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Show cro'p for 1948.PInP Utah Breeding intentions for the spring show an increase of twenty-six Percent over 1947 in the number of Sows to farrow far-row spring litters. These intentions inten-tions were reported by farmers a-bout a-bout Dec. 1. The intentions are twelve percent above the goal of 12,000 sows suggested for Utan For the United States Spring intentions of Farms reports indicate indi-cate about 7,732,000 Sows to farrow far-row in the spring of 1948, a decrease de-crease of eleven percent from last year. This would be eight percent below the 10 year average and tne smallest number of spring farrow-ings farrow-ings since 1938. Compared with last year, all regions except the Western shows a decrease. Does a Farmer Need To Keep Records? A person in business cannot tell whether he is making progress or not unless he keeps a record. Isn t farming a business? Memory will hardly give a correct comparison between the total of all the present pres-ent items and those of a year ago and it's even less likely he can make any accurate comparison with corresponding figures of two or three years before. A well planned set of records will tell the condition of a business at inventory dates. They also enable a farmer to compare its condition at previous inventory dates. Once a fact is recorded it remains clear and definite after ten years as after aft-er ten days. Records enable a farmer farm-er to compare enterprises and to compare this years performance with previous years performances. Good records are an asset in any business. . incubators and modern equipment, men of experience and ability, breeding flocks of quality to supply most of our needs-Support of this state industry will bring many new dollars into Utah. Utah Hatcheries Move Into Peak Season As we move into the new year we move into the, peak season for the twenty-seven hatchers and many pourtrymen who maintain breeding flocks for the hatcheries that are serving the people of Utah and the intermountain country by supplying baby chicks and turkey poults. This group is known as the Utah Hatchers' and Breeders. For nearly twenty-five years this group has been organized for the purpose of breeding and hatching better Utah produced chicks and poults. The hatcheries are located from Logan on the north to St. George on the south. Before the national Poultry Improvement plan was adopted, Utah breeders had a self-improvement plan of their own that was operating on a voluntary basis. Many of the men and groups who initiated this policy of better bet-ter chicks and poults are still active ac-tive in Utah today. Through the years they have more than kept pace with the times, and today Utah hatcheries in buildings, incubators incu-bators and equipment are on a par with those to be found in any state. We have exclusive turkey hatching hat-ching capacity for 1,000,000 turkey poults and 2,250,000 capacity for baby chicks. The state has plenty of capacity, |