By F.H. Jeter,
Extension Editor, N.C. State College, Raleigh, as published in the Charlotte Observer Aug. 22, 1949
Chatham County farmers are developing a great poultry
business. Their latest step towards such a goal is to organize the Chatham
County Poultry Council. The council will help them build a better poultry
industry and will aid them in meeting competition, as the farming industry gets
ready for future days, when money may not be so plentiful.
F.C. Brown, assistant farm agent, says representatives of
the entire poultry industry of the county has met twice to study the situation.
At the last meeting a permanent organization was set up with B.E. Watson of
Bear Creek, Route 1, representing the producers; J.B. Wood, president of the
Siler City poultry dressing plant representing the processors; D.G. Hatley,
Farmers Mutual at Siler City representing the feed dealers; C.L. Fore of the
Siler City Mills representing the feed manufacturers; E.J. Dark of Darks
Hatchery at Pittsboro representing the hatchery business; Wade Perry of Siler
City, Route 1, representing turkey growers; G.F. Burns of Pittsboro, Route 2,
representing those who produce hatching eggs, Bruce Day, Moncure, Route 1,
representing those who produce commercial eggs for the general market; and
Tracey Jones of Siler City representing the haulers.
The interest of the general public is protected by J.B.
Snipes, who is a member at large. Mr. Snipes is the county farm agent of
Chatham and a man who has pushed the development of the poultry industry from
the very start.
The Council met the other day and elected C.L. Fore as
president and presiding officer. Earl Dark was elected vice president, and D.G.
Hatley was given the job as secretary and treasurer. The Council will meet on
the second Thursday of each month, alternating between Siler City and
Pittsboro.
The first of that the group has set out to do is to improve
the quality of the broilers produced in the Chatham area. The members intend to
start some careful breeding work and to give more attention to the quality of
the hatching eggs and the resulting baby chicks. The Council decided that it
would suggest to all members that they allow more space in their brooder houses
to the broiler chicks, so as to reduce disease and permit the birds to have
plenty of ventilation and growing space. Attention also is to be given to
current marketing problems so that all phases of the poultry industry may
profit. F.C. Brown was authorized to look into the matter of establishing a
poultry auction in the county if that seems feasible. Reports of progress are
to be made at the next meeting now scheduled to be held at the county
courthouse in Pittsboro on the evening of September 8 at 8 o’clock.
Following that meeting, Chatham farmers will hold their
second annual county-wide Jubilee meeting at Siler City on September 16. Last
year, so many people attended this meeting that no one knows the actual number
present. This year, the Chatham Farm Bureau, the Lions Clubs of Pittsboro,
Siler City, and Goldston; the Rotary Club of Siler City; and the Chamber of
Commerce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Siler City are all co-operating
to work out plans for this jubilee gathering. The plan is to have a barbecue
dinner in addition to a speaking program and other good things.
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