PRIORITIES: Aid to Chickens

All priorities do not go to big business. In Lithonia, Ga. (pop. 1,554) the four Davidson brothers, who call themselves "Dentists to American Hens," last week tested $20,000 worth of new machinery which they had got after a long fight with the Office of Production Management. They got the machines in the name of defense. Their purpose: to crush and screen the Stonemo Granite Grit which is the Davidson brothers' contribution to the health of the U.S. chicken.

The Davidsons got into the chicken-grit business twelve years ago when demand for paving granite from their quarry fell off. Since...

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