12 —Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Jan, 17, 1958
National Conservation Exposition,
Flowing Match to Be Held Here
The addition ol a national con
s'-nation exposition and plowing
ji’itch to Pennsylvania in 1958
proies the reputation of Penn
lama’s agncultuie. State Agn
c/tuie Secietan William L
1-inning said today at the Penn
;./*yania Farm Show
* ‘ We are verj proud and most
encouraged that this eyent was
arded Pennsylvania’ Henning
ticdaicd
At a meeting in Hershey the
I',.Uonal Association of Soil Con
s'nation Districts sponsors of
the national event, ayvarded the
educational exposition to Penn
s nama It will be held August
and 22 dm mg PennsyUama
E,. tch Dajs
1 1 have never seen such im
piissive facilities and conserva
tion practices,” Sloan Rainwater
oi Walnut Ridge, Ark . remarked
following a tour of the Hershej
Estates, farms, site selected for
the 1958 plowing eyent Rainwa
ter is vice president of the na
tional organization
According to Rainwater em
I maggot control and will demon-
C -untj Vegetable Growers meet s trate hot water, dust and bichlor
jng—9 am at Guernsey Breeders ide of mercury treatment of seeds
.Sale Pavilion, Highwaj 30 East j au . 23
Lancaster _ Annual meeting of Lancaster
Jan. 21
Field Crops Pest Control meet
inj.*—7 30 p.m. at Singer’s Imple
ment Co , Ronks Dr. Carlton Tay
lor disease specialist. J 0 Pep
per, insect specialist, and George
Berggren, agronomist, will dis
cus's plant disease, insect and
weed controls in field crops.
Jan. 22
Field Crops Pest Control meet
ing—7-30 p.m. at Ephrata Recre
ation Center, Cloister and West
Streets, Ephrata. j
Pest Control meeting for vege
tame groueis—9 am at Clicks
PIc v 't Farm, Smoketown Pepper
and Taj lor will discuss seed com
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PARTS
SERVICE
C. E. Wiley & Son
Quarryville-Wakefield
D. L. Diem & Sons
Lititz
Cope & Weaver
Willow Street
J, B. Hostetter & Son
Mt. Joy
McCormick Farm Equip. Store
Ephrata
phasis is placed on the conserva
tion phase of the program expect
ed to attract more than 100,000
persons He explained that farm
inadunciy and equipment manu
facturers will demonstrate equip- j
ment during the event i
Rainwater pointed out that
the conservation piactices he ob
served during a visit to areas sur
rounding Hershey and Lebanon
were the most concentrated for
any one area he has witnessed m
any of the 48 states he has,
visited !
In addition to Rainwater and
Oirm Hofstetter. a national
director from Ohio, the tour of
the Hershey Farms facilities
were taken by James Bobb, vice
president of the Hershey Estates
and Deputy State Secretaiy of.
Agriculture Leland H Bull 1
A meeting of the Pennsylvania
committee for the event will be
held in State College on January
22, accoiding to Ralph E Patter
ns© ,head of agricultural engm
engier at Pennsylvania State Um
veisitv
Farm Calendar
Poultry Exchange—7 30 p m at
Lancaster Poultry Center, 340
West Roseville Hd , Lancaster
Field Crops Pest Control meet
ing—7 30 pm at Wenger Imple
ment Co, The Buck.
Pest Control meeting for nur
seiymen, landscapers and gard
eners—9 30 a.m at Farm Bureau
Cooperative, Dillemlle Road,
Lancaster
Spray program meeting—l 30
p m at Farm Bureau Cooperative
Pepper and Taj lor will outline,
fiiut spray service, fruit disease
and insect control
Bring your tractor in today!
D. M. Kurtz
Morgantown
C. B. Hoober
Kauffman Bros.
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Intercourse
Mountville
J. Paul Nolt
Gap
THE PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY Feder- grounds. Both chicks and ducklings are
ation’s “Farm Show Hatchery” proved again hatched out in iew of the crowds. A plastic
this year to be one of the most interesting dome allows everyone to get a good view,
and popular educational exhibits on the (LF Photo)
'Spudniks' Popular
At 42nd Farm Show
HAIRISBURG, Jan. 13 Fea
turned by “Spudmks,” food offer
ings at the 42nd Pennsylvania
Farm Show were a chief interest
for hungry crowds that consumed
Q, How much more could I earn with K-137
Kimberchiks?
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
Jts6 57 Jlond«m Ssmpf*
r ♦ TENNESSEE CSEEK^Sa^3K : ' '
: ' v ■ SW.Oayi,’ Average of all Entrlea | -»:• ~ '',
< : ~ CSE9H
S XT 6«y» „ Average
' MISSOURI ’ ■ i->,
aOODaj* '- J'* “ ’ V t J,i r *
CAtIFOKMA ESS
J, . -.' «M Doys Avg. - , ' '■ A ;'V i^;'}
Yo»K ■>’ggg
. »rrwryjiL - re* ; v
'' 500 Dovt Avg- ' y -' '_?< i
Average Income 1
of all en trier' ' r
' v a
•In to Ihtto tat* fh« * 137 w«i «li» anl«r*d to Ptotf*» *
ri«tfr«t e •> r»l «h(M i *
_ r ; >. V2S£>V
Q. How many eggs did the K*l37 lay in these five
tests?
*«r»je Income of __ __
K-137 Entries * 3,88
A. The average for all K-137 entries was 236.1 eggs
per pullet housed. Tins 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 2.7% better than the average of all entries.
AUTHORIZED
tons of all kinds of edibles dur
ing the show which ends today
“Spudmks” are donuts contain
mg mealy baked potato pulp and
were offered for the fust time
at the food booth of the Pennsyl
vania Cooperative Potato Growers
Q, What size egg does the K-137 lay?
A. Nonnally 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 4!4 to 4Vi 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-137 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;
s i
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[■%' K-137
“ ‘ ** 1 ' *'t» 9 «
1-IuBBARO FARMS
I*NCAJII«, f*
2-2155
Ph. EX
.Association. They are light and
tasty, made over a potato grower’s
recipe
“Turkeyburgers” were new at
the Pennsylvania Farm Foods
Center booth of the State Poultry
Federation They are made of
ground Pennsylvania turkey meat.
ALBUMEN QUALITY BY PERIODS
7th Cthhrmm Swmpl « T»sf
Manheim Pike