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Show UTAH HENS LAY AVERAGE OF 15.9 EGGS IN JUNE Laying hcneis in Uta'i peoduoed on an average cf 15.9 ( gS per bird for th-: men eh cf June, recording to Carl FrLschknecht, i xtv ion poul-tryman poul-tryman for the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college. This wa.s 1.9 eggs pre" biid less than during May but 0.8 eggs per bird higher than !n, June 193i. The high-producing flock of 289 h ns av ragtd 19 6 eggsi per bird, rcprc enting a 65.33 per cent flock production, while the- lowest average, proauctiom was tin even dozen rygs ach from a fleck of 603 biricls, or ai 40 p r cent flock production.. Chick mortality for the first six weeks of the brooding seasoni period from 4.2 per o nt in Salt Lake and Senp te counties to 19 6 per cent in Davis couaty, Mr. Frlsohknecht :aid. Foclewing are the peercentages of chick mcrtaJity in leading poultry countie, of th state for the six-wr.ek six-wr.ek period: Box Eld'r, 5.1; Cache, 6.5; Davis, 19.6; Juab, U.6; Salt Lake, 4.2; Sanpete, 4.2; Sevier, 9.7; Utah, 7 1; Wasatch, 5.4; Wber, 10.9; MLsc. counties, 11.4. Chick mortality in the s-tate for this nmiR period avrraged 7.9 per cnt in 1932; 6.7 per cent in 1933; 6.5 per cent in 1934 and 7.4 per cent in 1935. |