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Show NEPH1 SHIPS CAR CHICKENS Nephi shipped its first full' carload of poultry last week. The shipment was consigned to Butte, Montana. It contained: about 8,000 chickens and about $2,-500 $2,-500 was realized by the poultry men from the sale. Speaking of the poultry business in this city it is estimated that there will be about 30,000 laying hens here this fall, which on a conservative conserva-tive estimate should produce at leas: $10,000 worth of marketable eggs each month during the winter if the proper care is taken of them. According to the records of the Poultry association there is about $10,000 invested here in modern coops, and the association has 71 members. The association is now ar. working grading and handling their own shipments of eggs and are getting get-ting the top market price for them. A warehouse to handle the business is also contemplated in the future -Nephi Times. : |