B—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan. 10, 1958
31 Meetings to Be Held By Groups
During Five Days of Farm Show
A total of 31 meetings of state
wide farm organizations will be
held at the 1958 Pennsylvania
Farm Show which gets underway
Jan 13 and runs thiough Jan. 17,
the State Farm Show Commission
said Monday
In addition to the metings, six
farm organizations will hold an
imal banquets, including the Soci
ety of Farm Women and Guern
sey breeders, Monday; beekeepers
and dairymen, Tuesday; poultry
men, Wednesday, and potato
growers on Thursday. The Penn
sylvania Young Farmers Assn.,
will honor three outstanding
me mbers at a Moiyiay luncheon..
Farm Show is usually the best
time for most of the state’s farm
organizations to conduct annual
business and educational meet
ings. At these sessions, held in the
Farm Show meeting rooms,
prominent specialists from Penn
sylvania and surrounding states
bring members up-to-date on lat
est developments in their fields.
Educational and business meet
ings are planned during the Farm
Show Week by the following:
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders, Ayr
Come and See Us at Booth Pl 4
(Poultry Section) at the Pa. Farm Show.
Be sure to ask about the NEW Ames
In-Cross “Point 4” Program
The following men will be on hand to greet you
★ Wally Leroy
k Walter C. Paul H. Metzler
G oldfus Hatcheries, Inc.
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NEW HOLLAND
shire Breeders’ Assn ; Christmas
Tree Growers, Crop Improvement
Assn, Society of Farm Women,
Flower Growers, Flying Farmers.
Future Farmers, Future Home
makers, Hereford Breeders, Hol
stein Assn., Horse and Mule Assn
4 H Clubs, three separate meet
ings, Jersey Cattle Club, Nut
Growers, Milking Shorrthorn
Assn, Polled Hereford, Potato
Growers, Poultry Federation,
Shorthorn Breeders, Sheep and
Wool Growers, and Young Farm
ers. Swine Breeders will conduct
six separate meetings.
Market Bureau
To Help Retailer
Boost Egg Quality
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prosecutions for some time ”
Eight inspectors will have the
job of inspecting the entire state,
and, according to Lawless, on
Jan. 16 when the new provisions
go into elfect, only seven will be
on the job with one man still in
k Nathan Bruckhart
Ph. EL 4-6811
LANCASTER COUNTIAN AND 4-H Baby
Beef championship have become practically
synonimous at the Farm Show. Winner of
the purple ribbons last year were Glenn
Foreman, R 3 Manheim, grand champion,
and Herbert Frey, R 1 Lancaster, reserve
a training capacity er-sellers Some small retailers,
Thus far, he said, most of the too, have objected
complaints and antagonism to- Ii is expected that the added
ward the new provisions have cost of grading the eggs for qual
come from peddlers and produc- ity and size will amount to not
Q. How much more could I earn with K-137
Kimbercbiks?
A. The only accurate way to answer that question is
for you to raise a flock of K-137’s on your own farm.
However, under the favorable conditions that exist at
Random Sample Laying Tests, the K-137 entries this
year averaged $3.69 income over feed cost, which is
$0 53 better than the average of all entries in the five tests
where they were entered*.
Q, What about profit dependability of the K-137 ?
A. The rankings in the right hand column below run
from 2nd place to no worse than 6th, a showing more
consistent than any other competitor in these tests.
INCOME OVER FEED COST PER
CHICK STARTED
1956 57 Random Samplo Tests*
NAME or TEST S LENGTH <s t-) '
560 Days i Average of all Entries
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Q. How many eggs did the K-137 lay in these five
tests?
A. The average for all K-137 entries was 236 1 eggs
per pullet housed This was 14.55 eggs better than the
average of all entries.
Q. How about livability ?
A. At this writing we haven’t received the figures for
California In the other four tests the K-137’s viability
was 1 8% to 2 1% better than the average of all entries.
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ASSOCIAT
Stop and Visit With Us At Booth Nos. 505 and 506 at The Pa. Farm Show
•K-137 RANK’
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champion. They are shown here being con
gratulated by Don Shaftoe of Howard John
sons Restaurants who bought the two steers
- for $1.67 and $.85 a pound respectively.
(LF Photo)
Q. What size egg does the K-137 lay?
A. Normally it averages at least 26 ounces per dozen
during the first laying year. This strain-cross is noted for
the large size of its early eggs.
Q. What color egg docs it lay?
A. Pure white.
Q. How big a bird is the K-137?
A. The mature body weight has been' established at
around 414 to 414 pounds.
Q. How’s the egg quality?
A. It’s one of the bird’s strong points. Shell thickness -
is good and percentage of firm albumen is high. As mea
sured by actual breakout in the 7th California Random
Test, K-l 37 eggs averaged 78.7 Haugh units, or 5 6 H.U.
better than the average for all entries. Actual data are
shown by this graph:
ALBUMEN QUALITY BY PERIODS
7lh California Random Sample Test
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