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Show I . j --"H J "r"'":- - v":' i " . v 7 ' j X ( . I ' " - J ' I . - ' . - i I ""' ---v ? - - - -: " t --V.V ' 1 '." - ,V ' " . ' - -T'V " i I . f ",. .7-'..' . f ? ''w- . Ai , - I l v,-. -i, .j.; o f r -r . , . 1 1 y ' ' l .. -- - , ' ' ' J ' ' -V '" '. ' -' t k J ' ' ' ' ' ' ' j ERVIL AND MORONI SANDERS INSPECT TURKEY POULTS Sanders Brothers Hatchery Doing Large Turkey Business From 3 Incubator Capacity In '37 To 75,000 Egg Capacity Is Record Never in their history has the Sanders Brothers turkey hatchery operated under more momentous circumstances. You might well ask why. The answer is readily supplied by the very nature of their business. A large part of this energetic firm's business is with farmers, not only on equipment and remedies, reme-dies, but the actual product to produce more meat, namely, baby poults. Right now, and for many months or years in the future, this nation at war demands tremendous tre-mendous quantities of those critical crit-ical foods. Farmers and turkey raisers, like all other workers engaged en-gaged in the mass production program, pro-gram, must tool up for the "big push". Farm labor has left for armament plants. Farm boys are going into the armed forces. j 'Victory Plants' Ervil and Moroni Sanders, managers man-agers of the turkey hatchery, stated that "every poultry house in the country is a victory plant. If food will win the war, as they say it will, then eggs and poultry products rank way up there as a potent weapon". That, indeed, is a subject worthy wor-thy of further expansion; not only will food win the war, but be a (Continued on page eight) Sanders Bros. Hatchery (Continued from first page) powerful instrument in writing a strong peace. The impoverished countries throughout the world will lean on America for those critical foods eggs, milk, meat with which to help re-build health and morale. The Sanders brothers pointed out that although the government survey of growers' intentions (in February) to start poults indicated an 8 per cent increase over the 1941 crop, it did not appear that this increase would be possible. Egg and poult shortages, coupled with the problems of getting labor la-bor and an increase in feed prices, along with the shortage of equipment, equip-ment, were listed as factors tending tend-ing to limit increases in the crop. It was five years ago that Sanders San-ders Brothers started out in the turkey enterprise, building a small combination hatchery-brooder house out of adobe blocks. Three incubator units and a few oil brooders were the only pieces of equipment they had to start with. But having a lot of ambition and the will to go ahead, putting in a lot of hard work, their success was bound to result. The present incubator capacity of 75,000 turkey tur-key eggs is definite proof that they have made steady growth in their business. Utah Is Trade Area Their trade area includes the State of Utah. Incidentally, Sanders San-ders Brothers turkey farm is the largest producer of poults in the State of Utah. All the breeding is handled on the farm exclusively. exclus-ively. They own all their turkey flocks which are blood tested. Their many buildings house a brooder capacity of 25,000 poults, which are usually sold after they reach the age of eight weeks. They are now selling about half of their output. The boys have attributed at-tributed their success to the following fol-lowing points: Careful study of the business, good equipment, fair treatment of customers, and plenty of very hard work. For relaxation, the Sanders Brothers are active in the local baseball and basketball teams. Sixteen employees are kept busy on the farm, and one air-conditioned truck (poult pull-man) pull-man) keeps the turkeys on the move. Five trucks are kept busy hauling and delivering feed. Farms Also 'Victory Plants' In closing, Ervil Sanders made a statement that should be of interest in-terest to citizens of this com munity. "We read and hear a 1-about 1-about 'Food for Victory' tr days. Too many of us think terms of big shiploads of it Bli" ing the Atlantic, of warehotT stocked to the roof, of fact0." turning out the finished prod!-. But right out here on the fr of our country are hundreds r Victory plants the poultrj- a turkey houses of our rural ner bors turning out one of the tion's critical foods". Let's think in terms of our or back yard the next time we he: the words, 'Food for Victor. A visit to the Sanders Brother-turkey Brother-turkey hatchery should prove c interest to anybody who is inter-ested inter-ested in mass production methoi in raising birds for the mark' The brothers stated that visiter, are welcome at any time, and th; will gladly show them arani their farm. |