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Show THICK CJfiTJORROW Qr-nb neck or s1k-) ON DURrfi 1948 Utah poultry breeders will be able to continue their search for superior meat-type chickens with another state Chicken-of-Tomor-row contest in 1948, it was announced an-nounced today. The national committee of poultry poul-try leaders supervising the program, pro-gram, meeting here, voted unanimously unani-mously to continue the educational education-al breeding contest through 1948. The industry-wide program was originally set up on a three-year basis, with two years of state and regional contests culminating in a grand national championship this spring in Delaware. Forty top breeders throughout the nation will send eggs to these finals, where they will be hatched and raised under identical conditions, supervised by a sub-committee headed by H. L. Shrader, senior extension poultry husbandman of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Winners will receive $7,000 in prizes awarded by A. & A. Food Stores, sponsors of the contest. |