VOL. 8 NO. 10 ✓ t ft •*V,* *2- *''*'*’**&%* *> STANDING IN FRONT OF TWO LAYING houses that total 536 feet of length is Mel Wenger, Rheems. The two houses are a part of a seven-house com plex of a caged layer complex that will eventually house 60,000 laying hens and 12.000 pullets. The seventh structure, now under construction will contain egg pro cessing equipment. Eggs, Incorporated, the firm formed by Wenger, will wash, candle, grade and carton the eggs for retail trade, but will not sell the eggs at retail. A total of 24,000 hens are already in production with another unit of 12.000 scheduled to come into production shortly. L. F. Photo. FeedOoinpany Will Initiate Egg Promotion Every retail outlet wnich has handled Pennsylvania Certified eggs-since initiation, of.the pro gram in 195 S has increased sal es volume, Ed Lawless, Chiet of the Poultry and Eggs Divi sion- of the Pennsylvania Bur eau of Markets said Monday Speaking at the Kickotf luncheon of an egg promotion program sponsored by the Rals ton Purina Company in Harris burg,.Lawless said the program now includes 44 plants and in cluded 2,777,000 dozen eggs in December 1962 compared to 168,000 dozen in April of 1958. A total of 23 million dozen eggs were sold as certified in 1961 compared to 28% million dozen in 1962. Lawless said inspectors make unannounced visits to the co- (Continued on Pago 4) Farm Calendar Feb. 11 1:30 p.m. Celery and early tomato grower? meeting at the packing house ol Amos Funk, Millersville HI. 7:30 pm Northeast 4-H - tractor club meets at the shop of Allen Mats, Denver 7:30 p.m. Lancaster Cou , nty Soil Conservation Dist rict Directors meet in the count house, Lancaster Feb. 12 6:30 pm Fift ieth anniversary annual meeting and banquet of the Lancaster County Extension service m the Hotel Bruns wick, Lancaster. 7.15' New Holland Young Farmers meeting in the Gar den Spot High School. New Holland. Subject Acety lene welding. 7:30 p,m Manor Young Far mers meet in the Penn Man ' (Continued, _on Page 10) . ; u v * > Z'tfirx**, v* EggWasking Saves Time For Co. Poultryman How much time does in plant egg washing save? According to-Roger Thome, 'Mount Joy R 2, it saves in the neighborhood of six hours a day over washing on the farm Thome, who has 9,000 hens in cages, says the saving in time is not in the gathering or in the washing, since the eggs have to be handled" separately Scholarships Available For 4-H Members Three $lOO scholarship giants and three $5O grants will be made available to coun ty 4-H club members by the Lancaster County Bankers As sociation, it was announced this week by the extension ser vice. . The larger grants will be awarded to three 4-H club members enrolled or planning to,enroll in a four year pro giam at some college or univer se The $5O awards will go to members who plan to furth er their education beyond high school in some field such as nursing or beauty culture. Applicants must be either high school graduates or sen iors at present and regularly enrolled in the county 4-H pro- gram Application must be made on In other business, the e\- a standard form available at change reelected Robert Heil the County Agent's office, and bron, 71 Oak Lane, president must be submitted to the office Heilbron is a partner in the not later than February 22. firm of Samuel L Heilbron and Winners wjll be selected on the Sons, livestock brokers basis of achievement in 4-H Also reelected were James work and other youth or com- C. Dunlap, 1209 Marietta Ave, munlty activities, and on high vice president. Robert F. John schqol or college activities and son, 41 Hess Blvd , treasurer, scholarship. ■. j; , (-.Continued on Page 2) 1 1* j 5 ! i , ' ' f! i l ' , Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 9, 1963 >if < - > < and sprayed with oil, but the time saving is in the casing Eggs can be' handled 30 at a time on the fillers after oiling and cooling When they were gathered and washed in bas kets, they had to be packed in dividually and inspected for soil and stains With only two weeks’ ex perience with the in-jilant w-ashlng, Thome was hesitant to say how much saving he could expect, but he did say his egg report from the lirst two deliveries showed only about half as many cracked eggs when they were wa >hed in the plant as when they were (Continued on page 5) Stock Yards Business Tops $55 