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Show College Extension PouHry ! Specialist Visits Sanpete I Professor Warner assistant poultry poul-try instructor of the Agricultural ( ollege gave an omtiliue of the magni tuck' of the poulttny industry in the 1'iiited States and gave some cone rar'sons to Illustrate his point: The 'hen population of the United States exceeds 500,000,000. In 1923 the 'poultry industry exceeded by $150,-i'T), $150,-i'T), 000. 00 the value of cattle raised rbr.i year, it exceeded the value of wheat raised by $300,000,000, and it exeer-ded that of frmlit and all fruit products by $400,000,000.00. Tns revenues were seven rimes greater than that of sheep industry and 12 limes greater than the wool industry. Pie said it reouired as much care, mental ingenuity, and common sense fj operate a successful poultry farm as it does to operate any other successfully suc-cessfully going concern, and a person who succeeds in any other walk of i life. I He said there is a possibility of Oi'fir doing the poultry industry. California, Utah, Texas, Oregon, and Wffhington are expanding rapidly in the poultry line. If an over production pro-duction comes profits will decrease and the poor poultryman will be ciowdod out until an under production produc-tion results and then profits will increase in-crease apraf'n. Utah, he said is particularly parti-cularly favored with a good climate, borne jrowu feeds and cheap lands. The industry here can suffer a greater great-er s'i :;mp and still survive than is possible under less favorable conditions. condi-tions. He painted o-ut several successful suc-cessful instances of poultry keeping in the state where fine profits had been made and then again he referred re-ferred to failures caused by lack of proper care. One poultryman in the State are able to produce eggs as low as 10c per dozen while with others the costs are as high as 25c per dozen. The speaker aiisweired numerous questions as to the feed and care cf baby chicks, types of brooder and hen hoitiBes and kiinds of feed during 'n'. 'Towing and laying period. |