| Show I POULTRY INDUSTRY The hen turns grass Into green geen backs grain Into gold and even coins silver out of sand Speaking of industries it Is proper that the poultry Industry should bo poult remembered re-membered for It is a growing and promising Industry In tho State Speaking of dividendpayers the hen should have a place near the head for I she continues to pay her daily dividends divi-dends as the centuries como and go and thQugh the rains descend teralns and the floods come and though the fields burn with a thirst and oho be treated with neglect she passeth not her dividend divi-dend And It I Is not tho ordinary kind of a dividend that goes Into the plethoric ple-thoric pockets of the rich tho hen does not make the rich richer nor tho poor poorer as Is charged against some other Industries the millionaire Is at her mercy at the Christmas table and her dividends go to the poor Speaking seriously the hens are buying more groceries than any other Industry of the State her dividends divi-dends provide more of the necessities of life more of the comforts of the mass of the people and fill more stockings stock-ings at Christmas than those of another an-other enterprise in the State Besides no brokers row can manipulate her shares no trust can control her out pn put no costly machinery Is necessary to reduce or separate the base from the refined she furnishes the machinery ma-chinery herself and from a mixture of base mineral animal and vegetable matter proluean article of such purity that the highest skill of man aided by most qpstly machinery cannot can-not produce Its equal The dividends of the Utah hen would build two or three sugar factories In Utah every year She could pay all tho expenses of the State educational Institutions and hfwe enough left to pay the expenses of all the students at those Institutions and buy shoes for all tho children of tho State The United State census of 1800 placed the value of poultry products on tho farms alone at about 5250000 000 This did not take Into account tho amount produced by people who keep poultry In towns and villages This would swell greatly the total amount credited to the American hen In that year When that fact Is considered con-sidered 1 little It becomes astounding I excels the total value of the wheat crop the total value of the oat crop and the cackle of the hen Is worth only n clear hundred million dollars a year more than aiio value of the hog products Though sheep take a front rank InUtal1ln the whole United States the value of the hen crop exceeds ex-ceeds the value of the sheep crop by about twothirds that is two to one in favor of Mrs American Hen Tho hen crop exceeds the gold and sliver crop by about three to one I have spoken of the census of 1S90 510Iecn The census of 1900 has not yet been made public Since 1890 the American hen has been busy In spite of neglect and the Industry has grown rapidly I and It would not be surprising If the census of 1900 showed an Increase In vnluc o product of 25 per cent Since 1S90 farmers throughout the country have been turning their attention more and more to specIal farming as n result re-sult of unprofitable grain farming They have been converting the raw products of the farm into finished or concentrated articles They have been 1 adding a little skill to the raw products pro-ducts of the farm and In that way arc getting better prices for their products pro-ducts for It requires skill to duct It ski manufacture manu-facture eggs In winter when eggs arc In demand at high prices Because of this fact the census of 1900 will contain con-tain It is predicted no greater surprises sur-prises than the statistics relating to the growth df the poultry Industry Utah It Is true Is not getting her pro rata of this poultry business During the winter season large quantities of poultry and eggs come to Utah every year I Is estimated that about 75000 worth of eggs and dressed poultry Including turkeys are Imported every year principally from Kansas and Nebraska On the other hand during the season of surplus production considerable quantities of eggs and chickens arc shipped to Idaho and Montana where there is always a ready market Some shipments ship-ments are also made as far as California Cali-fornia These markets are capable of taking care of any possible surplus that may be produced In Utah There will always be a good market In Utah and neighboring Stat s for double and treble the present output of the hener I les I doubt If there Is another State in the Union that offers bettei ad 1 i vantages for profitable poultry culture than Utah poulry culurc To briefly summarize those ad vantages First a superior climate though some perverse poultry writers assert that poultry raising wrJcr attain its highest development In a a high altitude This hl1 of course Is curse wholly erroneous A dry climate Is certainly favorable to the rearing of chicks and If any demonstration were