Show UTAH PRODUCERS TO H ATCH CHICKS s an agreement has been reached rea cheil between the utah poultry producers cooperative association and the utah accredited hatchers catchers Hat chers and breeders bleeders Bre eders association that should eventually greatly stimulate chick hatching in utah benefit commercial egg ees and poultry producers and make this state a great poultry breeding center according to announcement recently by H L strong assistant secretary of the utah poultry association a plan has been approved whereby the poultry society will recommend to its members the purchase of chicks bred hatched and raised in utah in the past a commin practice has been to import thi th i baby clacks from caher states in return the poultry association has been given the power of certain supervision over the breeding and batching activities af pf p members bers of the other organizations in this way poultry and egg producers be as that only the highest chicks hatched under strictly sanitary conditions arop eggs bayed by only the best breeding stocks will be sold it Is hoped the agreement will eventually at least the number of chicks chicki hatched batched iu in utah last year poultry producers of this state purchased labout about baby chicks 1 locally and imported over from california and other states professor byron alder poultry dl rector at the utah state agricultural I 1 college estimates that it if the 2000 chicks now imported were hatched in utah it would furnish an outlet for nearly additional utah eggs and keep over blooded hens busy laying them this is a sizable industry by Y itself not i only will utah eventually fill 1111 practically all of her own baby chick orders under the agreement but sho she will become a great exporter of quality chicks and hatchery eggs mr alder believes the local investment in the hatch hatchery cy business bushness busl ness ik Is now over ove egg producers particularly those continued continued page UTAH POULTRY PRODUCES ES TO HATCH OWN CHICKS continued from page ono one with brooding breeding stock will be bone I 1 fitted by the plan since hatching I 1 eggs bring premiums of from 2 to 5 per case depending upon quality 1 j this great market tor for some I 1 additional eggs would come in the spring when the food egg production I 1 Is normally heaviest and prices low e est S t making it all the more welcome 1 1 under terms of the the agreement the poultry association in cooperation i with the U S A 0 and state de apartment part ment of agriculture will select a corps of skilled r to serve in the employ of the poultry j coop co op in the supervision of bird selection I 1 and culling for breeding purposes A definite set of standards has been approved to be used as a control hatcheries will also be inspected s for sanitation and cleanly noss nesa the pedigree of every male bird must measure up to certain requirements before accepted and then the bird itself must have the proper characteristics and pass the rigid inspection spec tion of the poultry association cullers representatives of the marketing association further have the right to examine all eggs which go into the incubators eliminating any tinted shells of hylt alit eggs in supervising breeding stock subsequent q en cu culling ng an and so selection ec on 0 of eggs these agents will have the alanl say as to whether or not quality is correct under such a system of check and recheck re check cheek the management of the poultry association feels confident that local producers can purchase utah baby chicks with every assurance they are as good as money can buy any breeder or who falls to live up to the standards of quality set will be disqualified following are the bona fide members of the utah breeders bleeders bre eders and hatch ers association included in the agreement to date gos hatchery provo manti apex hatchery mantl mand wasatch hatchery S salt alt lake city ramshaw hatcheries salt lake utah coop co op baby chick hatchery salt lake ogden poultry y farm and hatchery ogden anderson Ilat hatchery chery ogden utah hatch ery company brigham city wood bury electric hatchery and walter clark hatchery |