Faro l rnmtwvfifmn eastern poultry and egg mar- tion.
V/UllipeilUOll kets since it is willing to meet
Frown TTu* GUufK chan S in S demands.” This "state- “ If Piesent day poultry pro
* OUUVII meat was made by Anthony ducers are not willing to Tlle Agricultural Expen-
Ql-mll Qf«/y P- Stemberger, marketing re- change and serve a market, ment Station researcher said
AIICI Caolllg searcher in the College of someone else with imagination total value of the poultry in-
The southern poultry In- A & ricu!ture . the Pennsylvania ai »d willingness to change will dustry has doubled in the last
, . y ” State University, m addressing ste P m and take over,” Dr 10 years in Georgia, North
us y was described recently a Harrisburg meeting of the Stemberger told the Federa- Carolina, Alabama, and Missi
as “a keen competitor for Pennsylvania Poultry Federation. ' ssippi the “big four” in the j
Neppco Records Prove: It Pays To Feed HORNCO!
“Our Layers Really
Produce on
Says Glenn & Ed Zech York County Penna.
265 Eggs per bird: 4.2 lb. Feed Conversion:
=* Period
10 68.5
11
12 63.3 18
13 59.8 17 95.5 4.9 17.9
377 Day
Summary 70.3
- **
*2B Days Per Period Except #l4 - 14 Days
To Get Results Like
l.Good Feed 2. Good Chicks 3. Good Records
and 4. Extremely Good Management.
Congratulations Glenn & Ed on this fine job:
FEEDS
D.
E. HORN & CO., INC. YORK, PA. Ph. 2-7867
HERE IS THE RECORD
Eggs %
Per Bird Liv. B.
%
1 18.4
2 83.1 23 99.7
.24 97.4
3 8€.7„
4 83.9 23 99.0
5 81.5 23 98.7 3.4 11.9
6 77.7 22 98.5 4.3 15.7
7 78.1 22
8 76.3 21 97.9
9 735 21
19 -
65.3
57.0 7 95.3 4.2 15.1 „
Mr. Glenn Zech gathering eggs from a pen
They keep'll,ooo layers.
265 95.3
Laying Program.”
95.3% Liveability
Peed
Conr.
99.8 15.8
4.0 13.7
3.8 13.1
3.9 13.2
98.2 3.3 11.7
3.8 13.3
97.4 3.8 14.1
-4.3
97.0
96.4
- 4.3
95.9 4.6 16.9
4.2 13.5 of pullets.
Learn more about the HORNCO Laying Program
the HORNCO
Feed
Cost
Per Doz.
55.4
16.0
15.4
These It Takes:
CALL US TODAY
DISTRIBUTORS
CASSEL'S MILL Manheim
S. O. TRUPE East Earl
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 9, 1963—13
southern poultry industry. In
contrast, total value of the
Pennsylvania poultry industry
declined about 33 percent in
the same period, mostly in
value of eggs and farm chici
ens.
Conditions m the late 1940’*
were ideal for expansion ot
the southern broiler industry,
Stemberger pointed out. Farm*
were small and worn out from
erosion and poor farming
methods Lack of finances and
know-how were overcome by
contract arrangements Big
profits led to rapid expansion.
There is very little so-called
management by broiler grow
ers, he reported Grown under
contract, broilers are brooded
under strict supervision by
fieldmen who lay down all the
work rules and see to it that
they are practiced. In contrast,
the egg industry is made up
primarily of independent pro
ducers with flocks ranging m
size from 2,000 to 70,000 lay
ing bens.
PSU Schedules
Ag. Open House
University Park, Pa,
Students and adults from all
sections of Pennsylvania who
are interested in the agricul
tural and biological sciences
have been invited to attend
the annual Open House pro
gram of the College of Agri
culture at the Pennsylvania
State University.
The program, which last
year brought 2,000 visitors to
the campus, is scheduled for
Saturday, March 23, and, ex
plains Dr Hyman B. Jackson,
dean of the College of Agricul
ture, will teature exhibits, de
monstrations, and lectures.
All laboratories, greenhouses,
livestock barns, and other faci
lities of the College will be
open to visitors from 9 a.m, to
4 pm.
Howard B Sprague, chair
man of the division of plant
sciences and chairman of ar
rangements, says the open
house should have the added
.value of acquainting business
and industry with research
projects in the agricultural and
biological sciences.
Guides will escort visitors
to areas of interest.
Bast year 20 busloads of
students came with their bio
logy and science teachers.
Visitors attended from as far
away as Duquesne on the
west and Reading and Allen
town on the east
Armstrong Co.
Is 61st SCD
HARRISBURG « Armstrong
County has become Pennsyl
vania’s 61st soil conservation
district. Only six counties re
main without one of the re
source development units.
Pennsylvania’s soil district
program, which started slow
ly, has increased by leaps and
bounds since 1955, The dis
tricts provide technical servic
es to landowners to develop
land and water resources.
They also sponsor watershed
improvement projects and co
ordinate conservation agencies.
Blair, Cameron, Delaware,
Forest, Luzerne and Philadel
phia are the counties not yet
organized.
Watch Sheep
A good shepherd "will watch
his sheep for wool blindness.
Frank Kreuzberger, Penn State
extension livestock specialist,
suggests checking ithe flock,
and using a few deft strokes
with the hand shears to quick
ly remedy the problem of wool
blindness or wool growing over
■ the sheep’s eyes.