needed to establish establsh tho fact that a high altitude doc not affect biddys laying proclivities n study of the records of the cxperlmqnt stations statons would be sufficient for the Utah sta Lon has published better laying records than any other station In the country A second advantage that Utah offers over other sections for profitable poultry raising may be mentioned tho cost of food Poultry food costs less In Utah than In Eastern States and on that account the cost per dozen of eggs Is in tho neighborhood of 2 cents less than In Eastern sections With good layers and good management manage-ment and the average prices of food In Utah eggs may be produced at a food cost of 5 cents per dozen This advantage also applies In the production produc-tion of chickens turkeys and ducks for tablq purposes The third advantage which has already al-ready been mentioned IS l the superiority su-periority of our markets for poultry products During the winter season eggs are 5 cents a dozen higher In Salt Lake City than In New York and dur ing spring our prices are equally good rood Taking the Middle State and tho comparison Is much more favorable for Utah Fresh eggs at SnIt Lake City are now and have been for sometime some-time selling for 30 to 35 cents a dozen and It is contain that < market could be worked up for strictly select eggs egg at higher prices than these Whero eggs are strictly select of largo uni form size and uniform color and guaranteed fresh laid there are people peo-ple In every city who will pay n premium of 5 to 10 cents a dozen over the market price to get them In Now York city the demand for such eggs cannot be supplied at a premium of 15 cents a dozen over market quotations quota-tions during the winter season Thcso three factors climate food cost and market must determine tho profitableness of the poultry Industry in any section of the country They aro all in our favor and there is no reason why the poultry Industry should not be made to produce an additional ad-ditional million dollars to the revenues of tho State every year giving profitable profit-able employment to many people who aro wrestling wtlh the problem of hoW to make ends meet What hinders the development of tho Industry In other sections of the country coun-try hinders It In Utah The old cry oC the unsuccessful poultryman I that there Is no money In hens Is very largely I responsible for the neglect ery the Industry There Is plenty of evidence evi-dence now to meet that statement I has been demonstrated that there Is money In hens The Utah Experiment station has shown that at the prevailing prevail-ing prices of food an average flock athena at-hena with good management will give a profit of 200 per cent on cost of food The labor cost was not considered but on the farm and on the village lot the labor account scarcely enters into calculation cal-culation besides labor is going to waste the people need labor they are looking for profitable labor In commercial com-mercial poultrykeeping this item of course must be considered The writer visited a poultry farm In New York during the pat summer where 3000 hens were kept with the labor of two men and some extra help occasionally and at place a man and n boy were doing the labor of a poultry plant that yields an Income of about 5000 a year To come nearer home Mr A E Thorogood of Ogden keeps a few hens lie also keeps account of expenses and receipts of the flock He has given mon mo-n statement of these for the past year From 275 birds he got a total of 36209 eggs for the year ending September 30th Of these birds forty were sold durIng the ea as unprofitable layers and thirtyfive died from natural causes and tho excessive heat of Juno and July Averaging the flock at 237 head he figures up an average production produc-tion of 153 eggs per hen for the year After paying all expenses there was left l as a reward for his labor 555050 The labor he figured as amounting to 131 days so that he had 125 a day foe his labor Another serious hindrance to tho industry in-dustry In Utah is that men go Into the business without knowing the first essentials es-sentials of poultrykeeping and oC course they fall and then publish tho statement that there Is no inoney In the business A man docs not essay to build and manage creamery without with-out first serving an apprenticeship Ito will most probably take a course of instruction In-struction at j dairy school und then spend some time In a good creamery getting an Insight into the business by doing the practical work So the poul tryman must study the poultry business busi-ness In the same way or else spend several years In experimenting at his own expense with a few hens and gradually grow Into the business I is a business that will pay and nowhere no-where else In the country will It pay better the man with the necessary knowledge and industry who goes into It with a determination to succeed PROF DRYDEN |
