Show HENS AND EGGS BUY HOME improvements ON FARMS FAR MS poultry products product s sold by south carolina women prepared by the united states depa ment of idt agriculture farm women of charleston county 13 C sold 5 pounds if at poultry and dozen eggs during 1923 ns compared with pounds of maikos poultry and 1009 1000 dozen eggs in 1020 this largo large increase in three years wits wild accomplished complis hed on the part or of extension workers operatively cooperatively co directed by tile the united states department of agriculture and tho the state agricultural colleges ly ily constantly aly emphasizing tile the value of pure bred poultry anti and of the need of grading all products the ithe home demonstration on agent ren rendered olred nil all pos sille in tho the marketing of thes these e products product a but the good results uro tire attributed tri buted largely to tile tho fact that at every meeting held no matter what subject was discussed poultry was ad ns as 11 means of increasing th tho 0 home income out of women enrolled rolled 1 I in home demonstration work 70 improved their nocks flocks by the purchase of standard bred cockerels cockerell cocker els or baly baby chicks in addition to selling poultry pounds of butter and fresh vegetables vegetable A amounting to sold in the county the money macy earned by the women in these ways was divided into three portions one part was laid away for 0 rainy adny one ona part was waa spent in supplying special needs or of the children or tor for food or clothing and the third part wits was spent for homo home im prove menta among these improvements 23 houses w were e ro remodeled by having additions addition 9 now or nov nev lighting systems ellin eleven women bought gasoline irons two made wheel trays find four bought kitchen babl nets fifteen planted fruit trees ane implanted planted local trees and 1811 rubs to beautify the home ground it |