Wanted: A National Procurement and Training Program in Poultry

THE rapid changes in the poultry industry are evident to all who are engaged in it, but they are especially apparent to those whose experience spans 10, 15, 25 or more years. The operation of poultry production and the distribution of our products, is undergoing the same change apparent in most of agriculture,—indeed in almost all kinds of business, and we find fewer units, but larger ones. Both vertical and horizontal integration is coming into the poultry picture very rapidly, and the advent of the contract system of producing turkeys, broilers and eggs has been described as nothing short of revolutionary in agricultural history. The changes which we see are producing concentrations of capital, administrative responsibility, and expenditures for advertising and promotion, which are large and substantial. This is true both within the poultry industry, and in closely allied contributing industries, as feed, equipment, and drugs. In turn this . . .