Show ta Poultry Raked Ea k Iced d Highs High B. B Business a s 5 t 1 ki J ocla ocia Lion tion Executive I Rev Reveals als aIs Figures J I or or State When a Utah Industry be becomes comes so sor ige r e it p a livelihood for ugh lough l pee peo le lc to populate the sec sec- Id id largest larges largest city in the state that i justry stry ca cart rightfully be considered II ie ie of Uta s 's 3 most Important The I Ind industry stry in this state then serves es i its place in the sun Between and perI pernil per per- ns nil I arc are de dependent en ent upon the poultry fo foi their living and an- an her 2000 persons receive a sub sub- 1 portion of their income in- in r lr from m poultry Authority for lor this statement is ugh M. M Blackhurst assistant genal genal genal gen- gen al mana manater manager er of ot the Utah Poultry Cooperative association ported I to include 80 per cent of e stat stat- states state's h a commercial d Id ta to handle 85 per per- percent cent of ot the products The rhe Dr Draper per Aced Asso- LUon Inc plays play an important rt annually In Jn the handling of ah's poultry business It main- main h hl ne offices in Draper and num- num rs rs re among i its members many of e larger poultry growers of oC the its ite I t Plent Plenty of at Egg Eggs The commercial hens hens' in ine e state owned by almost produce approximately I eggs yearly This is 1 arly any enough to supply every ahn three eggs for tor breakfast each y of the the year The Fhe average annual output of the industry ranges in value m im to or ap- ap half as much as the value of ot all agricultural PS grown in the state tate rhe The largest portion of ot the income by Utah comes come m 01 the sale ale of eggs in the export ide for lor first quality eggs from ah bring top prices in New York d the country's other major mar- mar ts to Nearly however comes m im the thc sale of ot spring fryers fryer and andos ns os as meat birds Another t comes from the growing business business business busi busi- ness of ot raising raisins colored hens for meat alone in the Uintah basin are developing this thi phase of the business particularly Exclusive of oC the income from chickens moreover is the 12 1250 0 received this year car by from the sale of oC pounds of turkeys outside of the state durIng durIng during dur dur- ing the holiday hollday season and another pounds in Utah itself Best Bent in History lUstor The past year was one of ot the best in the history of the turkey industry in Utah according to Herbert Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert Beyers manager of the Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western Turkey Growers tion ion Farmers of Utah generally have lave benefited materially from the growth of ot the poultry industry as more than is paid grain farmers each year ear for the to bushels of ot wheat barIe barley rye re and com corn purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased by Utah Other feed eed ingredients produced in Utah include salt saIto meat scraps calcium carbonate milk and alfalfa Imports Imports Imports Im Im- ports include oils fish meal and corn The poultry feed manufacturing Industry alone has grown until it itIs itIs its Is s worth more than a year and provides pro employment ment for several several several sev sev- eral hundred persons The lumber Industry has benefited benefited benefited bene bene- through development of oC various phases of or the poultry in industry industry industry in- in since large quantities of wood have been used in the construction construction construction con con- and maintenance of ot coops nes nests feed hoppers and other equip equip- ment |