh one of my children had
a hard cold and coughed dreadfully.
Upon the advice of a druggist I pur
chased a hottle of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy and it benefited him
at once. I find it the best cough med
icine for children because it is pleas
nnt to take. They do not object to
taking It." writes Mrs. Lafayette Tuck,
Homer City, Pa. This remedy con
tains no opium or other narcotic, and
may be given to a child as confidently
as to an adult. Sold by all dealers.
“GUNN -SMITH.”
Atlanta. Ga.—A Georgia weekly edi
tor Is In had on account of his descrip
tion of a wedding, a now Item more
conducive of mix-ups than any other.
mh editors have discovered to their
sorrow.
The bridegroom in this case was
named Gunn, and his father Abraham
Gunn. The girl’s name was Smith.
The editor turned bis copy over to the
printer Just before catching a train to
Atlanta and when be got home the
paper was off the press. The article
was headed “Gunn-SMITH " and
narrated that the bride was dressed
in white mule Instead of white mull.
She carried a large red "nose,’’ also
The story said the bridegroom was a
popular Son of a Gunn, and the printer
had run out of capital letters. Now
the editor Is waiting in Atlanta until
he can screw' up courage to go home
and face “A. Gunn.’
Women Should Take Warning
If the statement made at a Now
York Assembly of women, that healthy
American women are so rare that they
are almost extinct, is true, tt Is time
for the women of America to take
warning and look to their health. It
may he headaches, backaches, drag
ging down pains, nervousness, mental
depression, that are tell-tale symp
toms of some organic derangement for
which l.ydla lv Plnkham’s Vegetable
Compound—a simple remedy made
from roots and herbs is a specific
and may he relied upon to restore wo
men to healthy normal condition.
dotte* are very nigged and maka rapid
growth, keeping full-breasted and plumy
at all age* and therefore eatable a* mar
ket puu.try at any time from hroller ala*
up Till* variety baa ramarkably small
bonea and fine grained moat together
with rich yellow lege and ekln, all ol
which aro the ftret requisites of deolr
able table poultry In the America!
mark eta.
The pullete reach laying maturity In
from five to ala month* and ere great
producer* of ega* at *1 seasons
When full grown, male* of thla va
riety reach a* much aa nine pound* and
fenta e* five and a half to arven pounda
Th* latter are good foragers and do well
on free range They will stand confine
ment well and prove highly profitable
fur the back yard flock.
int AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
BIG GERMAN PLAN
WINTER CAMPAIGN
London, 7:50 a. m.—A dispatch from
Copenhagen to the Central News says:
"According to a Berlin telegram,
Germany Is making enormous prepa
rations for a winter campaign, with
tents, sleighs and fur outfits for an
entire army.
TO UNVEIL TABLET
New York.—A tablet to commemo
rate the sheltering of General Wash
ington's wounded soldiers on his re
treat after the battle of White Plains
will he uunvelled tomorrow in the old
Quaker n erting house at Chappaqua.
The tablet has been placed by the
Chappaqua Historical Society. The
society recently erected a statue in the
village to the memory of Horace Gree
ley, who once lived there. The meet
ing house Is 170 years old.
Charlestons Western
Carolina Railway Co.
{Effective October 11th, 1914).
The following arrival* and departures
of train*. Union Station, Aurvata, Ga.,
a* well a* connection* with other com
panies. are simply given as information
end are not guaranteed.
DEPARTURES.
ia-35 A M., No. I Dally for Greenwood.
Fpa“taphurg, Greenville Asheville
conccts at McCormick (Dally ex
cept Sunday) for Anderson.
4:40 P. M., No. 2 Daily for Greenwood
2;00 P M., No. 42, D ily for Beaufort,
Port Royal, Charleston and Sa
vannah.
ARRIVALS.
12:15 >\M . No. 2 Dally from Spartan
burg. Greenville. Anderson (Daily
excelt Sunday), etc.
8:15 P. M.. No. 4 Dally from Spartan
burg, Greenvl le. Asheville, etc.
12:25 i M., No 41 Daily from Beaufort.
Port Royal. Charleston and Sa
vannah.
ERNE6T WILL AMS.
General I senger Agent,
829 Broadwaj, Augusta. Ga.
C. of Gaßy
“The Right Wav’*
Current Schedule*. (75th Meridian Time)
DEPARTURES:
For Dublin, Savannah, Macon
and Florida points 7:30 a.m.
For Dublin and Savannah 3:30 p.m.
For Savannah, Macon, Colum
bus and Birmingham H:»o p.m
ARRIVALS:
From Savannah Macon, Co
lumbus and Birmingham 8:30 a.m.
From Dublin, Savannah and
Florida points 12:30 p.m.
From Dublin, Savannah, Ma
con and Florida points 7:50 p.m.
All above trains daily.
Through train leaving Augusta 7:30
a. m.. arriving at 7:.">0 p. nt.. between
Augusta and Snvamuh; connecting at
Mtllen with through train for Macon.
Columbus, Rirm'.r>ghrm, Memphis, Mont
gomery, Mobile and New Orleans.
Veatlhuled electric-lighted Sleeping
Cars carried on night trains between
Augusta and Savannah. Ga.: connecting
at Mllien, with through Sleeping Cars
to and from Macon, Columbus, Birming
ham and Atlanta.
For Information as to fares, schedules,
etc., write or comniunlnte with
W. w. hackEtt.
Traveling Passenger Agent.
