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Show ; Problems of Poultry Producers Discussed by National Expert ,a plea for Utnii poulU-ymen to-! to-! ielp conserve the diminishing fecd supply by culling and the more widespread use of ''poultry pastures," pas-tures," was sounded by H. S. Shrader, senior extension poultry husbandmnn from Washington, D. C, at a meeting of Cache county poultrymen and Utah Extension service officials Tuesday night. Mr. Shrader, who is making a tour of the western states to coordinate co-ordinate the efforts of state extension ex-tension poultrymen with the national na-tional program, will talk at two other meetings in Salt Lake City and visit turkey herds in San Pete county before continuing his tour. - ;Mr. Shrader declared that the poultry industry has risen from among the lowest to second as : consumer of feed and grain concentrates con-centrates during the past; few years. In the 1943-44 feed year, he said, 58.000.000 tons of feed were consumed by hogs and 29.300,000 tons by the poultry industries. "The increase has resulted in a feed supply condition that cannot continue if war food administration administra-tion g-lls are to be met" he said-"One said-"One of the major problems is to rebuild the reserve stock of feeds that we have had in other years." The national expert emphasized ' tiie proper culling of flocks as one of the major factors in obtaining a production-feed balance. Tie pointed out that the WFA had asked for a 2.2 per' cent increase in poultry products this year, while the nation's poultrymen have responded re-sponded and to date have registered regis-tered at 8.8 per cent increase. ''We can cull heavily," he said, "and still meet the goals." Emphasis in tire future also will be placed upon the greater use of range and succulent green foods to save grain and mash, he ex-pruned. ex-pruned. Poultrymen in many sec-' sec-' '3ons of the country, especially in the critical feed areas, have achieved ach-ieved surprising results by turning birds into these "poultry pastures" for feed. ,Mr. Shrader commended Utah poultrymen , for their efforts to increase in-crease production and said that because of the high quality of eggs produced here, that the state has not felt to such a great extent the recent drop in prices. Good marketing practices also have fielp- ed to maintain the price on east-' east-' jrn markets. |