OCR Text |
Show IAUTDISTS KILL CHECKERS VALUED AT $210,000 During this tlmo of national conservation conser-vation it is well to consider tho littlo things. It may seem comical on tho face of it to call motorists' attention to one phase o conservation that every automobile owner can parties pate" in, but considered from a serious standpoint this hint or advice is of paramount importance. Roughly estimated, there are over 3,000,000 cars in daily use in this country. coun-try. Nearly every one of these cars ( covers some part of a country road i during each touring season. j In the past thoro has been much said by the farmer about tho destruction destruc-tion of chickens that occurs each year, and the average remarks of the farmer ! have been anything but compliinen- tary. It would be impossible to gather statistics sta-tistics on the total number of chickens l that give up their lives each year be- 1 cause some motorists are careless, but Jr for tho sake of argument, suppose one- fifth of tho cars In this country, or 600,000, were responsible for the death of as many live barn yard fouls. This ' may be a high rate, but it will serve to bring out tho point. Now good chickens are retailing on an average of 35 cents per pound and If each of the chickens killed only weighed one pound, the total value of the chickens destroyed would bo$210,-000. bo$210,-000. A littlo figuring along this line will go to show that It Is tho duty of every motorist to bo as careful on the road as possible. Of course, the motorist Is not wholly to blame, as the farmer must do his duty by obeying the law and keep his chickens off tho highways. high-ways. But at the same time the hen Is a peculiar animal, and most farmers aro having about all they can do to properly harvost and solve tho bigger Issues of farm work. If you aro driving In tho country, remember that you can "do your bit" by making it a point to slow down, or stop, if necessary, In order to avoid spoiling for the market some good, bsuiness-likc hen, who not only has a high faco value, but righti now is a very important adjunct to our military scheme of things. |