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Show POULTRY INDUSTRY UNHARMED BY WORLD WIDE DEPRESSION ASSOCIATION REPORTS Nearly $10,500,000 worth of commercial com-mercial poultry and poultry products were produced in Utah during 1930, an increase of about $1,000,000 over the output for 1929 which was 9,500,-000. 9,500,-000. This was disclosed recently in the official annual report of the Utah Poultry Producers association, released releas-ed by Clyde C. Edmonds, Salt Lake, general manager. The million dollar gain is even more significant in face of the world-wide and the lowest prices on record. Had depression in industry and agriculture prices remained normal the value increase in-crease would have been much more pronounced. Despite conditions, Utah's commercial commer-cial poultry industry set a new record for total price and volume during 1930. Never in the 8-year history of the association have so many eggs, chickens and turkeys been marketed in other states. Of the total volume of poultry export ex-port business, the Utah association handled about 85 per cent or $8,325,-927,76, $8,325,-927,76, the report indicates eggs were the principal item handled by the poultry association with an export volume of 548,871 cases valued at $5,508,855.27. The 16,406,130 dozen shipped, filled 1,358 frieght cars. The previous year 325,9S3 cases of eggs valued at $3,316,483 in 835 freight cars. Thus the increase shown in eggs ?2,200,000 or 223,000 cases. Turkeys exported were second in importance, with 1,200,000 pounds or 59 carloads of the world's finest "holiday" "holi-day" meat bringing $350,755.1d. Sonic 57 carloads of turkeys were marketed out of the state last year. Commercial poultry produced last year, includig broilers and hens amounted to 1,445,644 pounds or 112 carloads valued at $22S,522.0S. In addition feed sales through the association assoc-iation in 1930 aggregated $1,891,-916,S9. $1,891,-916,S9. Nearly 7,000 producers, members of the state society, participated in the returns from eggs and poultry, while about 2,000 others engaged in raising turkeys divided the returns from this source. They are members of the Utah Turkey Growers association, which is affiliated with the poultry organization. or-ganization. The poultry association, the report shows, ended the year in a very healthy financial condition. Its cash reserve at the close of 1930 was $105,- 817.27; there was $442,968.89 in capital capi-tal stock outstanding, and the ratio of assets to liabilities was better than 2 1-4 to one. |
