Nongeuetic Factors, Too, Must Be Considered When Selecting Layers • <u The number of eggs a hen lays in a fixed period of lime may not in itself be a very accuialc indi cation of hei value, a USDA sur vey reveals Equally impoilant are various environmental condi tions and the Ihen s previous pro duction record A hen’s egg production tends to chop oft in proportion to elapsed time after the first egg she lays Compare December production for two families of chickens, one of which began to lay in August and the other in October The lat ei family might appear to pro ducc eggs at a lapid rate, but on h because the buds had laid a shorter time. Rate of egg production depends also on daily light and daik per HERR’S BULK BIN SERVICE Builders of Feed and Grain Bins ALL SIZES TO FIT EVERY NEED Gordonville, Pa. Pli. SO 8-3183 Ist Highest All-Breed Hen Record in Pa. Laying Contest : l9s7 UPSIDE-DOWN, BACKWARDS, OR ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT SMHOHO333MOISA33 ARE HARD TO BEAT Higher Quality Lower Chick Cost KEYSTONE HATCHERY 2556 Creek Hill Rcl Lancaster Rep. Daniel R. Myer, Ph. Leola OL 6-2243 Hatchery Ph Leola OL 6-6783 Breeding Farm Ph. Ephrata RE 3-6179 iBBBBBBBaBBBBaa iods Generally 13 or 14 hours of h,ht each day aie most favorable But chickens clidci in then daily light needs And they differ too, in then i espouse to mciease in light ARS researcher, T C Byerly suggests that bleeders could de termine the value of a flock more accurately by checking these non genetic factors This could be done by running thice months tests Lindei a conli oiled environ ment, measunng daily light and daik needs, light response, and rote of declining egg production Estimates of production thus made under natuial conditions In this way best produceis could be selected immediately, saving con siderable time and ihjUimg the highest possible egg production 2nd Highest Leghorn Hen Record in the Nation-1957 Atlantic Angus Assn. Changes Membership Rule The Atlantic Angus Assoua lion recently rcoigam/ecl at a meeting in Timomum Maiyland, ami opened its membeiship to bicedeis in Canada, Tennessee Kn'lucky and Eastern Ohio in addition to the Atlantic coast states Membership, foimerlv limited to consignois to the gtoup’s annuaJ sales, is now avail able to anyone in the area foi $5 annually Elected chairman of the organi zation was W W Brainard, Ji , Dmvnsbiagh Farms, Far Hills ]\e\\ Jersey Lee Leachman, An kony Farms, Rhinebeck, New York, was named vice chairman and Dave Canning, Staunton, Vir gmra, secrctary-tieasuier The ev cculive committee includes Rus sell D’Oench, Stillwater Farm, Connecticut Carlo M Paterno, Meadow Lane Farm, Noilh Salem New York, and Kenneth E Lit ton, Rickvillc, Vugmia Plans were discussed for the Gieat Atlantic Bull sale which has been scheduled for February 24 and 25, 1958 at the Atlantic Rural Exposition Giounds, Rich mond Virginia Ankony Farms announces the canceling of their sale and the consignment of 30 bulls to the Gieat Atlantic Bull sale Other discussion centered on a proposed spung sale of approxi mately 500 registered Angus heif ers vswswwwwswwwwt < Green Thumb 4 > / £ Michigan Peat £ / SAVE by placing orders $ / NOW it you want to call / £ at car for your Michigan / / Ppof 4 I Feat. a I §2.25 cwt. (bulk) at car 4 £ $lB.OO 1/2 ton at car £ 4 $35.00 ton at car 4 / 9 4 Bring your own bags Wc/ / will be unloading cars at/ £ Rohrerstown, Rheems, / Holland, Myerstown, and/ £ Bird-in-Hand during the> / next few weeks Phone / orders now (collect) We/ will notify you when car£ / arrives / H £ SMOKETOWN, PA. £ £ Ph. Lane. EX 22639 fvNS\\SS\SN\S\\SS\S\\\\i Lancaster Farmii Coalcsvillc Firm Wins Moth Spray Contracts The State Dcpailmcnt ol Ag’i cultuie Monday cleaicd the way loi splaying 100,000 acres of faun and loiest lands to eradicate gypsy moth caterpillar next Mav in seven Noithcastern Pennsvl \ania Counties Conti acts weic signed loi an plane spiay seivico with Chns U Stoltzfus, Coalesville, who sub milled the lowest ot 10 bids sub nutted to Agncultmo Secretary V- illiam L Henning The Stoltz fus was 66 cents per gallon ot 12 5 per cent DDT in solution vJich he will spiay Horn air plane Last years cost iv&s 71 7 cents per gallon when a Montana in in applied the DDT solution at the standard late of one gallon per acre for complete ciadication of the pest The Pennsylvania Department again will coopeiate with the Lulled Slates Depaitraent of Agnculture in the fight against the cateipillais which are capable of completely defoliating laige airas of trees if allowed to go un checked The 1958 program calls toi tieatment of 500,00 acies of »*«*«*»«»«*m«*««***«««*«**«**«*««««**««*****«i ATTENTION DAIRYMEN Limestone Sand For Use D. M. STOLTZFUS & SON. INC. Asphalt Paving & Crushed Stone Quarryviile STerling 6-2191 M*«****»««*»**»***m««**M»*«*****«*«««*«H«*******««««««««««««*M*««i«**«*««*m***mm«4 A\\\\\V\3yVV\\V\V\V>V\\V\N\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\WVVV S ? | COME AND SEE THE SHOWING; ; I $ O F TH E £ NEW 1958 OLIVER I f 550, 770 & 880 TRACTORS | I | / * / * / / I I / —■ y / / £ FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE PRESENT * $ TO GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS AND ANSWER £ £ YOUR FARM PROBLEMS £ f * I t i i I I \ I I I 1 1 I $ * VWVVVVVVVVVVVWVVWVVWWVNVVWVVVVWVWVWWV Wednesday, March 5, 1958 MRS VIRGINIA SENSINGER WILL DEMONSTRATE THE SEWING MACHINE FOR THE LADIES Take advantage of our Special Discounts during that day! 50% Off on some items Lunch Will Be Served STORE WILL BE CLOSED SAT., MARCH 1. 1958 Farmersville Equipment Company ng, Friday, Feb. 28, 1958—13 Aimer Kisser Re-elected SPABC Director (Continued from page ID David Yodei, general manager ol the cooperative leported theie do 3,038 membeis ol the cooper ative There were 39 229 cows in seminated in 1957 representing a D'e pei cent mciease'ovei 1956 Assisting Yoder weie Flovd Weidlei, Landisville Eugene Panics, York Sterling Ferrer, York C P Biantlej, Manheim, and Paul Roland Elizabethtown which Pcnnsyhama will sprav 100 000 acies the same as last \c ai Stalling May 1 the Pennsyl vama gypsy moth spiay program vail cover parts ol Wayne, Pike, Monroe Caibon, Schuylkill, Luz erne and Lackawanna Counties The contract calls for completion In June 1 Catci pillars hatch lur ing the month ot May 1 ccleial and State plant pest in spectors will check the airplane solacing daily the material used and the coverage made by each ol halt a dozen plants that will be used wtuutxxxtnxxtmtituxtntnxutxn i For Your In Dairy Barns Cali Quarryviile, Pa. Afternoon and Evening NEC C H I FARMERSVILLE, PA.
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