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U.S. Delegation Set For World’s
Poultry Congress August 15-21
The U. S. delegation to the USDA’s Agricultural Research
13th World’s Poultry Congress Service, heads the delegation,
in Kiev, Soviet Union, Aug. His alternate is David R. Slro
-15-21, will include represent- bel, director of the Dairy and
atives of the U. S. Department Poultry Division of USDA’s
of Agriculture, Land Grant uni- Foreign Agricultural Service,
versities, and the poultry in- Among U. S. poultry experts
dustry, USDA said this week who will present 47 papeis and
Dr. Steven C. King, assistant participate in thiee symposia
director of the Animal Hus- at the Congress will be Penn
bandry Research Division of State poultry science professor
Dr Glenn 0 Bresslei Bress
ler’s topic will be “High Den
sity and Conti ol of Environ
ment Key to Efficient Egg Pio
duction”. His paiticipation in
the Woild’s Poultry Congress
is suppoited by a travel grant
fiom the U S Participation
Committee which laised funds
fiom various poultry and allied
industries
Altogether, 100 to 150 peisons
are expected to attend the Con
gress from the United States.
Total attendance is expected
to be several thousand, largely
from European countries which
are excellent markets for poul
try
Pa. Potato Crop Hard
Hit By Heat & Drought
HARRISBURG The Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Ser
vice said this and that the
state’s 1966 potato crop has
been hit hard by drought.
As a result of dry weather
and extreme heat on many
days this summer, ciop pros
pects are quite poor in all
areas except Potter and Erie
counties, PCRS reported
Potatoes in those two coun
ties “look good, even though
some vines are much smaller
than normal,” the service ad
ded. Potter and Erie counties
usually account for 18 to 20
percent of Pennsylvania’s total
potato production.
Field corn and forage crops
continue to suffer from
drought. Sweet corn also is
hard hit, and limited market
supplies are said to be bring
ing up to $l5O per dozen
ears.
Early apples and peaches
are reported small in size, but
of good quality.
In its weekly crop and wea
ther round up, PCRS reported
rainfall deficiencies since April
1 range from four to ten in
ches in most parts of the state
Erie county, short only 174
inches, has the best rainfall
record
Most sections of the state
received some ram m the last
week of July, but amounts
generally were not sufficient to
relieve drought conditions A
few localities had seveiestoims
with up to three inches of ram,
but hail damaged corn and
tobacco theie
Skid row is theoretically
a teim tor distncts where
there are cheap saloons and
flop houses frequented by
vagrants and down-and-out
alcoholics, and is heiieied to
have originated in Seattle
wheie logs we re skidded
dovn a gi eased road known
as skid road.
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A USD A exhibit at the Con
gress will emphasize the ef
ficiency of U S, poultry pro
duction and the elements that
go into the making of that ef
ficiency. Important phases of
commercial production such
as improved breeding, feeding,
health, management, and qual
ity control—will be shown The
exhibit, a 59-by 10-foot stiuc
ture, is being built especially
for showing at Kiev.
Private industry also will
have exhibits at the Congress,
demonstrating the advantages
and diversity of U. S poultiy
products and their availability
for export all over the woild.
Tha World’s Poultry Congress
is held every 4 years Its spon
sor is the Woild’s Poultiy Sci
ence Association, an organiza
tion for international exchange
of scientific and technical
knowledge on poultry pi educ
tion and maiketing
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