| Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday Jazuary 18 1948 ENITERE EDITION 16 III SECTION v L 4 fo 4 ' ' 1 - oro'Ci'iz ? ''''''f ' 1:' ' ' '1 '''- '4 1 't 1 't A l' ' Ns tt ' TI N' ' c i ! 1' A v 14' 1 it I fg F'y 44144 4 o0 t iac ‘ I E 711' t -- NO el 0 a 5rnzrs i I 171 1 I '' 1 year thousinds of Utah prepare to celebrate the Silver Anniversary of "Utah Poultry" in the state largest farmer When early in 1923 plans were laid to organize Utah poultrymen into a association for the finding of profitable outside markets for their eggs Utah was an state — actually bringing in more eggs than were shipped out Poultry raising was in the main a back-lo- t sideline Chickens like Topsy "just growed" Scientific breeding of lay7 ing strains was just beginning feeds and feeding methods werF haphazard coops generally were inadequate and unsanitary As a result the average hen laid far fewer eggs than she does now In the ensuing quarter century the industry has been revolutionized Today poultry raising accounts for the major part of the income of of farmers The production of eggs and poultry meat is a specialized business requiring expensive equipment dependable convenient' and economical sources of scientifically prepared feeds near-begg receiving sta (CRIS co-operati- ve self-owne- r" I egg-importi- : 1"I11T CGS POULTRY 1416 1 1111mc4 3 ng s Z thp-usand- o I 4 VC '11 1111111111116110P R y : time-teste- d Co-operati- ve co-o- p co-operati- on reif-- tt 111 a d dons nation-wid- e transportation storage and marketing facilities and sound business management For most farmers the best and cheapest way to 'secure all these — and many additional benefits — is through cooperation under the methods and management of this pioneer producer-owne- d poultry association Today poultry raising in Utah has "arrived" From a back-lo- t stepchild of a quarter century ago it has become the largest branch pf Utah's agriculture with total annual proceeds of over 35 millidn dollars And "Utah Poultry" now operating under its new name Utah Poultry and Farmers' to encompass its expanded services to poultrymen as well as to many farmers who are not chiefly engaged in poultry raising has become the in America third largest poultry Under its leadership in the best sense of the word backed by the same personal initiative and rugged individualism that have made America strong is working with other constructive (Impcratic forces to promote and preserve abundant living for all -- I - ik Ale MrVMWS1-t91- (1 |
