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Show U.S.POULTRYMEH HEED NO SUBSIDY, CLAIM United States poultry leaders, meeting with department of agriculture ag-riculture officials in Washington, D. C., this week, recommended, almost al-most unanimously, "there be no egg price support surplus removal or subsidy programs on eggs, and the industry itself continue to adjust ad-just the supply of eggs to the demand de-mand through continued improvement improve-ment in efficiency of production and marketing." That was the report of Clyde C. Edmonds, general manager of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative, Coop-erative, who was one of the 20 poultry leaders from all parts of America called to the special session ses-sion to discuss the 1954 poultry program. Edmonds reported the group was convinced poultrymen could work out their own problems and were definitely opposed to government intervention and regulation. It was pointed out at the meeting meet-ing that egg prices this spring are 11 to 12 cents a dozen higher than a year ago, with feed costs down about six per cent. Despite the improved egg-feed ratio, it was forecast that potential layers by the first part of 1954 will be only about the same as this year, which is one per cent under 1952. Edmonds reported although the number of potential layers nationally nation-ally would be about the same, the average in Utah was expected to be lower than this year. With the egg-feed ratio considerably consid-erably improved, Edmonds views the 12 months ahead optimistically for poultrymen of Utah and Idaho. To alert the public about cancer more than 140,000,000 pamphlets were printed and distributed by the American Cancer Society last year. |
