Poultrylndustry NeodsMore
Trained Personnel, Cover Says
' Jfoet American* think of
poultry and egg* as an eco
pemlcal, convenient and nu
tritious part of their every.
«ay diet. Few, however, are
acquainted with the industry
supplying these products or
|lbe high level of technology
science so vital to its suc
cess, according to Dr. Morris
P. Cover, chairman of the de
partment of animal science
tad agricultural biochemistry
tt the University of Delaware.
1 "What used to be called the
*l«rt of poultry keeping” is
M"W the “science of poultry
production,” he says. “Chick-
|Mi feed” no longer aptly de-
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Lititz, Pennsylvania
Telephone: 626-6790
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Grofftown Road
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Telephone: 392-4963
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scribes the enormous econom
ic importance of the poultry
industry. The present and
continued success of this In
dustry depends upon the sci
ences of breeding, physiology,
disease control, nutrition,
products technology and man
agement.
Poultry breeding really
Came into its own during and
immediately after World War
11. During -this time enor
mous pressures for tood and
liber plus keen competition
spurred on the deielopinent
ot new crosses and strains of
thickens. These chickens are
capable of lacing an egg a
day. Others can produce four
pounds of meat in eight
weeks on loss than two
pounds of feed for every
pound of meat. Mhny of the
geneticists responsible tor
this unprecedented progress
are graduates of agricultural
colleges. The lob is not done;
the demand for such highly
trained people lemains high,
according to Cover.
Efficient modern ponltiy
production demands a thoi
ongh undeistanding of the
physiological icquirements of
healthy chicken-.. Without
knowledge of the needs ot
the chicken tor warmth, lor
a specific quality and quan
tity of air and the optimum
rale or air evhange and
light, agncultuial engineeis
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houses capable of providing
the best environmental con
ditions for chickens to grow,
produce and reproduce. Allan
physiology is a deflnite ca
reer possibility for anyone
with an eager interest in hi
ology and a desiie to under
stand tundamental body pioc
esses, Cover believes.
The high death late in
poultry flocks ot the past
could not he tolerated under
the highly competitive con
ditions of today. Even so,
losses irom a vanety ol poul
liy diseases leach millions
ot dollars even yeai Re
seatch pathologists, diagnos
ticians and disease tegnlatoiy
petsonnel ate a vital tevim
involved m i educing poultiv
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mortality,
Chickens wandering around
a t«m yard, feeding lit hit
or miss fashion, could not
measure up to modern poultry
mdustiy standards. Ingiedi
ents in the feed inuo made
possible tlie complete conllne
ment and lull yeai around
pioduition of chickens Uasie
and applied research in poul
try mitntion have helped
make chickens one ol the
most ethcient converteis of
teed to eggs and meat in
the domestic animal kingdom.
Colleges and industnal tii'ins
around the nation and woild
cue alwavs seeking well-tiam
ed nuti ilionisls to aid in the
se'aith lor new knowledge
and pi editable application of
piesent knowledge
Today, homemakers place
a piemiuiii on iheu tune and
au; willing and able to pay
toi convenience toods to aid
in meal piepaiation This
h'as helped widen the field
ol poultty pioduits technol
ogv
ttlucli in.ludes new
■pieservation techniques, pacW*
aging. pioeessing and new
uses tor poultiv products of
'dll kinds The tnune m this
■field, is teiy bnght, Cover
says
“The finest product at the
least possible cost” is the
basis tor evaluating equip
ment and production tech
niques in the poultry indus
tiy Personnel tiamed in
poultry management will find
oppoi tunities m pi note In
dus tr v, agncnltur'al colleges
and go\eminent voih, he
concludes
Merck To Offer Awards
For 4-H Horse Projects
Foi the fust tune annual
awards will be olteied on a
county, state and national ba
sis to \ o 1111 a 4-H Clu’b mern
beis in official horse pro
grams, accoiding to the Na
tional 4-H Service Committee.
Awaids will lange tiom a
new countj medal winch tea
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