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Show Springville Ag. Students Win Awards For Superiority In Poultry, Garden Projects Records Reveal Interesting Figures On Poultry Production; Flock Produces 11.62 Dozen Eggs Per Hen Or Total Revenue of $3606.92 Per Year. Word received this week by V. C. Mendenhall, agriculture teacher of the Springville high school, announces an-nounces the boys in his class have won awards for outstanding project pro-ject work. I Lymon Metcalf, it is stated, will ! receive 250 Triple A chicks from the I. X. L. hatchery of Petaluma, j Calif., and William Bringhurst, 150 baby chicks from the Escondido ' hatchery of Escondido, Calif. ' Metcalf began his project with j 1000 laying hens. These have laid 11,620 dozen eggs or 11.62 dozen per hen. His total expenditures have been $3319.63 and his total re-- re-- ceipts $3606.92, showing a profit of $287.29. Besides the profit he has paid himself for labor $326.70, making mak-ing a total profit of '$613.99. The hours spent on the project total 1089. Last year Metcalf received a prize of 300 chicks from the same hatchery hatch-ery for the best laying hen project. As a result of his success in the , work he has received a Union Pacific Pa-cific alternate scholarship to the U. A. C. Bringhurst began with 1200 baby chicks. His total expenditures were $1333.15, and his total receipts $1312.70. For self labor he received $253.75 for 725 hours, making a total to-tal project income of $236.30. His brooding loss up to three and one-half one-half months was 2.54 per cent. The basis of judgment for these awards are: the size of the project; pro-ject; the accuracy of record, and the income of the project. In addition to these awards Met-l Met-l calf, Wednesday, was presented : with a gold medal from the Utah ' Poultry association for the best I poultry project in ' the state, and ; Howard Larsen of Mapleton re-' re-' ceived a medal from the Porter Walton company, Salt Lake, as second sec-ond prize for his vegetable project. |