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Show Plaas-mt Grove Siiouitl Raise t.lore Giiickens A survey of the chicken industry in Tleasant Grove leads one to remark! iliat our city is losing out in this valuable valu-able industry. Many coops that housed five hundred to a thousand chickens eeveral years ago stand empty and are falling to ruin. The chicken business is on a firm foundation foun-dation with county and state organizations organi-zations to take care of poultry products. pro-ducts. Utah eggs are in great demand de-mand in California and eastern mar- kets. New York market demands large white Utah eggs. Every farmer should have a coop of chickens to take care of in the winter months when other work is slack and to help keep the family budget running smooth1-. Our neighboring towns are forging ahead in this valuable industry indus-try while Pleasant Grove residents are not taking advantage of this opportunity op-portunity to advance their income and employ their spare hours. Une person made the remark that each hen in his flock had netted him $2.65 each in a year. Writh proper care see what ; one could accomplish in this work. I While others do not speak of as large profits, the chicken business is on a , sound basis and will make a regular income- for those who take care of it. TWnk this over during the next month or two and be ready to pur-i pur-i chase early pullets for next year's lay-3 lay-3 ing stock. Fix up that old coop or : build yourself a new up-to-date one and get back in this profitable in-j. in-j. dustry. |