Show Profitable Jaunt f I I By C. C O. O Stott County Agent two Thirty-two men and prospective of Manti ManU recently recently re- re made a tour of the principal poultry producing section of or Utah County The excursion was conducted conducted conducted con- con ducted for the purpose of getting and information that will nl help to bring Manti to the front lan and 1 help belp her hold the enviable enviable en- en viable reputation she has long enjoyed en en- joyed that of one of the States leading Heading poultry breeding and e egg g producing centers er E Every man on returning home borne expressed himself as having received untold valuable Information on the tho tour Professor feor sor Bor Byron Dron Alder head of the poultry poultry poul poul- try department of the Agricultural College ollege met the group at Springville Spring Spring- ville and accompanied them throughout the da day giving them much valuable information The trip was sponsored by the Poultry Committee of the Citizens industrial Committee which was organized almost a year ago on the suggestion of the Extension Service and lind by a group of live men who are real Teal community builders Superintendent r ten dent E. E T. T Reid is la chairman of lithe the General Committee and Ray P. P s und chairman of the Poultry Committee The following men made nade ade the trip Ray P P. P Lund E. E ff Reid Ferril FerrU Funk N. N P. P Westen- Westen slow skow George Wanless John Boy Doy iton ng b H. H G G. G Brown J. J R. R Witbeck Wit Wit- beck Ck Melvin Lund F. F C. C Alder J. J mew SW Stott W. W H. H Peterson C. C O. O 1 Stott Olt Fred Madson Calvin Keller et William Munk Irvin Lowry Royal Tn Curtis Keller Lloyd Llord Willard- Willard tjien Ivi rn I n Dyreng Laurain 1 pr l r Glendon J. J E. E Jena Jenn Jena Jen- Jen a a J n Nephi Ottoson Howard Mad- Mad ign Nephi Bessey Alphonso Henrie L t lM d Tooth Alma Peterson L. L H. H t and Tom Hougaard H FIve poultry farms two dairy ms ond and one grading station were l Je e r sited at Springville tulle Provo Vine- Vine i Erd fard rd and American Fork as foli fol- fol r l SpringvIlle Hans farm 11 Is president of the thee e ring ringville poultry association He 0 ads 1200 laying hens He is feeding mash which costs him ow per hundred and scratch scratched ed of corn and wheat 50 His Hiss alt s are aro netting now no thru the Aso As- As o 1200 1200 per case Most 1 m r ref f his birds were from ManUo Manti ManU Ol o 0 lt herles and he was well pleased d th them Springville has 75 dt embers in their association The They Ji il id d 12 meetings a year ear regular e a a. month Last year ear the they Ban Bc BO operated on buying lumber thru thru'S S 'S ocal Cal dealer In car load lots which 1 list ey were able to purchase at 26 l while on the open r et the same lumber was selling per thousand The Asso- Asso tHon ordered baby chicks It r the members and made ade a saving h he lr one cent per chick Handled a as ast st s 1 r load of brooder stoves and anda tinge ade a 25 per cent saving All AU 1 t a sell their eggs to the State Stute Ihle ible Poultry Producers Inc The State Association trucks deliver feed to their doors and take their eggs away on the same trip Ninety per percent percent percent cent of the tho belong to the Association Their business is done with the central plant at Provo William Villiam Springville The brothers are new in inthe inthe inthe the business the they have built huilt some sonic modern houses and have them well equipped Other details were similar similar sim sim- ilar Har to the first place visited to the farm two dairy herds were visited Price I I Brothers Brother's Jersey Farm at Provo and Elmer Holdi wa Holdi-wa ay Holstein Form Format at Vineyard Splendid animals were viewed as weli well as modern well equipped dair dairy farms Vineyard George S. S Bunker Dunker poultry farm was the next stop Mr Bunker is working into the poultry business Ho He has laying hens now and his plans are areto areto areto to increase to within a year ear or two Most 1 of or the tho houses in these parts are the shed shied roof type but Mr 1 Bunker Dunker expects to remodel his shed and make semi-monitor semi houses Professor Alder is of the opinion that the latter is tho the best house for our conditions in ill Utah Jn In the 2000 pullets that started laying laIng one year ear ago up to the first I F of this year Mr Mr 1 Bunker had net- net of or year ear Mr 1 Bunker Dunker had net ted 1 7 3 per bird All costs were deducted except labor It might be mentioned that he lie heIs heIs lieis Is in the skunk business that skunks subsisting on the diseased and cull hens American Fork Albert farm This man has 2500 hens liens which he says one man can handle very nicely He spends his entire time at the poultry business His lock flock acted per bird the past year His method of watering the birds his brooder house with concrete concrete con con- crete creto runs etc were made note of He is an ardent booster for the State Association Rudolph Knold president of the American Fork Poultry Association has nas hens liens His pullets are laying laying laying lay lay- ing 40 per cent now they were raised exclusively on Association mash and cracked yellow corn For Forthe Forthe Forthe the past several weeks his feed cost per week has been and the income from eggs sold to the Association Association Association Asso Asso- has bas been from to per week He gathers his eggs five to seven soven times daily they are Immediately immediately immediately im Im- mediately gone over he be dirty ones washed and all are placed in trays tras to to cool the dirty ones are later put in a case labeled