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Show . WE MUST RAISE MORE CHICKENS Because of the war tho meat reserves re-serves of tho world are dlmlnlshod. Tho hords of llvo stock In Europe havo been reduced by slaughter made necessary In order to feed tho armies. ar-mies. Our own meat production In tho years Just preceding tho war ' was barely tfufflclout for our own uso, And yet we are now called upon not only to feed ourselves, but to feed Europe to a large extent. And we must do it if wo win tho war. Where will wo get the meat? You can do your part, on your farm and in your back yard by producing more poultry Increasing tho supply of eggs and chickens, geese and ducks. Our total number of beet animals an-imals can not be Increased with sufficient suf-ficient quickness. Several years are required to build up' Cattlo ' herds. Hogs can be increased 'considerably In a year. They can bo Increased faster than any other nleat animal. But poultry can bo doubled in a year. It offers tho fastest and the cheapest posslblo source of meat increase. in-crease. That is why It is so important import-ant that everyone help in poultry production next year. The more poultry and eggs wo produce tho moro poultry and eggs we will eat. The moro of that food we eat the less beef and pork we will need or want leaving that much more to go to Europe. Thus wo do Indirectly the thing wo can't do directly. By -poultry production wo got quickly -more meat to win tho war, although we cannot Increase In that time the number of our meat animals. Get somo good hens. You will help win tho war. You will reduce your own cost of living. You will turn waste Into food. |