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Show POULTRY PRODUCTION HAS GREAT POSSIBILITIES Utah county towns are just entering the threshold of an industry that bids fair to bring more outside money into this territory than any of the agricultural pursuits. We refer to that of poultry. Thanks to the Utah Poultry Producers Co-operative association and the splendid cooperation given that organization by the Utah poultrymen. Springville has scarcely reached that threshold and yet, just a few years of that cooperative spirit that has characterized the efforts of that little group of thirty-nine men who now constitute the present membership of the Springville Poultry association will find this city engaged in an industry of great magnitude. During the present spring the local association has jointly purchased 30,000 baby chicks that seeni to be thriving in a very satisfactory way, according to H. C. Rigtrup, president of the Springville association. Fifteen modern coops were built in one order, and now the local association is buying jointly its first carload of feed. With this somewhat humble beginning the Springville association enters its first year. Some of our local men, however, have done well in past years, and they have felt their way carefully as any conservative business man should do. But is there any reason why Springville should not develop a poultry industry that will bring to this community a weekly payroll running into the thousands. Unlike many industries of this state poultry products find a ready market in the large cities of America. That market is not spasmodic but stable. That demand is growing rather than diminishing, and at an increase in price to the producer, a situation quite contrary to all economic law. With potatoes, peaches, or most any other agricultural product, a marked increase in supply ordinarily creates a demoralized demoral-ized condition in the return to the producer, but not so in the production of eggs. Through efficient marketing methods, the Utah producers have found their way into the very best markets of the nation, and Utah eggs are being demanded at a premium at this very time. For instance, the highest price which is being paid for Pacific coast eggs on the New York market at the present time ranges from 35c to 39c, while Utah eggs are bringing 40c for every case, giving the Utah producers a premium of from one to five cents over prices received by co-operatives on the Pacific coast. i "I have orders for cars of eggs for storage purposes to cover all of this month's shipments and a great deal more," writes Benjamin Brown, director of sales for the Utah association, with headquarters in New York City, in a letter received only Tuesday of this week. When the producers in the Springville and Mapleton territory have one hundred thousand laying hens in their coops it will mean an average weekly payroll to those producers of from five to six thousand dollars, or an annual income of $250,000. i ' Is there any wonder then that our local poultry producers should be encouraged in the development of this industry. Their field is unlimited, with an ever increasing demand for thtir product. They are not confronted with mean competition, and while there is much work attached to the industry, their revenues are certain and with careful care-ful management their returns on their investment are much greater than those of the average business man. We hope next year will find Springville and Mapleton with upwards of 100,000 hens. It is the greatest new industry in sight, and it is within the range of possibility.' |