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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Charlie Clark With State 4-H Poultry Champion William Boykin, 1944


Culling Pays Dividends,” from the Henderson Daily Dispatch, Monday, March 20, 1944. To see the photo, go to https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91068401/1944-03-20/ed-1/seq-2/
Charlie Clark Jr., left, assistant county agent of Johnston County, is explaining the fine points of culling to William Boykin, 4-H poultry champion of 1943 for North Carolina. On a flock of 77 Rhode Island Reds, William had a profit of $489.42 above feed costs. Most of the eggs were sold to a hatchery. He had a disease in his flock and by strict culling kept his average production per hen at 254 eggs for the year. The average North Carolina hen lays about 160 eggs.


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