Show more alore meat chickens OL will avoid shortage chicken raisers in utah are urged to grow one or two extra broods of chicks or to increase the size of prospective broods to help america meet the shortage of meat chickens in 1945 director W W owens of the extension service announces he stressed the necessity of immediate action to supply meat chickens by mid july or later in july As an incentive to growers and all who handle poultry he states ceiling prices of broilers fryers and ro asters will be raised by a national average of about 1 li cents per pound on july I 1 officials of the war food administration state thatch that current rent estimates tir nates show a total of pounds dressed weight I 1 of chicken meat production th this is year out of this total must come more than pounds for the armed forces and for export needs althey as they are now known the remaining supply for civilians would amount to about 20 pounds per capita compared with about 24 pounds per capita in 1944 |