Show CHICK HATCHING IN UTAH er B Y nn producers recommend buying baby chicks hatched in utah an agreement has been reached between the utah poultry producers cooperative association and the utah accredited hatchers catchers Hat chers and breeders bleeders Bre eders that should greatly stimulate chick hatching in utah benefit commercial egg and poultry producers and make this state a great poultry breeding center according to announcement by H L strong assistant secretary of the utah poultry association a p plan 1 an has been approved whereby b y t the h e poultry society will recommend to its members the purchase of chicks bred hatched and raised in utah in the past a common practice has been to import the b baby aby chicks from other states it is hoped the agreement will eventually at least the number of chicks hatched in utah last year poultry producers of this state purchased about baby chicks locally and imported over from california and other states professor byron alder poultry director at the utah state agricultural college estimates that if the chicks now imported were hatched in utah it would furnish an outlet for nearly additional utah eggs and keep over blooded liens hens busy laying them this is a sizable industry itself not only will utah eventually fill practically all of her own baby chick orders under this agreement but she will become a great exporter of quality chicks and hatchery eggs mr alder believes the local investment in the hatchery business is now over egg producers particularly those with breeding stock will be bone bene fitted by the 1 plan aan since hatching eggs bring premiums pre of from 2 to 5 per case depending upon quality this great market for some additional eggs W would come in the spring when the food egg production is normally norm al heaviest and prices lowest making it all the more welcome under terms of tile the agreement the ae poultry ry association I 1 in cooperation a with the U S A C and state depart department departie me nt of agriculture will select a corps of skilled poul aymen to serve in the employ of the he poultry coop co op in the supervision of bird selection and culling for breeding purposes A definite set of standards has been approved ap proved to be used as a con rol I 1 hatcheries I 1 at cheries will also be inspected acted for sanitation and 7 |