B—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 12, 1962 Dual Beef Grading System Discussed By Market Specialist : H. lionis Moon- Because grading improves mar- Marketing Specialist efficiency and market „ . .. knowledge, the demand for The I’enna. State Uitlvers j Fe( j era j grading has increased Ha\e,)ou recently Heard a jn m;ent . livestock expert say that heef grading has outlived its use- Problems fulness’ Have >ou heard an- Although nearly ha e other say that a dual grading «»eef consumed is Federally eystem would solve most of faded. opposition to grading the beef grading problems? Others point out that dual the pre f nt grading will <jnly further com- f * K >- Stem b< f* use tie f ades plicate an already complicated d « " ot accurately sort out car eystem To say the least - '^ ses “f opd,n * t 0 tonh " mer grading ,s a controveis.nl sub- acceptability. This is true T Tests have shown that some Jec ' meat from “Good" carcasses scores higher than some meat trom “Choice” carcasses Cri tics feel that the range in quality within a specilic giade is too wide. Wliy tirade? The need for formal soil ing or grading of meat auses because meat is a product in a natural state. Meat varies greatly according to age. finish and shape or conformation Without grading the merchan dising of meat in a mixture of qualities would be difficult GRO-BITS THE LOW COST TOP-VALUE FEED FOR GROWING PULLETS 1. For Glowing Young St<xk Following 8 Weeks On Pacemaker. 2. Gro-Bits -Vvailable Vs Crumbles Onl>. it, Fortilied With Vrvimlic -Void. 4. Spiked With V Balance Of Vitamins and Minerals For Efficient Growth. 5. Balanced With Protein - 15.0%. 6. High Energj - !»00 o- Calones Per Lb. 7. Highest Qualitj Ingredients From Value-Tested Bins As Used In All Eastern Slates Feeds. •- 8. No Calcium Needed For Young Stock. 9. Best Buj For Big Flocks Fed From Bulk Bins. 10. Formulated To Meet Tile Requirements Demanded Bj The Giou mg Bullets. * * F K E 1> I N <i PB () (i R A V v 1 - F V C i: M A K E B - 1 THRU 8 WEEKS (1 B O - B I T S - S) AA'EEKS TO PRODUCTION ‘LAY - BITS - AFTER I'BOOUCTION STARTS ASK IS ABOUT NKAV \ A CONATION I’ROtlR AM ’ LANCASTER SERVICE CENTER QUARRYVILLE SERVICE CENTER Enos R. Buck wo Iter Martin Wanner Bird-m-Hand Gap Farmers Jacob L. Kurtz Feed & Supply Kh/abcthtown New Holland John Martin Burnt i)l<‘ G and G Maurice Good Feed & Supply (■onlum ill«‘ Wilson Scott Henry B. Hoover W««d Willow Stephen Kurtz Evan E. Dinger M»i'(;<inUmii Itcinholds Eastern States FARMERS’ exchange \ Proposed Solution A dual grading system has been proposed to provide two sep«irate identifications affect- VJ s V - John E. Meihorn Wft. Jo\ la tit/ - M.-mlioiiii Kplirnl.i ing value for every carcass This would be a grading im- provement. This system would provide for a quality grade and a yield or cut-out value grade Present standards attempt to measure both factors (quality and cutability) within the same grade A carcass show ing evidence of Prime quality and Good grade conformation iingh be stamped Choice. Under the dual grading sys tem the two grades would be determined separately and in dependently of each other This would enable grade stan dards to sort out beef carcass es and live animals much more accurately and precisely ac cording to both quality (eating satisfaction) and cutting yield (cutability) at the same time How It Would Work Present giade names would be used toi tbe quality grade Cutability guides would be in dicated by numbers No 1 would repiesent tlu highest yield and No 10 the lowest On the basis of lOal-GO prices the ditlerence in value be tween a Choice No 3 and a Choice No 7 would have been $3 50 per hundred pounds live w-eight This is a VGO value difference on a 1,100 pound steer Undei dual gi idmg, retailers could ordci tiie yield and quality grades they desire If carcasses of a particular yield grade were not available they could order a substitute low er yield grade with the same quality designation (Choice for example) A proper price dif ferential would reflect the ac tual cutting diffeience between the two yield grades Dual grading would piovide a more accuiate language for price quotations and for con ducting trading activities It would help the maiketplace provide price incentive to pro duce beef animals yielding more of the lean meat that consumers want. We think you will be hear ing more about dual gtading It has advantages tor the pro ducer, the packer and the consumei Clothes make the woman but often bteak the man Announcing The Availability of MASTER MIX And EBY FEEDS Thru W&i&if* I, EBY fOWJHY t iJVESTOCK Litil’z, Pa. ' < i Phone:* MA ’6-21 > 4 AW, NUTS . . . Jimmy Powell of Pompano Beach, Fla., uses his head ... to carry around his 8-week-old pet, a gray squir rel named “Herkimer Gray. My Neighbors The Answer To Your Egg Profits Moore Forms Ghosfley Pearl Chicks 780 IIOICN KOAU SUNSHINE FARM SUPPLY A Division of JEby's Mill, Inc. L "" “'N * “Down* Are From 2 Year Old Breeders • Better Livability & More Eggs • High Interior Egg Quality • Large Eggs at Early Age - • More Eggs with Less Feed MOORE FARMS , t f I l v f J Farm Bi Reported Out Of Committee A bill resembling very closis ly the one asked for by the ad ministration was reported out of the House Agriculture com mittee Thursday by the narrow vote of 18-17. Several amendments have been added to thq bill, but it remains essentially what the administration had recommend ed, especially in the areas of feed grams and wheat sec tions Respresentative Harold Cool ey of North Carolina, had fail ed in thiee previous attempts to get the bill reported out The bill would allow the Secretaiy of Agncultiire to set national marketing quotas*" for wheat and feed grains at a level low enough to use up some of the surplusses that have piled up Acreage reduc tions would be mandatory. Farmers could reject the plan in a referendum, but it they did, there' ■would be no price support program at all The bill'* dairy section calls for voluntary reduction of pro-, duction, not the original man datory regulation. Another section ot the Thill would establish a new con servation program aimed at us ing retired acreages for conser vation and lecreatfon purposes. \7,SO ST \ lITJOD PI 1-.LKTS I> \\( \STKK IjO 9-0416 MASTER =£»{«&. -jjri i ihw~ _-uap Schoefferstown, Po. 949-3163 i
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