12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 17. 1960 Local Poultry Breeding Farm Upholds County Traditions Lancaster County has been yhrd flock and dual purpose • Sample Poultry Laying Test, nationally known - for gene- breed to the specialized egg Both tests ended when birds rations as a leader in agri- and broiler operations of'to- were 500 days of age At culture. - That leadership has day created a growing de- the end of the tests'the en exiended over many phases mand for breeds and strains tries are ranked according to of crop and livestock produc- that were bred for high per- the highest income over feed tion. The Garden Spot is a- tormance under local hous- a:l( t chick costs, rnong the leadiig counties of ing and weather conditions. In the-New York, test 33 the nation in va’ue of poul- six years ago the Key- breeders from across the na iry products produced. stone Poultry Breeding Farm tion competed for top bon- The,expansion ox.the local- of- Terre Hill was establish-' ors - Keystone .was in the poultry industry from a back ed by two local poultrymen, rs ” Quartile (in sixth place) and the entry Tiad the high est percentage of large, and extra large eggs in-the con test PULLETS FOR THE' BREEDING FLOCK at Keystone Farm are comfortable and happy in this po'e-type house. Many windows let 'in low winter sun, make ventilation easy and. insulating material on the rafters tend to help keep temperatures - more constant Pullets such as these are the basis of Keystone’s breeding program. GIVE 12 FOIL MONTHS | IQCltDHfllin g s THE PERFECT GIFT a Membership in the LANCASTER AUTO CLUB I - I | Easy to Buy ... 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Random In the Pennsylvania test 46 breeders from the U- S were entered Results show ed Keystone again in the first quartile. In thedr home state contest Keystone birds ra iked I Oth in total Income over chick and feed costs, j The Keystone Farm, one! of the very few locally own ed breeding flocks, is doing extensive pedigree and pro geny testing work and their random sample entries rank above or among the largest and best known breeders in the country, however when compared according to size they are classed as a small breeder. Does the future look bright for the small breeder? If you consider the records es tablished by Keystone Farm and realize that the leader ship which has made Laucas ter County famous as the Garden Spot of the world came from the small family iarm, it would appear that the small poultry breeder has very' bright future. A 4 l\ H. M. STAUFFER & SONS, Inc. WITMER-EX 7-6412 RONKS-OV 7-6612 LEOLA-Ot 6-2811 v\\v\\\\\\\\\\\\v\v\v©v\\\\\\\\\\\\\\v\\\\\\ Kill! Kill! Kill! 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