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Show Utah Hatcheries to Grade Their Cliicks According to Carl Prischknecht, ension poultry nr.m at the Utah Jtste Agricultural College, it will be ssible for poultrymon to purchase different grades of Utah xhfd chicks this year. These -"ides of baby chicks, as specified the National Uniform Breeding srrajn under which the Utah tellers and Breeders association is orating this year are to be known Utah Approved, Utah Certified, or ill R. O. P. ji order for a hatchery to adver- and sell any of these grades of :cks it must first be a member of Utah State Hatchers and Breed -s association, whose breeding pro-mi pro-mi is under the supervision of an acial state agency. Under the regulations that have on adopted, Approved Cliicks must hatched from eggs weighing at .tst 1 11-12 ounces each and proved pro-ved from breeding flocks in which . the females have been selected : constitutional vigor and egg pro-.otion pro-.otion at least once each year. The ie birds shall be from Utah ap-ived ap-ived flocks or better, and all flocks .11 be inspected by an official in--tor at least 20 days before any s axe collected for hatching. Only a variety shall be kept on a farm, ;!ess provision has been made to the different varieties on the .r.e farm separate. Each bird re-iining re-iining in the breeding pen must branded with sealed and num-ted num-ted legbandy secured through the ticial state agency. Certified Chicks shall be hatched :iy from certified eggs weighing at st two ounces each and produced breeding flocks that have met .-tain requirements in addition to ose required for the approve flocks. .: example, in producing Certified icks the birds must be selected by " : official inspector once each year; .e females must be mated to males :: cf R. O. P. females with yearly tords of 200 or more eggs, or of an iivalent breeding, and all flocks .;st be inspected by an official in-wtor in-wtor at least twice each year, one ihich shall be during the hatch-. hatch-. ; season. Record of Performance Chicks are 1 best grade and most expensive .dcens that can be sold. Record Perfor..,r.f.Te chicks shall come s from Urah R. O. P. eggs. The ; -eks i--m each female shall be itched separately in pedigree bas-:S bas-:S anC eiiall be branded individual-lith individual-lith sealed wingbands. The program for use this year also jvides for three stages of pullorum Jication which, arranged in order importance, are to be known as riorum Clean, Pullorum Passed, Jorum Tested, states Mr. Frisch-.echt. |
