Springville Herald | 1951-04-05 | Page 2 | Boys, Girls Invited to Participate in Chicken Contest

Boys, Girls Invited To Participate In Chicken Contest More than 100 prospective young poultry producers, both boys and girls, in various sections of the state, are participating In "Junior Broiler" project just inaugurated by the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative in conjunction with the Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest The Junior Broiler program has been set up under the direction of Dr. Lawrence Morris, director of producer relations for Utah Poultry. Poul-try. The organization is providing many of the boys and girls with from 100 to 200 chicks as well as with feed, where required. The young producers will house, feed and care for the birds for about 11 weeks. At the end of that time both dressed and live birds will be entered in a state contest and prizes will be awarded the winner by Utah Poultry. ' . The broiler project is being di- rected by Woodrow Jenkins, Extension Ex-tension Poultryman at the Utah State Agricultural College and state chairman of the Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest. Entries in the broiler competition have been nominated by the Future Farmers of America, the 4-H clubs and schools. The Women's auxiliary of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative will assist in the directing di-recting of the program. At the end of the contest, each of the competing boys and girls will submit a story or report of 250 words or less on their activities. Prizes will be awarded based on the report and the results obtained. ob-tained. The broilers will be sold at the end of the contest and money advanced ad-vanced for the project by Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative will be, repaid. All profits, will go to the young producers. It's a novel scheme to give future producers a chance to get started on their own. The project has been enthusiastically received and will be expanded next year. A similar program in raising turkeys also will be started shortly, according to Dr. Morris.