20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1959 Hens May Lack Ability To Lay Hafchable Eggs Eighty-five to 90 per cent o£ the eggs laid during tests When eggs do not hatch, in use of riboflavin into oth- of a new fibrous nest cush . the fault may be the hen erwise unhatchable eggs ... “mll-a-wiv” evv s-inrJ not TTic* ff'pH T-f slip nos- , ~ . ion With R roll a W9y ana noc uie ieea n sne pos bave produced noi'hial chicks , . . , , sesses a certain gene in her , „ principle have been suni gcaetic make-up, she may in 96 P er cent of aII . eggs -ciontly clean to be cartoned produce eggs too low in nb- thus treated at Penn State, direct ' l repor ted Dr. Glenn f ° r ‘ he embry ° S “ BU ? reP ”‘ S a , O. Bressler at Penn Stale ..urvive. Hatching eggs need only Scientists of Penn State 70 rnicrograms of riboflavin . , ( reported this discovery dux- , . 1 • « .. The Penn State poultry ing the recent Poultry Sci- *° survive showing that 11 researchers said pilots stud ence Association meeting at average of 200 to 400 micro- j.es for a 10-month period lowa State University. grams in a normal egg is far have shown that laying hens Researchers AJ G Maw more than needed J lke the nest cush- S j n , r lu aw, . „,, 10ns equally as well as the E G Buss, and R. V. Bouch- Dr Boucher is tracing the nest er of Pennsylvania’s Agncul- nutrient loss of the riboflavin yp tural Experiment Station through the blood stream of . Our studies snowed prac liave found that eggs in a abnormal hens He has found tically no difference in per particular strain of chickens that the recessive gene al- centage jjj floor eggs, less have only 10 per cent as ters the hen’s metabolism than five per cent in each much riboflavin as found in (building up and tearing case . Bressler stated. The normal eggs. _ down of living cells in such nes *- cushion shows promise Eggs from normal hens a wa y as to prevent the nor- eliminating cracked and ST of ftiTSS "S “Si z fo - embryo of T a sssstyrsrs isas Exhaustive feeding tests SSe tyin! Sms abnormal acSunls lor’ fte smaU J°r been adapted for the cannnt gene mount of free riboflavin in nest cushions cannot transfer the necessary e gg This arrangement is being riboflavin to their eggs. Car- compared with hand gather rfnnnt 1 f® n ® JAMES F. GEHR, Cam- in § of e SS s from 510 litter at p flLv P ? t 1 t d . by f lo °kmg bridge Springs, Pa, has been fyP e nests for a similar fu yell °™' appointed USD A Agricultur- number of layers m a con l m + - thc ., whlte al Attache for West African ventional house, ot an egg is positive identifi- nations, with headquarters A conference panel of egg * on ’ _ m Liberia, according to are- buyers, dealers, and a pro- This particular strain of cent announcement. ducer discussed the Pennsyl chickens is otherwise normal ■ 1 ■ ■ _ , "Prompt Bail Bond Service” BUHRMAN'S CONVENIENT PARKING LOTS Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post Office Next to Western Auto Store 115 East King Street Norman A. Buhrman, 228 N. 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It s convenient and time saving because f o f o ? lnat ® running downstairs to answer the telephone. A bedroom telephone gives you privacy too! It’s inexpensive too . . . that exha telephone costs only pennies a month. And, if you would like to add a touch of te B lenb y ° your , home > get your bedroom telephone m color. Choose from many new and exciting colors. y OMMON WEALTH I TELEPHONE k ':-~y i COMPANY Nest Cushion for Hens Effective in PSU Studies / vania Certified Egg Program. Starting three years ago with four members and a ■volume of 5,600 cases of eggs monthly, the State pro gram now has 30 partici pants handling 70,000 cases monthly. 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