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Show Many Eggs Shipped From This Point The Gunnison branch of the Utah Poultry Producers, Inc., is proving a busy place at present and incidentally incidental-ly the farmers are reaping a benefit that in previous years was not available. avail-able. Bert Willardson, who has the management of the Gunnison branch of the institution, announces that a eareload of eggs is being shipped from this point every week. The car that went out last Saturday brought the total up to 18 and is more thus far than the entire shipment from the state of Utah last year. A study of the statistical reports from the state farm bureau and the data gathered gath-ered from the railroad records show that only seven carloads of eggs were shipped out of the state last season. Not alone is Gunnison proving an important part in supplying the big shipments, but other points about state where the association has shipping ship-ping headquarters, is aiding in bringing bring-ing the shipments to a high standard. The association, according to statistics, sta-tistics, has shipped a total of 30 carloads car-loads of eggs out of the state. Since March 25th nearly ninety cars have been shipped from the state and sold on the local markets. The association, associa-tion, though young yet, is looking forward to the second year of business busi-ness and it conservatively estimated that next seasons business will be more than doubled in the egg business. busi-ness. In addition to eggs the association will branch into the broiler business. Some two weeks ago a full carload of the luscious spring chickens were shipped to outside points. There are many thousands of young chickens in this valley, resulting from conservative con-servative culling of flocks, that have "been contracted for by the association associa-tion and within the next few weeks it is thought several carloads will be shipped from this valley. The ice plant at this point has been put in commission and the cold storage is being maintained con. stantly, thus affording ample pror tection for the product handled- hf the association. Mr. Willardson is highly pleased with conditions and believes that Gunnison and the Gunnison Gun-nison Valley will prove a big factor in supplying eggs and poultry for export purposes. , |