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Show BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR POULTRYMEN Price of Eggs Everywhere on Increase. (Prepared by the United States Department of Affrtculture.) WNU Service. With the price of corn and wheat lower than It has been for several years and the price of eggs on the increase, in-crease, the outlook for the poultry Industry In-dustry appears brighter, in the opinion opin-ion of Dr. M. A. Jull, poultry specialist special-ist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Another point In favor of the poultry poul-try man is that heavy culling of farm flocks reduced the number of laying hens by about 20.000,000. Ordinarily these hens would not be culled out until the fall, but last spring farmers were interested more than usual in saving feed bills. ' I Still another factor which makes the future look brighter for the poultry poul-try industry is the fact that there were fewer chicks hatched last spring than usual. This is particularly true of early hatched chicks, so that the early fall production of eggs fell short of last year's supply, with Increases In prices. Doctor Jull believes the Immediate future of the poultry industry to be fairly good, particularly for those who produce eggs and high-quality poultry for market, for hatcheryrnen who produce pro-duce high-quality chicks, and for farmers farm-ers and commercial poultrymen who give their flocks the best management and who practice efficient culling. |