A trip back in time

[UncleHoot]

A friend of mine found this in his shed. The Mr. Luther mentioned in the advertisement used to own his property. We're pretty sure this is from the 1930's.

Anyway, it's pretty humorous to read now. Broilers that attain 4 lbs at only 10 weeks? OMG!

It really shows you how much things have changed.

It turns out that there were actually two hatcheries in St. Johns back then. Today, I think there may only be one hatchery left in the entire state (Townline).

 

[theoldchick]

Never hurts to look back and see how far we've come.

 

[Cowgirl71]

"Write, wire, or telephone xxx your requirements today."

Back in the days of the telegraph... And when folks said "telephone" rather than "call." And how many people place an order to a company by snail mail these days?

And now a days a 10 week old meat bird that weighs 4 pounds sure isn't nothing to brag about... They should be 4 pounds by 6-7 weeks old.

Wow. It's amazing how far we've come!

 

[UncleHoot]

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I didn't even catch the telegraph reference! My friend pointed out the 3 digit telephone number, though. I guess it would have to be a big town to have more than 1,000 phone numbers? LOL!

 

[Cowgirl71]

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I didn't even catch the telegraph reference! My friend pointed out the 3 digit telephone number, though. I guess it would have to be a big town to have more than 1,000 phone numbers? LOL!

Oh! That's what that is... The phone #... 208. I was trying to figure out what it said, LOL! Cause there's no such thing as a three digit phone number, LOL!

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

what an awesome share, thank you!
You should scan it and sell copies for framing, I now I would buy one to hang in my office.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

delete

 

[milleryardchx]

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I would do that too

 

[Celtic Chick]

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I would do that too

I would be interested in one also.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

Have you read "The Dollar Hen"? I believe it was written somewhere around 1900 and is still in print, very cool.