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Show 4-H'eirs KEEP UP WITH ZOOMING POULTRY INDUSTRY BROILERS I EGGS I TURKEYS 2,400 r MILLIONS 70 r- BILLIONS 110 r- MILLIONS PRODUCED PRODUCED Alv PRODUCED J u1 100 ft 1,800 I J 50 J 80 - A 1,600 - I I I 1 00 I 4 60 If 1 1 1 1 iii'i 1 t ir 1 1 1940 '.45 '50 '55 '60 '65 1940 '45 '50 55 '60 '65 1940 '45 '50 '55 '60 '65 I I Consumption of poultry products is expected to take another jump this year as pork and beef production declines, according to statements made at the recent Junior Poultry and Egg Fact Finding Conference at Kansas City, Mo. Among the young delegates attending the 13th annual event were 4-H Club and FFA mem-bers mem-bers chosen for their top poultry poul-try projects. They held their own clinics, heard expert poultrymen and toured the vast display of equipment used in the $6 billion bil-lion poultry industry. Heisdorf & Nelson Farms, Inc., of Kirkland, Wash, sponsor spon-sor for the fifth straight year of the national 4-H Poultry program, was one of the exhibitors. exhi-bitors. Representing the worldwide world-wide hatcheries was A. L. Carter, Car-ter, assistant manager of the franchise department. Mr. Carter talked to the young visitors about careers in the industry. Among the challenging challeng-ing fields, he said, are genetics, nutrition, veterinary science and teaching. Successful careers also can be found in advertising, transportation, trans-portation, engineering, marketing market-ing and accounting, he added, for farm youth who plan to earn their livelihood off the farm. Arthur Heisdorf, president, also has talked to 4-H members about the steady growth and expansion of the industry within with-in the last two decades. He addressed poultry award winners win-ners last December during the National 4-H Club Congress at Chicago. Forty-four states and Puerto Rico were represented. Mr. Heisdorf presented $500 scholarships schol-arships to three girls and three boys for having the best 4-H Poultry projects in the entire nation. Next October six more top 4-H'ers will be named for scholarships, schol-arships, and will be guests of Heisdorf & Nelson at the 1966 4-H Congress. Others will win trips, too, and some 5,000 younger club members will claim county medals of honor. Projects may be started any time. Some require very little space since they involve only eggs or chicks. Parents wishing to enroll their children in the 4-H Poultry Poul-try program, or parents wishing wish-ing to become poultry club ler.ders are urged by the Cooperative Co-operative Extension Service to contact their County Extension office. |