Million Livestock value traded on the Lancaster Union Stock Yards last year topped the $55 million mark, it was reported at the annual meeting of the Lancaster Livestock Exchange Tuesday night. The dollar volume "was moie than million higher than .the reported figure in 1961 Total volume in 1962 was $55,059,577 S 9 compared with $51,314,479 63 the previous year ■Hog numbers during the year were down by almost 10,- 000 head, but the increase in both cattle numbers and prices' more than made up the differ ence Calf and sheep receipts were about even for the two years Eggs Incorporated Builds Factory In Lancaster Co. An egg factory is nearing completion in northeastei n Lancaster County Eggs, Incoipoiated, headed by John and Mel Wenger, Hheems, will soon be turning out eggs, iead\ foi the retailer, at the iate of neatly 200 cases a da\ MVttNHMsjt »s a thud of the eggs con sumed in Pennsylvania are im ported from other states Even with Pennsylvania; and Lancas ter County in particular, sitting right in the geographic center County Future Farmers Aid Drill Box Survey Penn 'State’s drill box survey will get an assist this spring from .the Future Farmers of Lancaster County Future Farmers of America, under the direction of the countj teachers of vocational agriculture will collect samples ot the oats, clover and timothy they plan to seed on their home farms this spring and send them to Clarence Bryner, ex tension agonomist from the state university for purity and germination testing Bryner, who .has been con- Celery Growers To Hold Meet Celery growers have been in vited to a county-wide meeting with extension vegetable spec ialists in the packing room of Amos Funk, Millersville Rl, next .Monday, February 11 at 1.30 pm Dr Roy Creech, plant breed er, James Dutt, extension veg etable specialist, and Dr Ernie Bergman, nutrition researcher, all from the Pennsylvania State University will discuss vai let les. breeding progress being made, fertilization, cultural practices, and nutrition experi ments Improved selections of the H-46 variety which was re leased by the University last year as a replacement for the Houser strain which disappear ed during World War II Farmers interested in grow ing early stalled tomatoes will be invited to ask questions on this subject. $2 Per Year of the Atlantic coast “Megapo lis' of over 50 million consum ers poultry numbers have de r dined steadily to the lowest point since 1940 “We want to pioduce an egg of uniform quality and market it as a Penns* Ivama egg to bet ter the market for all produc ers in the state”. Wenger ex plains. “We will not sell any of the eggs on the local retail market, but if we can put out a quality pack which will com pete with the Southern eggs being shipped in, we hope to help improve the market for all produceis in Pennsylvania ” Eggs, Inc put the first 12,- 000 hens in cages last October and added another unit of 12,- 000 in December The third un it w ill be in pi eduction shortly, and the fourth house is virtu ally completed Twelve-week old birds will go into the house and begin a 15 -ftionth cycle of production before they are re placed with new pullets When rhe six units are all in production, 60,000 layers and 12,000 pullets will rotate on a (Continued on page 6) ducting the drill box surveys in several Pennsylvania counties, met with the teachers at their regular meeting Tuesday night and enlisted their aid in com pleting a survey in Lancaster County “Five years ago,” Bryner said. “I was in charge of the small grain classes at the Penn sylvania State Farm Show. I was astounded at the number of weed seed, including noxi ous weeds and especially quack grass, in the samples.” Bryner said that while the samples were farm grains, they ji ere supposed .to be cleaned samples, and should have been almost seed quality, but most of the grams, especially oats were loaded with weed seed. He has collected samples of (Continued on Page 6) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures during the ne\t five days are expected to average three to seien de grees below the normal range of 24 at night to 3S> in the afternoon. Consist ently cold weather is expect ed throughout the period with some moderation near the end of the period. Preci pitation is expected to total 0.1 to 0.3 inch occurring mostly as light snow or rain -Sunday, or Monday.