washed eggs Mr Knold says sas that t cleanliness cleanliness cleanliness clean liness Is th the greatest et t. t factor in the poultry business He uses a n. tub and ands wise scraper for cleaning the dropping boards hoards The nesting mote rial Is gone over once a week and patched American Fork has members in the local lo local local lo- lo cal association They meet in reg- reg on page pago 4 4 Trip Continued from Page 1 ular r 1 monthly th Ir meetings The Fork Grading Plant Plant Manager 1 conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted the party part through the 15 Ui 00 two stor story brick grading station It requires seventeen people to i keep ep operations moving in the plant eight three floor men mon four girls one boy hoy and the manager In addition they have haye a fleet of trucks on the road 10 delivering deliver deliver- ing feed and supplies and gathering eggs They handle from to 1800 1500 cases of eggs per week these eggs coming from American Fork Lehi Lebi and Ind Pleasant Grove Groe Three Three feed i is iv I and one half haIr car loads londs of handled per week weel Most 1 of the are now using association tio tion mash The flocks range from 1000 to 2300 hens liens in that neighbor neighbor- hood By Dy using the breakage breakage break break- age was reduced from four cases to toone toone toone one fifth of a case per week Many l other things were noted at atthe atthe atthe the plant such as ns grading gr-ading and re- re grading gradIn of eggs method of cooling and making atmosphere humid chutes and elevators method of packing crates in car accounting system methods of accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts selling etc l Professor Byron Alder Makes 1 Suggestions I In addition to answering th the many questions that naturally arose on the trip Professor Alder talked to the group for about fifteen min min- utes A few feti of or the more important things he lie mentioned are as follows He was especially pleased to see Manti 1 his home town taking a n renewed renewed renewed re re- re- re interest in the poultry business bus bus- iness We Ve haven't ent seen one ono thing today but what you can duplicate at Manti 1 he lie said Continuing But there is is one isone one thing you OU are lacking and that is COMMUNITY Il INTEREST You are manifesting this interest today however You should g get t together work mork together and pull together and you can suc suc- Over Oer the state where you OU find any marked progress in the poultry business in any community you you find a aa good local poultry association association association asso asso- functioning In visiting the east last summer as I did and especially in New Jerse Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- se sey where the from the entire U. U S S. S were making a tour every mery person who found that 1 I war from Utah made it a 1 point to talk to me to find out how ho howe we were making such suck a big success of our egg marketing I IT Iwas was pleased to give them what I could about the association We can be proud of the great heights we have attained in this field the last five years With the right kind of cooper cooperation tion even greater benefits will come to our producers 1 i Some people this year have been worried about over What we produce here amounts to but little Iowa for example produces produces produces pro pro- duces SO million dollars worth worth worth-of of poultry each year Jear but the they do not have many large commercial flocks their average flock being from to birds Seventy five per percent percent percent cent of the eggs in the United Stats corns from these small flocks There is always a certain number of these average people who go out of the business with each low price period period per per- iod lod and hence the general price average spon comes back to normal I 1 am convinced that any man who is producing ng eggs and tends to his business business business bus bus- iness and sticks to tc- it year after y year ar can make a good profit We Ve wont won't see many years ears as s discouraging ir ing as this last one has been No Noman Noman Noman man should plunge e into the business nn n n on a 1 large scale but rather work to it slowly and learn the business as u ho he is growing into it The poultry business is a iob and it should be given regular daily attention I should like to see Manti develop into flocks of from to birds generally on ona ona ona a m majority of the farms over the The poultry business Is not a rich get-rich quick scheme but n iF q a af living in it Finally Finall my advice to you would bo be to go back to Manti ManU get organized ed Nl o o 0 into the business yourselves s encourage others to do likewise on ona ona a 3 conservative basis keep your 11 0 organization or or- l going everyman have the Interest st of of ever every other man man manin in the community at heart remember th that t you r u are most successful when you help others succeed and it will only be a few years until every business In town will feel the tho beneficial beneficial ben hen effects of your effort and you and md your families will he be happier and more contented with h the Ole i Old Home Town Town These suggestions for you at Manti ManU will apply equally well wen to the other communities cO in Sanpete County and it js ts s equally a as Important that the communities cooperate cooperate co co- co- co operate in this business as s it It is s that individuals within tine the nimu 1 ity cooperate The Colle Collece through the fhe Extension F Service stands read ready t to help you OU at any time you Sou may call for our help |