Arizona republican., 1921-09-12

siding. was held Saturday afternoon at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce with a large number of poultry men and women present.
 Secretary Arthur G. Freeland re- ported that the association was CO., operating with other poultry inter- ests in an effort to obtain an ade- quate import tariff on eggs in the shell. in powdered form and frozen. but that it seemed doubtful if more than a very nominal tax might be expected. He called the attention of the members of the Lehi district fair, to be held at Mesa on November 1 and 5, advising them that George G. Flaws. a member of the association. l was in charge of the poultry depart 1 ment. He also pointed out the ad- vantages to be derived from the CO., operative marketing to be enjoyed by the valley poultry producers as soon as their output became sufficiently large to warrant a local. association. by citing the work being done at present by the Farm Bureau Market ing association of Las Cruces, N. M- This association as selling agent for the Mesilla Valley Poultry associa- tfon, was said to be sending out throughout the southwest a bi-week- ly sales bulletin offering the pro ducts of the poultry association di- rect to consumers
 It was decided to hold a poultry show at Phoenix on December ', $, sl and 10. A committee consisting of President Fetterly as chairman. Sec retary Freeland as secretary. Ernest Draper to represent Glendale, QUO S. Shill to represent Mesa and Tempe and Mrs. Ernest Hall, George w Mears and Fred Young to represent Phoenix, was named to take charge <%E e.I,< l.fc VSoff meet next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at 35 East Adams street to formulate plans.
 MT. Van Cleave of the Arizona Ga zette addressed the meeting on the subject of the Gazette's farm pro- ducts contest. announcing that about 25 poultry entries had been received so far and urging the members to en- ter the contest.
 Owing to the inability of Professor R. B. Thompson. poultry husband man of the University of Arizona, to be present, two matters were brought to the attention of the members on his behalf by the secretary The first one was the offer of the agricultural extension service of the university to conduct demonstration flocks for Arizona poultrymen without cost to them This was explained to mean that the care of the flock would be guided by correspondence and by oe- casional visits to the ranch for period of one year, and the great value of such free service was point ed out. The following form of agree ment was submitted:
 '-In order to aid the poultry indus 1 try of the state of Arizona and par ticularly of his community, the owner ! of the flock of chickens herein men, 1 toned agrees to cooperate with the | agricultural extension service of the | University of Arizona, and the county farm bureau of the county l in which he resides in caring for his fowls in such way as to furnish the people of his community practical | demonstration of the value of farm poultry under proper management "The owner agrees to care for his | flock as far as is practicable IS di- rected by the poultry department or | the University of Arizona agricultu- | ral extension service The owner agrees to pay all expenses of feed. labor. stock and equipment: to keep | carefully records of income and ex- penses. and to furnish once each month to the county agent a record I of the income and outgo from the 1 poultry flock. All profits made shall belong to the owner. but all records shall be the property of the poultry department of the University of Ari- zona agricultural extension service.
 The state leader of poultry pro- | jects, or a representative he may as- sign, shall be permitted to hold at least one public demonstration. meet ing on the farm during the term of
 this agreement.
 "The agricultural extension service
 of the University of Arizona agrees
 to send a representative to visit the
 farm at least once during the year
 and to furnish each month practical
 suggestions for feeding. housing
 breeding. matching, rearing and cull-
 ing the flock. All necessary record
 and report blanks will be furnished
 by the aricultural extension service
 and the travelling expenses of its
 representatives shall be paid by the
 University If Arizona At the com
 pIetion Of this agreement, the agri-
 cultural extension service shall pub
 fish for free distribution a summary
 of the report secured by this coop
 cration.
 This agreement shall become eff
 fective January l. 1922. and continue
 in force until January l. 1923.''
 The other and more important
 matter presented on behalf of Pro-
 lessor Thompson was the announce
 ment of the first annual egg laying
 contest in the southwest, to be con
 ducted at the University of Arizona
 during the year beginning Novembel
 1. It was pointed out that such
 contest would receive national atten. ton and would probably do more t,
 advertise Arizona in a poultry wa, than anything else that could b. done. and the members were strongl,
 urged to support the contest b,
 making an entry. It was announced that the contest would be conducted
 under the following rules and regu lations. with their accompanyinl } explanations:
 Egg laying contests are so calle, for want of better name and be
 cause the first one was so called. Tb' first contests in all countries wer
 started by newspapers with the sol purpose of publicity Today the egg laying contest movement is one O world wide importance in that con , tests are being conducted under stat,
 or provincial supervision. and the re
 ports from them are official and ac
 cepted by the public as correct. Thi
 movement is growing toward
 strong continental movement for tn
 registry of poultry from pedigree an
 performance. Arizona enjoys som
 peculiar advantages not held else where for the development of an egg I laying contest. The climatic condi tions are favorable, the populatfo of the state is progressive. the loca
 tion between the Pacific slope an . the middle west will bring it to tn y attention of poultry breeders readil, Il and. being border state, the poultr c markets of Mexico will have conf o dence and purchase from certifie e breeders in Arizona rather than go t n more distant sources of supply. h For the first year of the Universit