826 GENERAL FARM PROGRAM 



tobacco, fruits, and vegetables. The cash income received from poul- 

 try by farmers last year was exceeded only by that obtained from 

 dairying, cattle and calves, and hogs. 



The foregoing is ample proof that any farm program designed by the 

 Federal Government will be inadequate unless it takes into considera- 

 tion the relative importance of the income positions of the various 

 agricultural commodities, including poultry. 



With that fact in mind, the members of the National Poultry Pro- 

 ducers Federation are in unanimous agreement on the following general 

 statement of policy with respect to a Federal farm program: 



Whereas the poiiltr_y industry in all its ramifications includes the production of 

 chickens for meat and eggs, turkeys, and ducks, on some £,000,000 farms, therefore, 

 be it 



, Resolved, It is our belief that it is economically unsound to impose production 

 controls on the poultry industry. 



However, in view of the fact that the present Government is committed to the 

 policy of price support and production controls on those products which this 

 industry uses as basic niaterials, the poultry industry should be protected with a 

 floor price on its products as enumerated above, to prevent disaster. 



This floor ])rice should by no means reflect any profit in production. 



Discretionar}' powers to determine support levels should rest with the Secretary 

 of Agriculture and a properl}^ constituted advisory committee selected by the 

 producing industry as represented by national and regional industry organizations. 



In no case should the price support be higher than 90 percent or lower than GO 

 percent of the revised parity formula. 



That concludes the general statement of our federation. I should 

 like now to call on the officials of the member organizations for further 

 elaboration with respect to their own particular segments of the 

 poultry industry. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much for your statement. 



Mr. Cox. That concludes the general statement of the National 

 Poultry Producers Federation. I should now like to call on the 

 officers of member organizations for further elaboration. 



Mr. Pace. Thank you very much. 



Who will be the next witness? 



Mr. Cox. The next witness will be Noel Shaver, President of the 

 International Baby Chick Association, of Crawfordsville, Ind. 



Mr. Pace. W^e are glad to hear you. 



STATEMENT OF NOEL SHAVER, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL 

 BABY CHICK ASSOCIATION 



Mr. Shaver. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee: My 

 name is Noel Shaver. I live in Crawfordsville, Ind., where I am 

 engaged in the operation of a chicken and turkey hatchery, produc- 

 ing 700,000 chicks and 125,000 turkey poults annually. I also grow 

 around 11,000 tiu'keys annually and I supervise the flock improve- 

 ment and disease control work on 156 farms supplying my hatchery 

 with hatching eggs. In addition, I market eggs for these and other 

 farms. I also farm about 510 acres of land. 



I am here today in my official capacity as president of the Inter- 

 national Baby Chick Association, a nonprofit corporation organized 

 in 1916. We have a membership of 5,000 chicken and turkey hatch- 

 erymen and breeders, most of whom are located in the United States. 

 We maintain executive offices in Kansas City, Mo. 



