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Show SPRINGVILLE POULTRY INDUSTRY MAKES PROGRESSIVE STRIDES 1939 Is Banner Year For Springville Egg And Poultry Producers More Than 13,000 Cases of Eggs Shipped Through Local Poultry Plant During Past Year By AAIYOT W. CHERRIXGTON Local President and State Board Director of the Vtah Poultry Producers Co-op. Ass'n. From a small beginning about fourteen years ago, the poultry industry has grown in leaps and bounds until today it is one of the leading industries in our community. There are somewhere in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of 350 families who have the poultry busi- TYPICAL OF FLOWER STUDIES ' 4 ' ft - J, , J wJW&..,-vg?iBhl , "Jwr, 2 ' ' ' cases of eggs shipped through our local plant during the year just completed. Stock certificates of interest in-terest issued to the producers as a result of the deduction of 1 cent per dozen on each dozen eggs shipped, ship-ped, totaled $3,750.00. Five per cent interest is paid on these cer-ticifates cer-ticifates until they are redeemed after five years at their face value. The 1934 issue of these certificates cer-tificates to the producers is now being redeemed, causing $4,550.00 to be returned to this community as a result of the cooperative marketing mar-keting system. A yearly payroll of around $7,-550.00 $7,-550.00 is distributed through the local plant, representing eight regular employees. During the spring and early summer months of each year, one or two extra persons are employed to take care of the increased volume at that time. For the quarter of business ending end-ing March 30, 1940, vMr. Bird reports re-ports there is an increase of 33 per cent in egg receipts and 31 per cent increase in the feed sales over the corresponding period of last year. There are about the same number of baby chicks being be-ing brooded this year as compared compar-ed with last year, with a slight increase in-crease in the paying price for broilers over last year. This spring the association has offered to the producers a marketing mar-keting contract for broilers, guaranteeing guar-anteeing a certain price for their broilers at ten weeks of age. At this time, there are approximately 20,000 cockerels being raised under un-der this contract here in Springville. Spring-ville. This means many dollars v mr m. f m-a ty JL A ft. JL AS Mi KS ' 111 W s v 4 " ' v " I ' s : 1 - . - r.uv - 1 brat, Vi "Shasta Daisies," By Carl Lawless, an example of the large flower group in this year's exhibit. ness as a part, and in some cases the only means of making their livelihood. The great majority of these people are loyal members of the Utah Poultry and who believe in "cooperation," and from their loyalty receive the benefits derived deriv-ed therefrom. The year 1939 was a banner year in so far as the plant here in Springville was concerned. Ar-vil Ar-vil Bird, local plant manager, reports re-ports that for the year 1939 there were a total of 47,137 bags of feed sold through the local plant. On each sack of manufactured seed sold there is returned to the pro- : ducers in the form of feed certificates certifi-cates of credit, as a result of the 5-cent scale-off on each sack of manufactured feed. During the past year, there was returned to the producers a total of $913.40 as a result of this feed credit. These certificates of credit are redeemable re-deemable at face value after two years have elapsed. The feed credits issued during the year of 19 37 were redeemed in October of 1939, with a total of $1,389.35 returned to the producers in this community. There were a total of 13,146 will be returned to the growers of these birds, which in turn means dollars spent in our community. com-munity. Paraphrasing an old saying, "What Springville Makes, Makes Springville," is indeed true of the poultry industry. "Springville has the largest high school art collection in the world." Literary Digest. The economy vaudeville act of the senate in refusing to vote $25,000 to repair the roof of its chamber should finally bring down the house. |