Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
ADD 38 ID POULTRY ASSN. DURING FIRST
 WEEK OF CAMPAIGN

WtEk UT GA|WPAI6v The monthly meeting of the Mari copa County Poultry association, with fresident w. F. Fetterly presiding, was held on Saturday afternoon at the fhoenix chamber of commerce, with a large attendance of poultrymen and women present
 Secretary Arthur c. Freeland re- ported that the membership campaign was progressing favorably with 3S members enrolled for 1921, as a result or the first weeks work. He also gave an account of the trip of Murray E. Bemis and himself to Tucson to con Ter with the officials of the University or Arizona regarding the development of the university poultry school and experimental station, stating that ap- plication had been made to the legis- lature for sufficient funds to carry on the work for a period of two years.
 The Betts bill, introduced in the legis- lature by Representative Betts of Glen dale, to appropriate s1,500 to match an equal sum raised by popular subscrip- ton for the purpose of providing a new and permanent site for the use of the government experimental station at Glendale was heartily endorsed.
 The question of advocating a pro- tective tariff on imported eggs and poultry, especially the ruinous flood of cheap Chinese eggs, which are now underminging the markets of the coun- try, was discussed at considerable length. The secretary was instructed to send the following letter to Con- grcssman Hayden and Senators Ash hurst and Smith:
 American poultry interests with both investments and annual products over billion dollars. partly supporting mil lions of Americans will suffer ruinous- ly if protective tariff isn't enacted to stop present flood of cheap imported eggs. Urge import tariff of at least 12 cents dozeH shell eggs. 45 cents powdered eggs. IS cents frozen eggs and cents dressed poultry.
 Maricopa County Poultry Assn.
 Upon the advice of the Petaluma chamber of commerce that the 1egis- Iatures of Oregon. California, Washing ton and Idaho had adopted resolutions embodying similar statements, the sec retary was further instructed to re- quest the Arizona legislature to take action in the matter
 Prof. R. B. Thompson. the poultry husbandman of the University of Ari- zona. was prevented by pressure o1 work from attending the meeting and presenting the university's plans fol the building up and development of tho university poultry school. His report on the situation was therefore sub mitted in the form of the following statement:
 The poultry department was estab- Iished as an independent department February l, 1919. No provision was made for houses and equipment in the university appropriation request before the legislative session of 1919. The department is now existing without adequate provision to enable it to dc constructive work of beneficial nature to poultry producers. Demands for service and instruction are not being fully met because of lack of houses and equipment. Poultrymen and farm CTS realize the need for a properly equipped department with construc- tive program of work and have ap. proved a plan for development ana service as proposed by the poultry de. pertinent of the college of agricul- ture.
 This program proposes to establish standard bred poultry on farms to re- place mongrel flocks and cross bred flocks and to provide place where breeders may secure standard bred breeding stock with known records oi egg production. The poultry depart ment has these ideas in mind:
 1. To maintain, trapnest and sys- tematically breed for egg production and standard requirements flocks oi popular breeds and varieties of poul- try found on Arizona farms.
 2. To supply eggs, baby chicks and breeding stock from these flocks al nominal prices to farmers and breed CTS within the state.
 2. To offer Inducements of various sorts to members of boys and girls poultry clubs and farmers with mon. grel flocks to establish standard bret flocks.
 4. To keep this work constructive S, that it will not assume commercial as poets or compete with commercial bab, chick enterprises or poultry breeders the quantity allowed each person vii be only sufficient to establish a flocl or to be used to improve a flock.
 An egg laying and breeding projec fs proposed to open opportunities t breeders with varieties other than thos maintained by the experiment static or with private strains of varieties a the university to obtain certificatio of egg production and trapnest rec ords of hens for breeding from thei own flocks. There are at present six teen egg laying contests in the Unite States and nine in Canada. All al located to the north of Arizona, nor to the south. With ideal clirnati conditions, the best there is in a pu let fin egg production is possible in Ar