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Show AMERICAN' FORK SHU'S 1(10,000 EGGS PEP, DAY American Fork is sending out 100. 000 esgs each day except Sunday to the markets of the United States or placing them in stonge for later use. A total of G12.000 eggs or 1700 cases aire bought each week now by the Utah Producers Association, Mutual Creamery, Nelson-Ricks, the various stoires and sent out by the growers th emselves. A careful survey of the buying concerns con-cerns and shippers was made Thursday Thurs-day and they report as follows: Big byers, 1,425 cases; slores and mar kcts soiling ot cf town, SO cases; independent in-dependent growers so.-.di'' out diroc' lliG cases, or a tolai of 1,701 asft.-s per w-eok. Figuring the present local price of $0.00 per case a total of $11,736.90 is received by the distTif. growers each week. II is generally figured that American Fork growers are 75 per cent of the total district which would mean that approximate ly $S,S00.0O en-lies into ou,r city each week from this industry. When it is considered that this n the time of year when the o ;g price is at ils lowest 'point it can he seen what this industry really mean-, to this section figured over a year's time. Taking, the lowest price for a year it would make a total of $610,-318.80. $610,-318.80. From all pesent outwairid indications indica-tions the industry is still on the increase in-crease and 1925 will end with a materia! ma-teria! increase over 19 24. To date 110,000 ba'by chicks have been order-i"d order-i"d through the largest buyers, the Poultry Association, and R. L. Ashby. Thousands are -bought direct err which there is no means or checking- Improvements and facilities for storage handling is under way at the local Poultry Producers Association. Last week they made two more grades of tyvjs bringing the total to B grades. This addition was raade nee essary in providing the stora.ge product. pro-duct. Thursday 104 case? w:ce sent out for storrie and Saturday another like shipment went out. The plant space ha just been increased in-creased one-third and work is going ,rorlh on a new coalimg room. This will all be completed next week, it i-i reported, when the local ipla.nl will '.then lbe in sha.pe for the new eg; storage proynaim ;Vj-3t adopted by the association. ; In conclusion wo mi.ght suggest that every citisen boost for this growing grow-ing industry, it m-.':i;i3 prosperity fc: the individual and our city. American Ameri-can Fork Citizen. |