Show chickens and eggs help improve home poultry products favored to increase incomes prepared by the th united att boef department of f agriculture form farm wo women 0 n of cha charleston county 8 ca C sold pounds of poultry and dozen eggs during 1023 as compared with pounds of market poultry and 1000 dozen eggs in 1920 0 this largo increase in three years was accomplished on the part of extension workers operatively cooperatively co directed by tile united statts states department of agriculture and the state agricultural colleges by constantly emphasizing the value of pure bred poultry and of tho the need of grading till all products the home demonstration agent rendered all possible assistance in the marketing of these products but tho the good results are attributed largely to tile the tact fact that at every meeting held no matter what subject was discussed poultry was advised as a means of increasing the alie home income out of women enrolled in home dem demonstration on work 70 improved their flocks by the purchase of standard bred cock berels or baby chicks in addition to selling poultry pounds of butter and fresh vegetables amounting to were sold jn in the county the money earned by the women in these ways was divided into three portions one part was laid away for a rainy day one part was spent in supplying special needs of the children or for food or clothing and the third part was spent for home improvements among these improvements 23 houses were remodeled by having additions new floors doors or new lighting systems eleven women bought gasoline irons two made wheel trays and four bought kitchen cabinets 15 planted fruit trees and planted local trees and shrubs to beautify the home grounds |