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Show POULTRY IN IIGIZE TRF- msL BODY Community Organizations Perfected Yesterday; Plan (0 Raise 100,000 Hens in Three Counties This Year oejrentatives of most of the (r'nuEiinities in Washington, Iron -d Beaver counties held 'a meet-L meet-L in Cedar City Tuesday eve-.g eve-.g (or the purpose of discuss-a discuss-a the organization of a tri-r2:y tri-r2:y poultry raisers' association 1 aJT'the. establishment of an egg i -diig station. Community organ-latioiis organ-latioiis were perfected Wednesday Ci i meeting will be held in Ce-"y, Ce-"y, city again tonight to com-Zt com-Zt the central organization. It is planned to raise 100,000 fens in the three counties this year. Wellington county was repressed repre-ssed by the officers of the Dixie Cooperative Produce Association md County Agent Walter F. a:'i. Poultry growers throughout ! KiTJiem Utah are waking up to i je fact that some definite move icd concerted action must be taken ta-ken at once if the poultry business ii to thrive. A poultry meeting was ! Mid In La Verkin Wednesday with representatives present from To-qjeryllle To-qjeryllle and Hurricane and Orval Kafen, manager of the Dixie Cooperative Co-operative Produce Association and County Agent Walter P. Smith also i in attendance, at whioh a com-tittee com-tittee was appointed to learn the arJtude of the people of the different dif-ferent towns toward poultry rais-isg rais-isg and especially to determine whether the majority interested In poultry favored raising the meat type or laying type of fowl. Agent Wilier P. Smith was requested to (et to touch with the Utah Poultry Poul-try association and learn if they tould favor these three counties I cooperating for the installation of ; m egg-grading plant at Cedar to ;.ra all three... - i On March 5 another meeting w held at La Verkin for con I Mention of the same problems - and it was found that the growers divided about half and half as to I type of chickens to raise. I Upon his return from the north Mr. Smith brought word that the titan Poultry Association requires 100.000 laying hens before installing install-ing an egg-grading plant and .-advised that under present transportation transpor-tation and weather conditions a meat type chicken might be the bet for these counties. Beaver fy reported that they find it convenient to go to Rich-"'d. Rich-"'d. where a plant is already in- ' alW, than to come to Cedar City, but Iron county representa- I m 'eel that that county could I WPM half the required number Another meeting reviewing the ; ".'cn was held at Hurricane T night and Orval Hafen " "alter Smith were appointed present the district at tri-. TOUn!v meetings. |