City Ticket Office, 215 Jackson Street.
Phone 62. Augusta, Ga-
Atlantic Coast Line
NOTH—These arrivals and departures
•re given ns Information. Arrivals and
ennnestlnns are not guaranteed.
38 I 32 I [ «» | 87
2 Ids 2 40plT,v Augusta Ar 8:55a f:4oa
< ?«a 417p!Ar Bar’well T.v 7:13a 12:01a
4:50a 4:43p|Ar Denm'k I.v «:44a 11:34p
5 35a 5-75p|Ar Or'hur* I.v 5:5?n 10:S3p
7:20a 6:SRIAr Sumter I.v 4 30a 3:30p
6 00n 8 ISpl.Ar Florence I.v S:lsa ft-Ofln
I:lspll2:4sa]Ar Wll’gtnn Lv S:4sp
*:oop[ 5-75a]Ar Rlchm'd Lv SS5p g;isa
ll '3opi o oiVit\r TTasVt’n Lv J:osp | |g,
I:3*allo:J7afAp rtahtm'e Lv I:«pJ*ni
W rh " T-vll:3g-,|lM»n
7:lßa' ? »TplAr W, Turk Lv! 9-15 a( 9-3ftp
Through S’eei Pullman Bleepers on
traint 3! and 35, between Augusta and
N*w Tnrk Observation Broiler Car be
tween Augusta and Florence Standard
Dtr.tng Car north of Florence.
Through S’erper hetween Atlanta and
TT'I itngton via Augusta on trains 3T
snd 33 connecting nt -3r-»nce with New
Tork sleepers --a -wrtn Ur# points
T. B. WALKER.
District Passenger Agent.
Augusta. Ga. Phone 823.
GEORGIA_RAILROAD
(Effective August 23rd. 1914.)
Eastern (City) Tima
From To
IrZS pm. Atlanta, Mao on.
Athena. Washington 7:4® am.
1:70 am. Atlanta 1:0® am.
4:11 p m. Atlanta 11:10 p m
10:10 p.ra. Atlanta Mason,
• • Athena Washington 1:10 p.m
1:45 am. Cnmak. Macon (ex
cept Sunday) 1:11 pm.
13:00 am. Union Point, Mneon,
Athena Washington 4:45 tarn.
Phone Ilf. 043, !2*5.
». P. BILLUPS, G.P.A.
Southern Railway.
(Schedule elective rietehe- I#th. 7114.)
N. B - Schedule figures published only
aa Information and are not guaranteed.
Union Station. All trains dally.
Train depart to—
No. Time.
II Charleston, 8. C. 0:*0 *.n*.
• Columbia 9. C 4:44 a.in.
53 Washington, New York .... 1:10 p.m.
21 Charleston 1:40 p.m.
24 Charleston 11:40 p.m.
Train arrive from—
No. Tima
15 Charleston 0:10 am.
111 Washington, New York.... 12:50 p.m.
15 Charleston 1:50 p.m
t Columbia 1:55 p rtv
17 Charleston 10:50 p rr.
Pullman I'rawing-Room Sleeping Cara,
Coarhea Pining Car Service.
Phone 401 or 94T for Information and
Pul man Reservations
MAORCPER OKST.
Plat Paaa Agent
7X5 Broad St. Augusta Oa
A Practical Demonstration By the People of Augusta
and of This Section of What it Means to
Live at Home, Trade at Home, Call
For Made at Home, Raised at Home
Articles and to He/p at Home
During Week of November 16-21
Farmers, Merchants, Manufacturers, the Big Buy
ing Public of Augusta, are all co-operating to make the
Live at Home Week a Big Success, November 16-21.
—
Augusta and its Trade Territory will ask for and
use as far as possible Home Made and Home Raised
products during the week
Augusta will trade at Home, Order at Home, Pay
at Home, during the week of November 16-21, in order
to encourage local farmers, merchants and manufac
turers to develop a Home Market for Augusta Made
and Augusta Raised products.
Think of every dollar spent during the week of
November 16-21 in terms of Augusta, what it would
do and could do, if it was kept turning over and over in
the channels of local trade—what it would pay for in
raw materials, in wages, in finished goods, in dividends,
in bank deposits, in building operations.
The Great Big Thing for the Farmers, the Mer
chants, the Manufacturers, the Banks, the Business
Men, the Working Men, the Big Consuming Public of
this city is to develop a Home Market and make this
city a section more largely self-supporting and self
sustaining than it is. When Augusta begins to do this,
she will be twice as prosperous, grow twice as fast, de
velop by leaps and bounds.
This Big Home Market is Here
But Undeveloped
The Farmer relies upon the Foreign market for his
cotton sales, and purchases meat and hay and grain
from the West. Next year the farmer must feed him
self.
The Manufacturer in Augusta relies largely upon
outside markets for the sale of his products and has
long neglected the market right here at home and
throughout the South.
•
The Local Merchant has to face the Mail Order
competition and the New York drummer and the fact
that thousands of dollars each week go away from Au
gusta for goods, material and service that ought to be
secured here in the Home Market.
The Big Buying Public of Augusta spends thous
ands of dollars for goods and services in other cities
that would help to feed our own citizens, help to edu
cate our children, pay rent bills, help to support the
churches and charities and in every way help to build up
and make more prosperous the city of Augusta.
Will you help the Live at Home, Trade at Home
Movement that means so much to your city?
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9.