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Show IY SHOULD WE IMPORT EGGS AND POULTRY? n)one answer the above ques-Istactorlly? ques-Istactorlly? I think not. It li Ion tint I would like to ask I atom, and nlsn lcmlnd them -t that In 1803 nearly $100,000 ; eggs antl poultiy were rom Hastcrn Stales to Silt -, for that cltv's consumption Is only reasonable to sup-Ogden sup-Ogden would ship In nt the ulatlon three-fourths.of that Theie you ale, $1T5,000 sent tnh for two articles of food be produced as iheaply hero lero In the United States, the carloads of poultry and sing through the farmyards, tate around which Is lying, waste, enough sraln to pio-dieds pio-dieds of pounds of fat poul-thouiands poul-thouiands of dozens of eggs, ,vlse hundieds of dollars for pis with which to help pay nir next l.eglslaturi meets let nber of that body ask himself Inn at the head of this article up his mind to do nil In his encourage nn Industry that e keeping of ninny thousands i within the State each sear the legislature help the Industry? lly giving It the cognition that It gives to the ndiislrlea of the State What le has done foi scilrulture and llurc and othei Industrie of t It nliio do for poultry cultuie. itlon silk culture for the reason has receded State nld at a cent date than our other Indus-Money Indus-Money was appropriated, and loo, and much other work done Legislature to bring to the if the people the Importance of mlng source of wealth to the If Utah will do one-half as or poultry, as she has done for think I am safe In stating that hae returned to her people Ile for every one expended, The of poultry In Utah today are t In a half-hearted sort of way, nsequently not getting the best Look at the Improvement n the quality of tho fruit pro ln Utah since the State took a n educating the people how to fully cultivate and care for the time Is rapidly appro idling here will be a gieater demand ver for all kinds of food pro- Not only will the demand be ire, but for better quollty as And It la right here that tho merlcan hen. If given half n , can prove to the people of thli that she Is n mono) maker of nk. I,et the, farmer spend one. ie time nnd energy upon hit ' as he does on the raising of rops and animals of tho farm, will readily see that his earn-om earn-om this source are far greater e ever dreamed of Let him re- one thliif, The products of ullr are sold for ready rash, i no waiting uutl' nfter thresh-ne. thresh-ne. The raising of poultry for Is not confined alone to farmers, hut I lefer to them more because they are the people who' are In the best position to pindure It at the least cost. They lino the room necessary, pioduce the food, consequently produce the gt eater profit. The writer was one of a committee appointed to petition our Legislature for financial aid for the poultry Inter-ests Inter-ests of tho State. As nearly all the other States of the Union lecognlzo poultry raising as nn Important Indus-try Indus-try It was natural to suppose that Utah would do likewise, It the matter were brought to the attention of the proper purtles So with hope high In our hearts wc duly piesented tho bill to the honorable body ref cried to, but, alar for vain hope, our hill was killed In a committee meeting without giving giv-ing the Introducers of the same op. op-portunlty op-portunlty to defend It. Let me Ay to the chairman nnd members of that committee, whoever they weie, that they never did u mote unjust thing In their lives. Let me also innke the wish that the poultry Industry of Utah shall grow to such ptoportlons that their waking ns well as their sleeeplng momenta shall be made u howling nightmare by the etowlng of thousands of cocks nnd the cackling of millions of busy laying hens. There was another bill before the Legislature at that time asking for State aid for an Industry which may In the next generation prove a source of wealth to Utah. I refer to silk culture. cul-ture. Two thousand dollais was promptly appropriated and a secretary appointed at a salary of $75 a month to aid this struggling young Industry. It Is said that we always send our men of the greatest minds to the Legislature. Leg-islature. Terhaps this Is so, and may-be may-be the workings of these great minds are so Utile understood by the common com-mon people that we wonder why It Is that they Blve money and other encouragements en-couragements to nn Industry fwhlch will, perhaps, amount to something nnd refuse to consider one that Is helping help-ing to pay the taxes of the State and helping to educate our futuie legislators. legisla-tors. Thf question of "Why Should Utah Import 1'oultry nnd Kggs" Is partly answered"by the ahove Lack of proper prop-er encouragement from the people whose duty It is to help rather than hinder nn Industry we have, and show special fnvoia to none. The only encouragement en-couragement that poultry gets In this Ptnle Is what the Utah Poultry nsso-elation nsso-elation has given It during tho past fifteen years, and an occasional dollar tossed out to tho breeders of poultiy at our State fair. There Is a saying that "all things come to thoie who wait," If you wait long enough. So there la light ahead Let us hope that as the products of the hen find their way to the muscles, the bones and minds of our future legislators, leg-islators, that their Influence will be great enough to put words Into their mouths and urge them to do something some-thing for the patient and long-suffering biddy. or.onoE TAYSUM. |
