Show RUM BAY HEHE THEN big crowds attend E exercises in afternoon and dance at night poultry day which was observed thursday afternoon and evening under the auspices of the sevier county poultry association was such a success that dat the directors of ts tm to make poultry a association s decided day in sevier county an ann annual ual event in spite of the rainy weather that prevailed in the afternoon a crowd of about people attended the afternoon exercises and the dance in the evening evenin at the was so crowned crowded that dancing was wal almost impossible and that the 1500 chicken sandwiches that had been prepared for refreshments were not enough to go around it is estimated that over 2000 people gathered 1 at the rendezvous for the event what poultry day meant to the poultry industry in our county is discussed editorially tonally edi on our editorial page the chronicler of the news has to deal only with those things that were done and said exercises started at the court house grounds shortly after two with a selection by terrys band ernest C president of the sevier county poultry association acted as master of ceremonies and bishop irvin L warnock of sigurd offered the ope opening ng prayer tabby and bun the well known pvn and reputed entertainers came down from american fork to entertain the deafening applause of the audience gave proof that they fully succeeded in their opening song they made everyone of those who had been baen honored with a seat on the rostrum target for their witticisms the first speaker of the meeting was district attorney 0 R in a humorous vein he spoke of the poultry industry in general and treated the possibilities in sevier county in particular commending those who have pioneered the poultry industry in our county and adding the sound advise that those who are not fully prepared in knowledge of the field as well as in the matter of their finances ought to stay out of this industry because it is not enough to be able to build coops and buy the chicks but finances must be at hand to keep the chickens and make them lay again tabby and bun took the stage and sang a few numbers to the great delight of the audience W H warner poultry specialist formerly connected with the utah state A agricultural tural college and now with the P Ph hatchery in peta ma luma california reviewed comprehensively h hen and interestingly the industry of poultry growing referred to the big growers of california and other states compared conditions in other fields with those in sevier county coming to the conclusion that sevier county is so ideally adapted to poultry growing that there ought to be ten liens hens in this county where there is only one at the present time in spite of the drizzling rain tabby and bun again rendered a few songs and in the meantime the rain had become so s 0 heavy that the crowd was taken to the lyric theater for continuation of the program every seat in the house was filled and the program there was opened with some more songs by the american fork entertainers in an address full of interesting detail clyde C edmonds general manager of the utah poultry producers cooperative association explained the growth of the association in utah and the advantages the industry is offering to those who go into it the atall association although one of the youngest of its kind is serving as a model to many other associations and even government investigators have visited the offices in salt lake city to make observations regarding the example set by our state in cooperative marketing of poultry products although the present capitalization iza tion including reserves amounts to only about the association is doing a daily turnover of a quarter of a million colars and for this reason frequently loans have to be made from the banks but the business is considered by the bankers as so sound and solid that loans are being granted willingly and readily and in four more years mr edmonds stated the association will have progressed to such a point that no outside help will be needed expansion of the industry can go on indefinitely because overproduction over production is almost impossible As a proof for this statement mr edmonds related that the local association can hardly supply one third of the demands of one new york customer and are open in the east as well as in the west several carloads of eggs for instance were shipped last year to california markets because letter better prices were obtainable there pan in the east in spite of the fact that california is one of the largest egg producers in the country the quality of the eggs coming from our state is so excellent that in in nearly all markets a premium is being paid for utah eggs with some more songs by tabby and bun the meeting came to a conclusion and a variety of refreshments was served at the court house grounds to over a thousand people we already reported the enormous crowd that attended the dance at pe rendezvous in the evening |