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Show INTEREST IN POULTRY KEEN SALT LAKE CITY, t'tiih, Aug. 17 "There is n growing interest in poultry throughout the entire state of Utah," declares Jesse W. IIoopcs, president, of the Utah Toultry Producers Pro-ducers Co-operative Marketing association, asso-ciation, which handles eggs, poultry and turkeys from about 2000 producers pro-ducers in all parts of the state. A survey of the industry, in recent months shows that the greatest forward for-ward strides have been made in t'tah county territory. This region centers around the American Fork and I'rovo plants of the Co-operative, which is also supplied with eggs from Springville, Lehi and Pleasant Grove districts. "It is not strange that greatest progress should be registered here," says ilr. lloopes. "The commercial pouLt ry industry in T.'tali had its birth in the American Kork region and the people in the industry there realize what it can he developed to mean to their agricultural industry." indus-try." Koxeldor county has shown a marked increase in the last year. Sevier county and Cache county imported im-ported an unusually large volume of baby chicks during the spring of li27. The association looks for a steadily stead-ily growing volume of product ion from Utah during the coming few years. "Farmers everywhere are .snowing an interest in the poultry business, realizing that it has been develojM'd to a point where a great and permanent future is assured." |