Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-09 | Page 9 | Poultry Feed Cost Reduced

Ul TRY FEED COST REDUCED Poultry News J fr m mash h with a base of ot ote ae e e grown wheat and barley has haa tilted In a 40 per cent decrease Ind in ind ind d d cost of producing each pound in Utah according to data piled by Professor Byron Alof Al- Al of Ilot the Utah State Agricultural ege ge poultry department Ugh protein levels yellow corn wheat grain base mash and lin In mixture cost coat the producer 12 itt tU per pound of turkey raised Dt or Alder claims The cost costlow costlow costlow low protein level food contain contain- wheat and barley reduced the it to n cents per pound of ot bird Growth and meat quality seemed Deemed through w use e of ot the home wn vii wn grains Professor Ald Alder Aider r d. d Mortality was Wa equally low pens where corn or barley W was U d d but deaths were nearly double pens fed led a high protein ration ere ere was no marked improvement weight fleshing condition or orther orther orther ther growth in the birds on the h protein levels following the experiment to chicken egg prices fessor Alder said that 1935 averl aver- aver l quotations were 24 cents cent per peren peren pern en en n representing the highest highet nt at o of the low price bracket of ot past p t four years Higher figS fig fig- 3 S were given in October 1931 at cents a d dozen a price nearly ched he last October at 40 tents cents per peren en Doting other figures figure all of ot ch were taken aken from top grade grades a s Professor Alder further re- re led lcd that a peak was reached In InI L I at 43 cents per dozen after alter ch a drop was as made to 38 cents dozen 1 12 months later and 16 t ts for January of 1932 The low- low quotation was given at 13 cents dozen asked on January 28 I. I ggs brought 34 cents in Novem- Novem of the same sam year ear then declined cents in February February- of ol 1934 return scale reached 40 cents 1934 to match the quotation for 1935 Oc- Oc r. r L