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Show More Eggs Per Hen Needed,Says Expert - : One of the most urgent needs in the pouLry industry in Utah today is a state-wide cumpaign for -a greater average egg production per hen, reports re-ports Carl Frischknecht, assistant extension ex-tension poultryman of the Utah 'S;ate Agricultural college. Mr. Frischknecht was led to make this statement because of the records made available to him from poultry-men poultry-men in various parts of the state who have cooperated with the extension service in the keeping of poultry accounts ac-counts during the past year, "When some poultrymen are able to get ap average production of 221.7 eggs, per bird during the year, while others secure an average of less than 100 eggs per bird in the same length of time, there is something wrong," sai(i Mr. Frischknecht. - n some f lpcks the productf?n is low because inferior chicks were purchased. purchas-ed. In others it may be due to faulty feeding, poor housing, insufficient .culling throughout the year, poor sanitation san-itation and disease control, or to poor care and management in general, Mr. Frischknecht advises that the egg prpduetipn per hen in the state must pe increased if a large percentage of poultrymen are to remain in the business. busi-ness. The average production in Utah for Pocom))er last year was only 8.8 eggs per bird.; therefore, if a poultryman has a i!oci of 500 birds, they must lay 4480 eggs or an average of 144.5 eggs each day this month to equal the state average production for December of last year. |