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High-priority needs for inten
sive research, on the disease or
nitlKOLS. on -the comiposition of
poultry meat and eggs, and on
alternative programs of sanitary
processing and inspection of poul
try" were considered by the Poul
try Research and Marketing Ad
visory Committee at its
meeting in Washington Jan. 12 v to
14.
__ Ornithosis is a disease Of tur
keys, chickens,' and other birds
and animals. Its'study was urged
(because it can he transmitted to
workers in poultry processing
plants and to other persons. In
man. the disease resembles pneu
monia.
Sanitary Processing
Poultry and eg g composition
studies advocated by the com
mittee include investigation of
compounds that unlay he involved
in toughness, texture, flavor, ap
pearance, and other quality fac
tors.
Sanitary processing and inspec
tion of poultry for wholesomeness
would he evaluated' for effect on.
marketing organization, ' trade
channels, land costs, and on
Charges, if any, in competition re
lationships among plants of va
rious capacities.
The committee urged also that
research on poultry by-products
kegp pace with the growth of the
Industry, which is of great econ
omic importance in every area
Of the country.
Robert L. Gregg
fs Named Editor
Of Sun, Ledger
The appointment of Eobert L.
Gregg, 716 Eace avenue, Lan
caster, as editor of The Quarry
ville Sun and Local Ledger at
Christiana, was announced to
day by Alfred C- Alspach,
publisher.
C Wallace Abel, who has been
editor of • the Quarryville Sun
Kobert L. Gregg
Bnd business since
that paper’s purchase by Als
pach in 1954, will continue as
manager of Octoraro News
papers.
In announcing Gregg’s ap
pointment, Alspach said” the
move was designed to expand the
news coverage of Southern
Lancaster county area. '
Gregg, a' lifelong resident of
Lancaster county, previously
was an auditor for the Bureau
®f -Fire Insurance Tax Fund and
Police Pension Fund, of the
Department of the Auditor
General, at Harrisburg. He also
worked part time as a copy
deader for the York edition of
the Sunday News.
Prior to that he had been chief
librarian for Lancaster News
papers and a proofreader for
the New Era.
Gregg is the son of Mrs.
Robert I. Price, and the late
Richard L. Gregg. He is un
married. He attended Lancaster
public' schools and was gradu
ated from J. P- McCaskey High
School in 1943. He also attended.
Franklin and Marshall College
where he was a member of Chi
Phi Fraternity.
He is a member of St James
Episcopal' church, Lancaster.
Gregg expects to move to Quar
ryville later.
Tlbe_following are among other
top-priority needs considered toy
the committee at the meeting:
Top-Priority Needs
- Production: Expand and initi
ate studies to establish standards
land techniques for the elimina
tiort of all bacterial contamina
tion and for evaluating the po
tency and safety of poultry vac
cines.
Expand work on immunization
against visceral lymphomatosis,
one of a group of poultry disea
ses—avi!an leukosis complex—
whidh is the greatest jsingle cause
of losses to poultry producers-
PENNSYLVANIA ASC COM
MITTEE Charges Announced:
'Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson announced the ap
pointment of James S. Nicholson
of Muncy ag a member and
Edward J. Fleming Sr. of Andal
usia as chairman of the Pennsyl
vania' Agricultural Stabilisation
and Conservation Committee. Mr
Fleming has been a member of
the Oomlmittee since 1954. Ralph
L. Culver, Lacey Ville, current
chairman, is retiring from the
committee under the rotation
policy now in effect for State
ASC Committeemen.
Mr. Nicholson has been farming
since 1921 and now owns and
operates a farm on which he
maintains a dairy herd and pro
duces feed crops. He is a member
of the board of directors of the
Eastern States Farmers’ Ex
change and president of the local
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unit of the Dairyman’s League.
He also is active in the Holstein-
Friesian Association, the Penn
sylvania Artificial Breeding As
sociation, the Grand League
Federation, and, has served in
many agricultural extension ac
tivities. He is a graduate of Cor
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Arch V. Ritts, Valencia; is the
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USDA SELLS 1 MILLION LBS,
of Butter to France.”
"The U.S Department of Agri
culture has announced the sale
of 1,035,000 lbs of Commodity
Credit Corporation-owned butter
to the Dried Milk Pproducts Co
operative, Eau Claire, Wis, for
commercial export to France
As in the case of a previously
announced sale of 1.2 million lbs
to another company for export
to France, the funds were pro
vided by >ihe International Go
operation Administration as an
nounced by ICA.
Prices for the sale announced
are 36 cents per lb for 419,000
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Including this sale, 3,714,200
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HEARING (FEB. 23). -MIN
NEAPOLIS on U.S. Barley Stand
ards:
An informal public hearing to
consider proposals to revise the
Official Grain Standards of the
United States for Barley was an
nounced by the U. S- Department
Of Agriculture. The hearing will
be Feb. 23, 1956, at 2 p, m. c-s.t.,
in Room 100, Minneapolis Grain
Exchange Building, Minneapolis,
Minn.
The propoed revision would
emphasize factors of malting
quality for six-rowed barley and
set up specific subclass and grade
requirements for such barley.
The percentage requirements
for sound barley in the grades
for barley for all purposes would
be increased and the quantity
M Thin barley would be re
stricted Other slight changes- or
refinements are proposed- The
class Black barley would be elim
inated No changes are proposed
in the grades for the class
Western barley or in the require
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Croaking Frogs
To Build Home
In Quarryville
The Ancient Order of Croaking
Frogs, of Quarryvrlle, this week
announced elaborate plans
construct a 32-by-44-foot, story®
and'a half headquarters from
whence will emanate official pro*' n
ceedungs of the association. Ac
cording to A. J. (Tony) Flastino
the building will be*ready about
April 1.
Hence Quarryv'ille’s other wea
ther forecaster came in for his
ray of the publicity limelight
while another nearby lodge was
planning its 48th observance of
Groundhog Day.
Assisting Mr. Plastmo. chair
man of the building and finance
committee, will be Charles Resh,
Howard McCardle and Paul Rit
ter.
The U S plans to release more'
aluminum to "industry.
ments for any of the special
grades. The major changes pro
posed are in response to a rec
ommendation of a special com
mittee of the Minneapolis Gram
Exchange.
Interested persons may submit
written data, views, or arguments
to the director, Grain Division,
Agricultural Marketing Service,
U. S Department of Agriculture,
Washington 25, D- C, not later
than March 10, 1956.
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