Show home Happen happenings incys the musical club met at maxine stevens thursday march the following program being rendered piano solos by norma hanson edda rogers ruby robison Rob lson leora carding Cari ing edith warner marjoree Marj orlo orle stevens violin solo by blaine huntsman saxophone Sax aphone solo by joe carling the next meeting will be held at the home ot of ruby robison mr verl Max feild Is doing business lor for the peppard seed co in east millard this week mrs maxfield Is here hera also elder nolan mitchel will talk at the afternoon services er vices in the fillmore second ward sunday the university of utah art guild honorary art society announces the initiation of miss lyla wixom of fillmore filimore miss wixom is one of 0 the capable young women ot of this city having taught in the schools here tor for a number ot of years she Is now completing the required work tor for a degree at the U ot of U the maximum temperature tor for the month of 0 february was 62 degrees the minimum was 13 the precipitation was inches and the snow was 11 inches according to the report port ot of J J starley weather statistician tor for this locality THU THE POULTRY INDUSTRY by jones and norina ilan soil bon Fil willinore linore school dy by quite a thorough investigation our eighth grade agriculture class has found there are about chickens ot of all kinds in fillmore they lay on an average of 2513 eggs a day the egg production Is now 42 per cent but it should be from 50 to 75 percent at 20 cents a dozen these eggs would be worth about per day it if these chickens were fed on a co mercial basis by one man it would cost approximately 2689 per dayto day to teed feed them but as they are fed now by the families of fillmore filimore it costs about 50 it these chickens were fed on a commercial basis by one man they would be making a profit of about 1501 at the rate they are now laying but as the people take care of them some of the flocks are paying and others are at a total loss the chickens of fillmore are not paying because they do not get proper care but it if they were vere kept in good substantial coops and fed and cared for properly they would pay the chickens should be kept in coops that are well ventilated and which have plenty ot of windows where light and sunshine can get in each chicken should have at least tour four square feet ot of floor space and there should be one nest tor for every tour four hens there should be straw on the floor door ot of the coop where the grain should be scattered so that the chick ens will have to work for their teed feed and get proper exercise it the poultry producers would buy their teed feed collectively they would get it cheaper it if they marketed their eggs cooperatively they could get a better price if people are going to buy their chicks it Is much cheaper to get them in utah because there as much danger of loss by death on tho the wey there are sixteen hatcheries in utah the main ones are at salt lake mantl and nepal you can get your chicks in tour four hours after they are shipped from nepal this spring the little chicks will cost from 12 to 16 cents a piece it if the people in fillmore Fill moro would read books and bulletins on poultry and learn how to teed feed and care tor for their chicks properly the raising of poultry would become a very profitable industry in fillmore |