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Show cbicken-oJ-Tomorrow 5 Contests Concluded ; Program Increased Fowl f j Production in Country The economics of chickens may N 1 quick solution to the prob-ji, prob-ji, rn; the current quest of most ',! r carTs to keep their dinner ,1 weU filled- V-. P , matter what happens to other V !,! there will stiU be plenty of V wkens coming to market, accord- 6 '3 , estimates of production pos-i;: pos-i;: "sjfflies of the nation's top breed-t breed-t S' at the windup of the national '!: cken-of-tomorrow finals. cMcharles Vantress, Live Oak, in Nil twice winner of the contest, tjS estimated that his flocks alone W 11 The whole chicken industry breeders, growers, scientists t nd others cooperated in the 'J chicken-of-tomorrow program. Above a group interested in the i industry examine products of S the program- i will be responsible for production of -s more than 100,000,000 meat-type ' chickens in 1951. This kind of production Is due in great part to the six year chicken-oMomorrow chicken-oMomorrow program when breeders breed-ers and producers set out to improve im-prove the meat qualities of chickens. chick-ens. The program was also responsible responsi-ble to some degree in development ol great "broiler areas" in Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Maine, Kansas, Indiana, Arkansas and other states. Newer feeding efficiencies, better growing facilities, more knowledge of genetics developed on the farms l ' ol the nation were tested in the slate, regional, and nation chicken-oMomorrow chicken-oMomorrow contests. The program was financied by ASP grocery chain. "i |