CHEAP BUT SATISFACTORY HOUSING 



A poultry house need not be expensive to be efficient. An enterprising grower in a Washington 

 suburb uses piano boxes with excellent results. Photograph from the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. (Fig. 24.) 



fall egg production the price would be 

 lower, in which case the consumer 

 would benefit. 



PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY 



Public agencies are now engaged in a 

 propaganda to induce poultry keepers 

 to increase the supply of fall and winter 

 layers. Kansas, a State in which the 

 poultry industry has great commercial 

 importance, has already taken what is 

 believed to be the first official step of 

 this kind. The Agricultural College is 

 behind the movement. The Federal 

 Department of Agriculture is now going 

 into the matter. Articles are being 

 furnished the press and circulars dis- 

 tributed to the public showing the 

 advantages of fall egg-laying. The 

 problem is a national one, intimately 

 affecting the food supply; therefore 

 the Federal Government's interest. It 

 is of the greatest importance to city 

 dwellers everywhere who are largeh' 

 dependent on nearby sources of supply 

 for fresh eggs; hence the interest of the 

 State governments. 



The Federal Department of Agricul- 

 ture takes a great deal of satisfaction 

 in the outcome of its infertile egg cam- 

 paign. This has been accomplished 

 largely by printers' ink and pictures, 

 and has established quite generally the 

 practice of producing only infertile 

 eggs in summer. The support of the 

 trade, transportation companies, ware- 

 housemen, the agricultural colleges and 

 state officials has made that campaign 

 such a success that the superior keeping 

 qualities of the infertile siunmer egg 

 are now a matter of common knowledge 

 and the production of infertile eggs in 

 summer is a common practice. The 

 keynote of the success was a simple 

 rule of poultry management. By ob- 

 serving this rule, anyone can produce 

 infertile eggs. The production of fall 

 and winter laying pullets is based on a 

 rule which is equally simple, although it 

 requires more attention to details of 

 management for its successful applica- 

 tion. The two are very closely corre- 

 lated. To produce infertile summer 

 eggs, remove all male birds on May 1. 



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