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Show Egg Market Trices Advancing Several Cents The New York market, Utah's commercial egg outlet, which has been very unsettled for sometime, strengthened considerably during the past week with egg prices advancing ad-vancing several cents per dozen, it was announced recently by Clyde C. Edmoncs, general manager of the Utah Poultry Producers Coop erative srociation. Mi-. Edmonds has just completed an intensive survey of egg and poultry marketing conditions in the east, based on personal observation observa-tion and study made during a three weeks visit to New York, Chicagj and other large eastern cities. Low prices of eggs and poultry which have been existing tha past two months, have tended to greatly increase consumption, resulting in the price advance, it is indicated. The present great demand for the products should give the market a still healthier tone in the immediate immedi-ate future. Figures just released by the United Uni-ted States Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture at Washington, D. C, indicate an increase of 33.3 per cent in the poultry consumption so far this year over last. Providing this rate continues, the surplus stocks in storage will be reduced and the market mar-ket will take on a normal tone again. The surplus of eggs and pouitry in storage does not indicate an overproduction in normal times, but was created by underconsumption underconsump-tion resulting from demoralized industrial in-dustrial conditions. In his statement, state-ment, the association official Issues a caution against any program of too rapid expansion until the market mar-ket and industrial conditions completers com-pleters right themselves. While an extensive expansion is a little unwise un-wise at present, there is no good reason why the poultrymen should not carry out their building program pro-gram to house this year's pullets and continue with the normal development. de-velopment. The depression, which now shows signs of breaking, is viewed as a temporary swing of the business pendulum that will soon adjust itself. it-self. It is quite similar to the low cycles encountered by the poultry industry in 1922 and 1927, and likewise like-wise should be of short duration. In any event the membership of the Utah poultry association, as producers produc-ers of highest quality products, are assured of the best prices obtainable obtain-able through their efficient marketing market-ing 'agency in New York. |