Lancaster. Pa.. Saturday. June 27 lß2Per Yea*
Hbl E MELHORN, Mount Joy; poultryman, farmer
■sident of Producers Cooperative Exchange, Coates
■g and poultry marketing co-op; here shows major
■Tof his quality-protecting egg-cooling room. Eggs
■bered from nests in the 5,000 hen laying house
■mes daily, cleaned immediately and the baskets set
■fooling box (above left). Air is circulated by a
■ntrolled (arrow) fan for one hour to quickly re-
heat. Tight-fitting covers seal empty basket
■lnside of the air-duct and fan are shown in lower
■oto Room contains ample rack space to pre-condi
■es three days before eggs are packed (top photos),
■pr right, Melhorn holds pre-conditioned case and
eggs to be packed, as soon as cooled to maintain
■ with packed cases remaining in room until ship
■ lower left photo, cooling unit (1) and humidifier
■town Care is taken to hold constant 55-60 degree
■are and 75 per cent humidity Electric heater
■ed in winter to maintain humidity. Melhorn finds
■P m program vital to egg quality. —LF PHOTO
E Head Goes Ail Out
field Quality in Eggs
P J°h n Melhorn, Mount Joy, chairs a stockholder
■f meeting of Producers Cooperative Exchange, the
unty poultryman often encourages producer qual
as a sure step to profit protection.
H n ’’ who farms 305
1(1 operates a 5,000
oration with his part
i could well be con
authority on the
of e PS quality.
they are mai-
cases of eggs
Wlt 't the majority
grading “AA”; while
_ Percentage of the
’ been la>mg a year,
good fiock manage
f,” °Wor hens can
quality eggs.
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• 80 mch. ,
but you have to protect that
quality” he reports.
Protection means equip
ment Equipment includes a
well-insulated cooling-room.
Melhorn’s has concrete bo
ck walls, with wooden strips,
aluminum foil, metal lath,
and two coats of waterproof
plaster. The ceiling is cork
insulated from an old cellar
roof.
Melhom’s full program
has been in effect for three
years. When he started the
final step, his egg quality
immediately jumped to ‘AA’
from “A” at marketing and
has staved there.
He found from hard exper
ience that failure to maintain
even one step can mean mo
re than S3O weekly. No small
item in today’s depressed egg
market
Starting with the fully in
sulated egg room, Melhorn
at first figured the cool cel
lar would do the job. He ad
ded a humidifier to prevent
needless quality-loss through
evaporation.
His output still graded ‘A’.
He added a room cooler, with
water pan.
“A” grade still dominated
his marketings. So he added
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Poultry j Red Rose DH|A Cqw
Cutbacks
Continue Has 735 Lb. BF Output
The USDA announced this
week that May placements of
pullet chicks in the U. S. for
broiler replacement stock to
taled 3,007,000 head, 17 per
cent less than in May, 1958.
For the first five months’
oi 1950, placements were up
to 104 per cent of 1958 fig
ures.
For the week ending June
13 , U. S. broiler-chick
placements totaled 34 4 mil
lion, up one per cent from
ihe previous week, but sev
en per cent below the same
week in 1958.
Pa. placements were eignt
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Field Day Set For Maule Farm
A special Faim Pond Management Field Day program
has been scheduled for 9 30 a m., Tuesday at the farm of
Richard Maule, Quarryville RD 2 (One mile south of
Quarryville on Kirkwood road, left at school house on first
road, first farm on right.)
The event is sponsored by
the County Extension Ser
vice and will include talks
by a pair of slate and USD A
specialists.
Robert Wingard, extension
wildlife specialist, will be in
charge of the meeting and
will be assisted by Mr. Jas.
Otis of the U. S. Fish and'
“B. Lucy”, a senior six-year-old registered Holstein
cow from the herd of George A. Rutt, Stevens RD 1, com
pleted the highest 305 day lactation of the May, 1959 Red
Rose DHIA tests, with 17,006 lb. of milk and 735 lbs. of
butterfat, with a 43 test, according to the association re
port released Thursday.
Second high individual
lactation was completed by
another registered Holstein,
owned by J. Mowery Frey,
Jr., Lancaster RD 7. "Joan 1 ’
produced 18,139 lbs of milk,
648 lbs. of butterfat with a
3 6 test in 305 days.
The herd having the high
est monthly BF average for
May, was-that of Mrs Mary
B. Stoltzfusj Morgantown.
The 35 cow herd averaged
Wildlife Service, Wash., D C.
They will discuss farm
pond management, fish stock
ing, reproduction and bal
ance, fish management and
control of algae and weeds.
The program also will in
clude a demonstration of fish
population checking to de
termine balance between
species.
1435 lbs. of milk, 60 lbs. of
butterfat, with a 4.2 test.
There was a tie for second -
with the herds of Hiram S
Aungst, E-town RD 1, and
David H. Bieckbill, Lancast
er RD 7. The Aungst herd of
19 cows averaged 1586 lbs.
of milk, 59 lbs. of butterfat,
with a 3.7 test.
Breckbill’s herd of 17-cows
averaged 1233 lbs. of milk,
59 lbs. of butterfat with a
4 8 test.
The May tests included 21
cows with completed 305
day lactations, totaling moxe
than 14,000 lbs.
Top herds in the butterfat
averages also included. Ed
win N. Kurtz, 1576 and 53;
Albert R. Fry, 1442 and 58;
J. M. Frey, Jr , 1492 and 58,
Geo. Rutt, 1554 and 57; Chas.
C. Tindall, 1475 and 56;
J. Richard Keller, 1616
and' 56; Red Rose Res. Cen
ter, 1486 and 55; R F. & L.
Witmer, 1049 and 55: Arthur
D. Wenger, 1437 and 55;
Harry Noll, Jr , 1405 and 54;
J. Wade Groff, 1197 and
53, and Elam P. Bollingei,
1488 and 53.