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Show Better Egg Mart For Poultrymen Better times and improved prices are ahead for Utah poultrymen, .' the tremendous decrease in storage holdings of eggs is any criterion. Officials of the Utah Poultry Producers' Pro-ducers' Cooperative association have just received word that the number of eggs in storage throughout the country is now much le.ss than half of what it was a year ago. The information in-formation is contained in an official report of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture for the fore part of May. " Storage holdings of eggs in New York City, Utah's greatest market, are reduced 72 per cent; or in other words the storage stocks so far this year are only 28 per cent of what they were this time in 1931. On the principal markets in the United States, including New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, on May 1 there was only 41 per cent as many eggs in storage, making the decrease 59 per cent from the same date last , year. Another federal report for May 1, shows that on 2G markets in the United Unit-ed States the average number of eggs in storage was only 49 per cent of the number held on the corresponding date in 1931. Last year the storage holding were unusually large, but the decided decrease de-crease so far this year should place the final 1932 storage volume far below be-low a normal average, unless the unexpected un-expected happens and receipts during the next month or six weeks greatly increase. II. L. Strong, assistant secretary of the Utah poultry association, interprets inter-prets the tremendous decrease in eggs in storage to mean at least three things. First, this condition gives promise of a stronger egg market within the next few months and better prices, perhaps. It undoubtedly shows that the egg production this season is materially lower than that of either last year or the average for the past few years, and it is conclusive evidence evi-dence that consumption has been stimulated by the low prices that have prevailed for some time. |