| Show Poultry Poultry What What the Industry Means Ieans to Utah County Count y The lolloping following article taken from a report report of Provo C. C of C. C shows what can can be done tn in the Ule Poultry business I Iron County could well ell do likewise To quote from Irom Dr E. E O. O Peterson President of ot the Utah Utah Imported Imported imported Im Im- College Fifteen College Fifteen years ago aiO ported approximately I worth north of poultry products annually In 1323 1928 we e exported upward of worth orth of poultry and poultry I products This very very Important economic change has taken place almost it wholly within the past six years Since the organization organization organization of and through the vigorous ac ac- tI Hy of the Utah Poultry Producer Producers Cooperative Association I Years ago we ve were ere amazed with the printed statement that the poultry output of the great state of ot Ohio In Ina a single year far exceeded In value the gold output of California In her greatest producing year This gave save to tous tous us II a very definite picture of the Im- Im pol tant possibilities of the hen hen In the development de of real wealth yealth and therefore therefore there there- fore of human progress and happiness The great majority of us however were prone to accept the statement of Ohio with much misgiving and if more seriously stirred we still have been too willing to accept our out Isolation isolation Isola Isola- tion from the great markets due to long loni distance and excessive freight rates We sat rather listlessly by and watched China ship into our country country coun coun- try thousands of tons of frozen eggs for use all aU oyez over our Nation in the development of our confect confectionery onery a an n pastry Industries The necessary vision and courageous courage courage- ous dash was provided primarily by Benjamin Drown Brown Clyde C. C Edmonds Edmond s and Albert chief among reC the organizers of the Utah Poultry ry Producers Cooperative Association They were neither daunted by die tance lance nor excessive transportation n charges They caught the vision and nd grasped the opportunity for the de de- de of ot a great needed Industry y In the I Intermountain mountain Intel region and de developed developed de- de vel ped our country into a vigorous s exporting poultry products section They were familiar with the favorable favorable favorable favor favor- able climatic conditions and with th the e abundant production of a wide variety of poultry foods and with general conditions con con- conditions conductive to give quality and quantity poultry production With his vision backed by the necessary necessary sary determination the organization moved vigorously forward and In its first year established a most enviable record from coast to coast for its famous famous famous fam fam- ous Milk White Eggs Egis Its products are now at a premium in the great central markets of Amer Amer- ica lea In addition to this it stands out as one of the most successful farmers cooperative marketing institutions Inthe Inthe in inthe the world What does It mean to Utah County Count It means that approximately one half of the entire Income to Utah from poultry and poultry products comes to Utah Count County It means that many farm families in Utah County formerly former former- ly at the very ery edge of disappointment and despair are now living comfort comfort- abl ably of them well established In the poultry business with flocks from two thousand to ten thousand laying hens Poultry business is no longer longel a side issue in the farming program of Utah County It has de developed developed de de- eloped into a real business and Is giving to the scientific industrious producers satisfactory returns for their service and investment In the poultry business are two distinct dis- dis economic lines First the production production production pro pro- of the baby chicks the Hatchery Hatch ery end of the business and second the development of the egg en producing machine the henIn hen In the early rapid development de of the poultry business In our state it was necessary to bring In from poultry poultry poul poul- try centers of high quality large numbers num num- bers hers of baby chicks The process of I building flocks flock is slow hence the early necessity for our Importation I Tills This la lu a way however Is similar to Importing raw materials for our industrial plants which of corse Inthe in inthe inthe the Interest of ot highest economic gains gains' I should be reduced to the minimum at atthe atthe the earliest possible date I I Fortunately we are now approaching the lime time and point of development when we Voe can produce the major part of our baby chicks at home This will vm willbe w tU tUbe be an added advantage antage to our poultry business For example if five I ve minion million baby chicks ar are needed in try Utah and three million mimon of them are Imported at ata ata ata a cost of ot lie per cl chick ck that would mean sending out of our state and thus keep us in the importers importers im im- im porters column On the contrary If it these chicks of equal quantity can be produced at home It will wUI keep at home this tills more than third one-third of a million dollars it will materially increase the producers market for his eggs at an increased price To produce three million mullion mil mul- lion chicks would according to reliable statistics require six mUtton million egg eggs egg Reduced to car loads this would mean a market at advanced price for foran foran foran an additional thirty-seven thirty car loads of eggs or in cash value approximately ely Increased opportunity to our producers The eggs actually used for hatchIng hatching hatch hatch- ing would be taken from our producers during their flush season of the year I This would have a tendency to stabs stabs- lize laze the market keep up the price and add many thousand dollars to the in income in- in come of our local far tankers farers It therefore I apPears appears that In the Interest of the best economy and the fullest development development develop develop- ment of ot home Industry that we should hould produce our chicks at home sell our eggs and poultry products abroad entel enter en- en en ter tel into the fullest cooperative e team teamwork teamwork teamwork work for prosperity overcome all of our differences and make Utah the Banner Danner state for chicks production Uon Just as It now is the Banner state for forthe forthe forthe the Milk White Eggs |
