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Show inif; ' " is I I'M : ' I I ,r--' '""-r '" ; ' I I ".WW""' t , 1 t '"v .'. "; 1 H 1 1942 Important Year In The Turkey Industry x Never In It's history has the tanaers urouiers mritey naicn-ery, naicn-ery, located at LaV'erkln, operated under more momentous circumstances. circum-stances. You might well ask why. The answer Is readily supplied by the very nature of their business. A large part of this energetic firm's business is with farmers, not only on equipment and remedies, but the actual product to produce more meat, namely, baby poults. Right now, and for many months or years In the future, this nation at war demands tremendous quantities quan-tities of those critical foods. Fanners Fann-ers and turkey raisers, like all other oth-er workers engaged In the mass production pro-duction program, must tool up for "the big push." Farm labor has left for armament plants. Farm boys are going into the armed services. ser-vices. Ervll and Moroni Sanders, managers man-agers of the turkey hatchery, state that "Every poultry house In th? .uuuuy u it victoiy j-iiuit, 11 tuuu will win the war, as they say It will,, then eggs and poultry products pro-ducts rank way up there as a po-ent po-ent weapon." That, Indeed, is a subject worthy of further expansion; not only will food win the war but It will be a powerful instrument In writing a strong peace. The impoverished countries throughout the world will lean on America for those critical crit-ical foods eggs, milk, meat with morale. The Suinders Brothers pointed which to help rebuild health and out that although the government survey of growers' Intentions (In February) to start poults Indicated an 8 percent increase over the 1941 crop, it did not appear this Increase would be possible. Egg and poult shortages, coupled with the problems prob-lems of getting labor and an Increase In-crease In feed prices, along with the shortage of equipment, were listed as factors tending to limit Increases in the crop. It was five years ago that Sanders San-ders Brothers started out in this turkey enterprise, building a small combination hatchery and brooder house out of adobe blocks. Three Incubator units and a few oil brooders were the only pieces of equipment they had to start with. But having a lot of ambition and the will to go ahead, and putting in a lot of hard work, their success was bound to result. The present Incubator capacity of 75,000 turkey eggs Is definite proof that they have made steady growth In thelr business. Their trade area includes the oiaie 01 uian. inciaenuwy, Sanders San-ders Brothers Turkey Farm Is the largest producer of poults In the entire state of Utah. The breeding Is handled on their farm exclusively. exclusive-ly. They own all of their turkey flocks which are blood tested. Their many buildings house a brooder capacity of 25,000 poults, which usually are sold after they reach the age of eight weeks. They are now selling about half of their output. The boys attribute their success to the following points: Careful study of the business, good equipment, equip-ment, fair treatment of customers, ana plenty of work. Sixteen employees em-ployees are kept busy on the farm, I (Poult Pullman) keeps the turkeys and one air-conditioned truck, on the move. Fife trucks are used for hauling and delivering feed. In closing, Ervll Sanders made a statement that should be of Interest Inter-est to citizens of this community. "We read and hear a lot about Food for Victory these days. Too many of us think In terms of big shiploads of it crossing the Atlantic, Atlan-tic, of warehouses stocked to the roof, of factories turning out the finished product. But right out here on the farms of our county are hundreds of Victory Plants the poultry and turkey houses of our rural neighbors turning out one of the nation's critical foods." Let's think in terms of our own back yard the next time we hear the words, "Food for Victory.1 A visit to the Sanders Brothers Turkey Hatchery should prove of Interest to anybody who Is Inter ested in mass production methods In raising birds for the market The brothers stated that visitors are welcome at any time, and they will gladly show them around their farm. |