Show RAISE POULTRY OR HAWKEYE TOWN THAT IS ONE LARGE INCUBATOR unar aten law of montezuma Is that all res dents shall breed ch ck ens or be excluded from soc ety montezuma la love me love my hen is the motto which could be written with propriety over an 11 laminated lumina ted gateway to this little town it you do not raise chickens you can not live in the town enjoy its society or send your children to school A few have tried to live in monte zuma without engaging in the poultry industry either tor pleasure or profit but they have always found their dis like toi chickens growing into a sort of barrier against friendly intercourse with their neighbors and they came to be almost social outcasts their children chil dien were hooted at school called snobs and told that their parents were too lazy to work or raise chick ens these unpleasant conditions and real ostracism from the society of montezuma were endured long but at last the victims yielded A delivery man left a jag of lumber and a few rods of wire netting and several mys gerlous boxes from which flitted noisy clucking and crowing chickens I 1 he next day the family joined the rb w lasers and glae ln society this little town raises more chick ens per capita than any other town in america here everybody who Is anybody raises poultry the back yards of every resident are dotted with chicken houses and exercise pens while the town Is practically hedged in with chicken farms every householder man woman and child knows how to breed hatch rear feed and care for broilers roasters layers and exhibition fowls how to build sheds coops brooders and houses tor large and small assortments of chick ens almost every man and woman Is a specialist on diseases of poultry knows how much red pepper to glie and when to use real castor oil those who believe that dead chick ens are the only good variety to have on the place simply cannot live here gardening Is mingled with the lost arts there Is little to do but raise poultry the industry has woven it self with the affairs 0 life here until social evenings as well as the meet ings of the town council are given over to discussions of the poultry in 1 faff ff ff austry and the rights ot owners montezuma is a big incubator and brooder tor the poultry markets of the northwest |