Uncle Sam Expects You To Keep Hens and Raise Chickens !!

[Nifty-Chicken]

Back in the early part of the last century (1917 - 1918) the following was published in multiple poultry magazines :

The text reads:

Uncle Sam Expects You To Keep Hens and Raise Chickens​

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Two Hens in the Back Yard for Each Person in the House Will Keep a Family In Fresh Eggs​

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EVEN the smallest back yard has room for a flock large​

enough to supply the house with eggs. The cost of main-​

taining such a flock is small. Table and kitchen waste pro-​

vide much of the feed for the hens. They require little attention​

only a few minutes a day.​

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An interested child, old enough to take a little responsibility,​

can care for a few fowls as well as a grown person.​

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Every back yard in the United States should contribute its share to a bumper crop of poultry and eggs in 1918.​

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In Time of Peace a Profitable Recreation​

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In Time of War a Patriotic Duty​

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"Every back yard in the United States should contribute its share to a bumper crop of poultry and eggs..."​

That sure sounds like our vision: "A chicken in every yard!"​

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How cool is that!?!?

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(oh, and please don't post anything political in this thread or we'll need to remove it)​

 

[drumstick diva]

maybe you could change the date on it to 2010, and distribute it nation wide. The politicians won't remember if it's something they approved of or not.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

I couldn't agree more!! Every yard needs a chicken, or two, or three, or four, ....help, somebody stop me...

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

Will the hens issue me a 1099-EGG for my Uncle in Washington?

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Patriotic duty!

 

[ChooksChick]

Quote:
"Every back yard in the United States should contribute its share to a bumper crop of poultry and eggs..."
That sure sounds like our vision: "A chicken in every yard!"


How cool is that!?!?

(oh, and please don't post anything political in this thread or we'll need to remove it)

I've just printed 20 copies for random distribution around town. Sometimes living in a college town rocks!

 

[annie3001]

very very cool !

 

[woodmort]

I live in a part of the country where there are a lot of pre1940's houses, As you drive along you can't help but notice the majority of them have small outbuildings that, at one time, were chicken coops. Many are neglected, some have been remodeled into garden sheds and a few are still housing chickens,. This is not just in the country but small towns and in the older areas of large cities. Growing up in the 40's I remember having home grown chicken almost every Sunday dinner if it was a big family get together.

In my own case, although my parents weren't in the ag business (both came from farm backgrounds), we rented a house in town with a huge barn and coop behind it. When I was 5 my maternal grandmother gave me 5 bantams chickens--a rooster and 4 hens--that we raised long enough to get one set of chicks.

 

[gettinaclue]

That is cool. I love old timey stuff like that.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

I'm trying to get a higher resolution version / scan. There may be one in one of the Google Book scans linked from the first post.