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Show Poultry Men Keep Records Says Expert I'KOF. CAUL I KISCIIKNECHT As Ktant Poultrymun, S. A. C. It is indeed encouraging to know that between 50 and 60 poultry-men poultry-men in Utah county are recording the facts which affect the success of their business. This is especially significant in times like these when the production is not very high and the price for eggs is low. However, records that are kept for a short period of time and only during the periods of prosperity mean very little. The poultry business busi-ness is a long time investment and it is the production and the price over a long period of time that success usually depends upon. One does not need 10 worry veiy much about writing a check when the bank baiance is large but when it is small there is need for checking check-ing carefully the stubs in the check nook b'-Po.-e another check Is written. writ-ten. This is likewise true of poul-trymen poul-trymen whenever the cost of production pro-duction Is about as great as the selling price of eggs. Success then depends upon efficient effic-ient production and records are especially helpful in enabling the poultryman to find what practices are unprofitable, and what changes need to be made to increase profit. The poultrymen who are keeping records range in location from Payson on the south to Lehi on the north. The recent check of these records at a series of meetings show most of the records in excellent excel-lent shape; Response has been ! splendid especially on the pen rec-J rec-J ord cards. The records began on October 1. Some cooperators were too late to be included but in October 36 flocks were averaging. 1025 hens produced an average of 6.8 eggs per hen on a per cent flock pro-dutcion pro-dutcion of 21 per cent- Less than 8 per cent of the birds, were culled and 1.4 per cent birds died. In November 45 flocks averaging 1156 birds averaged 8.7 eggs per bird with per cent flock production of 29. .9 per cent of birds were culled and 2.5 died from disease. In December De-cember 46 flocks averaging 1072 birds averaging 9. 8 per cent eggs per bird with a flock of production of 31 per cent. Only 2 per cent of birds were culled and the disease loss lowered to 1.25 per cent. These figures show that poultry-men poultry-men are probably not culling their flocks closely enough, especially with eggs at low prices. These records rec-ords are only taken for a short time. A year's record will mean much more and will then begin to I give an insight to the poultry business busi-ness in Utah county. High production produc-tion per hen brings greater profits, culling pays. |