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Show AlTOISTSl KILL CHICKENS VALVKD AT $210,000 During this time of national conservation, con-servation, It Is well to consider the Httle things. It may seem comic on the face of it to call motorists' attention at-tention to one phase of conservation that exery eUtornol"e owner can participate,'", but. ctmoidercd from a serious standpoint, tbis hint or ail-vlce ail-vlce lit of paramount importance. Roughly estimated there are over three million cars in daily use in this country. Nearly every one of these cars covers some part of a country road during each touring season. In the past there has been much .said by the farmer about the destruction destruc-tion of chickens that, occurs each year and the average remarks of the farmer have been anything but complimentary. com-plimentary. It would be impossible to gather statistics on the total number of chickens that give 'Up their lives each year because some' motorists are careless, but for the sake of argument, argu-ment, suppose one-fifth of the cars in this country, or 600,000, were responsible re-sponsible for the death of as many live barnyard fouls. This may bo a high rate but it will serve to bring out the 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 be $210,000. A little figuring - along this line will go to show that it is the duty of every motorist to be as careful on the road as possible. Of course the motorist mo-torist is not wholly to blame, as the farmer must do his duty by obeying the law and keep his chickens off the highways. But at the same time the hen Is a peculiar animal, and most farmers are having about all they can do to properly harvest and solve the bigger Issues of farm work. If you are driving in the 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, business-like hen, who not only has a high face value, but right now is a very important adjunct to our military mili-tary scheme of things. |