Show COUNTY 19 MS H membris Meni beis of utah poultry pro duccos asb A n visit and report theia nations we reported recently the visit of president benjamin bron and see treasurer glide C edmonds on the occasion of an inspection trip through southern ou utah paid to the thern reaper we e took k that opportunity to ask them that thel after finishing this trip give us their impressions impression regarding the future of the poultry industry indus in our part of the country coun trl and in to our request mr mir edmonds sends us the following foll follow ing outline of what hat thea the have observed cd here and what nhat they think of it poultry producers producer of sevier seier county are keenly alive to the opportunity for their region to become one of utah s foremost producers of eggs and poul poultry tri ma vias the observation of members of the exe executive cutie committee of the utah poultry producers cooperative association a co opera operative tise marketing society operating as a branch of the utah state farm bu reau on a recent trip to the district this committee compo composed qed of benjamin brown bron president and general manager ria nager of the association albertus Alber tu Wil larden vice president and clyde C edmond edmonds s secretary treasurer fa assistant general manager v laed the co oper operatives atnes branch punt p at KILI A id ani and met with 6 ith mar mai of t the county countr producer oi binion nion was xi that S avier iier steadily lv aas w as cagl 1 I toward a point where it could ap ampro pro alel be termed terl the red draper brict and drap crapar r has for several lears staled it elf the petaluma Pet aluma of utah believing belie vinc inq it i is following cloch in the footstep foot tep of far fadd peta luma call california ferrua egg capital of the world we realize of course sas see sec edmonds that sevier county is loung 0 i in the ind industry and that her participation 0 n in a large scale dates back but a 3 ear but particularly commendable is tl e spirit everywhere here is I 1 observed ober ved an all attitude indicating the county counts intends intend to go in heavier in poultry and wants nants to make the richfield R plant self relf supporting and a credit to the indu try as a whole hole the co operative committee devoted considerable time on the trip to study of the possibilities of a excite calcite deposit recen recently tl found in seuer seier counts counti and nv now being considered by poultry men a as a source for grit and shell material for laying flocks flock should the calcite prove proe desirable and tests thus far point toward that end it will mean Secret secretary arv edmonds edmonda davs a saving of nearly fifty percent in costs to the fie producers producer this calcite deposit runs about nine t ty nine percent calcium carbonate cir bonate just enough iron to have aae a desired medical value professor byron alder poultry specialist at the agricultural college now is conducting a series of tests test to prove or dis disprove proe ane merits of the deposit thus far v his tests show the calcite fiill produce a shell as firm and a as white as that obtained from olater shell bell and commercial grits and the flocks flock fed it are just as vigorous as those given an egg hell ration should the calcite prove available I 1 it will mean much to sevier producers the committee declared for the de posit is sufficient to last 1 alst the county its entire lifetime Foli following owing the southern trip on winch which leeral other producing gec sections tiong wee we e visited president brown departed for the east to look after market contacts and study the general fall outlook |