Show br i I 1 11 0 n 1 dollar 91 9 1 evo pin united states stabilization committees are named by utah producers the agricultural surprise of the year promises to be natures perfect food the egg according to officials of the national poultry producers federation citing the AAA A AA poultry section in washington that eggs constitute a billion dollar crop in farm value the 1937 crop is unusually large and running into a surplus if we can successfully market this years output said prof jas E rice dean of the poultry industry it will be a real service to the consuming public and for the families on five million farms having laying flocks A billion dollar egg crop surpasses in farm value even the 15 m million illion bale cotton crop and on the million bushel wheat crop at present prices for those staples which attract so much attention the problem for egg producers continued prof rice is how to pass our product into consumption the department of agriculture estimates that the american public has been eating eggs at the rate of 21 dozen per person per annum that is less than one a day on the average we maintain that a good healthy diet calls for two eggs per day on the average for adults and the U S bureau of home economics recommends one whole egg a day for children throughout the country farmers and producers generally have come together in well organized groups allied on a nationwide nation wide basis for an october campaign to dispose of the accumulated surplus we have had the benefit of gov government emment advice and the practical cooperation of retail merchants including the food chains which are sales of our eggs in their stores thus giving a direct producer con consumer sumer line of J d As was recently stated by the government poultry experts eggs when compared with other food represent a good buy for the consumer eg egg 0 producers in utah have organized their stabilization committee with clyde C edmonds of S salt alt lake city as chairman and mom members bers from principal centers D H of richfield committe caron from this section said we egg producers have been much encouraged by this intensive campaign organized throughout the country it comes at art an opportune time when the burden of high food feed costs and relatively low consumption during the year has been pressing hard upon owners ov ners of laying flocks increase increased d consumption now vill vall carry the farmer over to the spring production pi season |