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Retail Merchandising Practices For Eggs And Poultry Products In Utah, 1955, M. Vincent Jorgensen
Retail Merchandising Practices For Eggs And Poultry Products In Utah, 1955, M. Vincent Jorgensen
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Poultry and egg purchases represent a substantial part of the consumers' dollar spent for food. The Marketing and Transportation Situation reported that the average American family of 3.3 persons used 11.3 percent of its food expenditures for the purchase of chickens and eggs in 1953. This means that the average family spent $113.00 for eggs and chickens during that year.
Membership Relations Of The Utah Poultry And Farmers' Cooperative, Glen T. Nelson
Membership Relations Of The Utah Poultry And Farmers' Cooperative, Glen T. Nelson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Commercial egg production in Utah has developed gradually since 1920. Production of eggs increased from 142 million in 1924 to 433 million eggs in 1946. The percentage of total farm income of the state derived from the poultry industry increased from 5.3 percent in 1924 to 23.1 percent in 1946 and at the present time constitutes the largest income of any farm enterprise in this area. Factors influencing this development are: 1. High prices resulting from the war period of 1917 to 1920 followed by the depression period when prices were low. 2. The organization of cooperative egg-marketing associations. 3. …