“The Woman’s Touch,”
by Jane S. McKimmon, Carolina Co-operator,
May 1935
One of the most popular means of increasing farm income when
it must be done by the farm woman is through the production of broilers and
turkeys for market.
Anson County has built up an excellent trade in poultry and
has a dependable list of customers in Raleigh, Greensboro, and Washington,
D.C., to whom women producers make cooperative shipments.
The Home Agent Mrs. Rosalind Redfearn, says “As orders are
received they are pro-rated among producers and the basement of the courthouse
is used for assembling, weighing, and packing for shipment.
“Anson County as a standard for the poultry which it markets
and producers as a whole maintain this standard by using good feeding and
fattening methods and care in dressing. Birds are fed a balanced mash, given
buttermilk if possible, and the premises are kept clean at all times.
“Cars of live poultry are run in broiler seasons and so are
cars for fat hens, geese, and ducks.
“People are finding that marketing poultry cooperatively
guarantees good sales at better prices than when they are peddled or handled
individually.”
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