The Wilkes Poultry Association met at the Commercial Club rooms last Friday. Mr. J.C. Henry presided, which was the regular meeting for February.
Mr. Kerr of the state department is in the county this week, inspecting poultry for white diarrhea and taking blood tests.
Mr. Henry stated that he was paying, at the Wilkes Hatchery, 60 cents per dozen for hatching eggs.
Mr. W.T. Kilby, veteran poultryman of the county, stated that last year from 500 hens he got eight two-horse loads of chicken manure, which is worth, he says, from two to three times as much as any other.
It was authoritatively stated in the meeting that too much grain fed to hens would cause them to lay eggs without a shell. To stop this, give hens oyster shells.
One member present said that he would have 1,200 fryers ready for the market in March, and the first part of April.
From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1926
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