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Show On Utah County Farms -With Extension Ageri KGG PRODUCTION LOW ON AVKKAGK FLOCKS Poultry records project in . Utah county is one of the important tea lures M advancing modern meth-of meth-of the poultry today There arc some G5 cooperates in Utah .oun ty cooperating in keep.ng detailed records on production, expense, receipts, re-ceipts, and proper inventory etc. 0e of the most urgent needs .n the poultry industry in Utah today is a state-wide campaign -r a greater average egg production per hen reports Carl Frischknecht, as-s.stant as-s.stant extension poullryman of the Utah State Agricultural col 1!Mr Frischknecht was I'd to make this statement because of the records made available to him rrom poultrymen in various parr, of the stale who have cooperate! with the extension service m tne . ..i. ,. wmints during community for many yMI come. This does not mean " part of the material could n ,' cut for wood but something j be left to protect the snow area and retard the runofi ; thus rehabilitate the water su,' An effort to make a j4(' study and a plan to be Cx.OT on the watersheds of the s(t( streams is just as essentia building reservoirs on the slrei. The time has come when even! should be interested in the fn. tion of the watershed. Cp u fr little planting has been done increase its value, however, mands of the future may well t into account the possibility', only protecting the vegetatiM the upper watershed as it j i present, but extending the p,r j Lo increase the protection of watershed by new planting trees, grasses and shrubs, lor ,, on these watersheds thal growth of this state depends Keeping oi i the past year. "Whon some poultrymen are able to get an average production ol '21 7 eggs per bird during the yeai ,vh.le others secure an average ol less than 100 eggs per bird in tne ame length of time, there is something some-thing wrong," said Mr. frischknecht. frisch-knecht. . . In some flocks the production is low because inferior chicks were purchased. In others it may oc due to faulty feeding, poor housing insufficient culling throughout the year, poor sanitation and disease -control, or to poor care and management man-agement in general. Mr. Frischknecht Frisch-knecht advises that the egg pre duetion per hen in (he state must oe increased if a large percentage of poultrymen arc to remain in the business. The average production in Utan for December last year was only 8.8 eggs per bird; therefore, if a pou'-tryman pou'-tryman has a flock of 500 birds, they must lay 4-180 eggs or an average ave-rage of 144.5 eggs each day this month to equal the state aveiage for December of last year. WATERSHEDS CONTKOI- Watershcd lands in Utah 1 ust have some definite supervJ:on. Merely passing into private ownership owner-ship is not sufficient unless th3 private ownership is associated with the water users who want the protection. Small canyons and small ravines close to many of the 'owns arc being denuded of the small timber protection. The cutting of a tew acres of maple, aspen or oak, if not done carefully, might result not only in immediate flood damagj but also in continued reduction it. water supply and a menace to tlv? |