Show utah Poultry men inen purchase two million baby chicks two million baby chicks were purchased by utah Poultry men this spring compared with in 1932 according to the annual chick report just released by clude C edmonds general manager of the utah poultry producers cooperative association this increase ot of 43 per cent in the number of chicks purchased by beehive state commercial producers to la said definitely to herald the end atthe of the depression at least as far as this states egg nd poultry production la is concerned commercial output of poultry and poultry products reached an all all time peak in 1930 and then was forced downward by the depression which resulted in reductions of 0 15 to 20 per cont cent in 1931 and 1932 records show chicks bought in 1930 to the heavy baby chick purchases this spring predict the end ot of the production decline and give promise of 0 a return to the healthy growth characteristic of 0 the utah poultry industry from 1922 to 1933 mr edmonds asserts aas erts ot of the chicks placed in the hands of 0 commercial producers about halt half will develop into pullets coming into egg production in Septem september bor october and november while the other are cock berels and will comprise the states 1933 broiler chicken crop the shipment of 0 these spring tries to markets outside the state has already begun and will continue as birds develop until mid septem her ber the huge increase in baby chick purchases this year la Is not only a tangible expression ot of the optimism of 0 utah producers but is said to be a sign that poultry men are culling out productive nonproductive non hens more rigidly and are replenishing flocks with young young stock block as well as increasing the size of flocks it is 1 believed that very little of 0 the increase Is due to persons just starting in the busin en egil it to is estimated that about halt half of the baby chicks purchased in utah this year were hatched in this state and that tho the balance was imported mostly from california hatcheries the proportion 0 t utah hatched chicks to the total purchased Is to be higher this season than over before |