Egg Cartons To Be Tested For
Consumer Preference At NEPPCO
The eg g canton designs from and the appeal of specific col
among hundreds manufactured ors in canton design,
in the Northeast which appeal Just prior to the Exposition,
most to housewives will be a the panel will be called to
starring attraction at .the up- gether and asked to vote for
coming shear of the Northeast- those cartons they would pre
ern Poultry Producer's Council fer, assuming all the eggs in
(NEPPCO). all the cartons were of the
*"A panel of suburban home- same quality. The results of
makers from the Philadelphia voting will not be made pub
area has been selected and 11(1 1116 first day of the
will meet to award 20 blue Exposition, October 4.
ribbons to the most eye-catch- A total of twenty blue rob
ing egg cartons during the bons will be presented to the
week prior to the show. The manufacturers of the twenty
winners of this consumer-pref- egg cartons receiving the
erence contest will be dis- greatest number of votes. The
played prominently at the carton receiving the most
NEPPCO Exposition on Oc- votes will be awarded the
tober 4-st> at the Farm Show “Best of Show—Gold Award ”
Building in Harrisburg. These awards are expected to
The contest may help solve attract widespread interest,
the problems which have baf- All cartons entered in the
fled carton designers for years ®how will be displayed in a
as to the relative merits of s P eciai area of ‘the exhibit hall
eye-catching designs versus during the Exposition,
packages with transparent lids (Continued on Page 16)
HOW CAN
YOU PLAN
AHEAD?
GOOD
ANSWER. CALL 392-2145 AND ASK FOR ONE OF OUR
POULTRY SPECIALISTS. HE'LL SHOW YOU THE FACTS THAT WILL
HERE'S THE
HELP YOU PLAN AHEAD INTELLIGENTLY . . . WITHOUT A LOT OF
GUESSWORK.
BETTER FEED PAYS BIGGER PROFITS
EARLY BIRD OPTIMUM
IT WILL . . .
PLANS ON HOW TO IMPROVE, MANAGE, EXPAND OR BUILD ARE YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
SO NEXT TIME YOU GET READY TO COUNT YOUR CHICKENS AND DO A LITTLE PLANNING,
GIVE US A CALL WE WONT CHARGE A PENNY.
•warded an “E” designation A
for body type conformation, + A pretty, frecklc-faccd nine
•ccorZs to the H.UtoH?S n„n» SS?
sian Association of America. SS" 1 iSK Cro ' rai "S 01 th « "•» ««“”
was named State Poultry jjy j year’s popular PouHxy
On the basis of her previ- Queen for 1966 recently at Q ueen R U th Konhaus of Mo
ous classification of “Excel- the Pennsylvania Poultry Fes- c h a nicsburg, highlighted an sc
lent,” Oliverdale Inspiration tival held in conjunction with ve week for lthe p ou itrv Fed-
Terry received a2E rating. “Dutch Days” at Hershey. eration. During the festival,
She is owned jointly by Kauff- Miss Heagy is the daughtei . 12,750 chicken halves were
man and J. Robert Hess, of hatching egg producer J. barbecued. Over 20,000 rolls,
Strastaurg Rl. Harold Heagy and the late 400 loaves of bread. 500 pounds
According to the Holstein Mrs. Heagy. She is 5’4”, has o£ butter, 550 pounds of tu^
Association, this new phase re< * hair, and her eyes are ke y white meat, one ton of
of its breed improvement pro- iuizel. Miss Heagy, of Leb- turkey barbecue, 400 quarts
gram provides additional rec- anon R 4, graduated from Ann- eggnog, 360 dozen eggs,
ognition for “Excellent” cows ville-Oleona High School and over 30,000 beverages, and
that are reclassified “Excel- * s a junior at Elizabethtown more than 1,000 gallons of
lent” beyonTthe age of ma- College. She wants to become chicken corn soup were re
turity. Only about one percent an elementary school teacher quired to feed the crowds
of the 75.000 registered Hoi- following graduation brought out by .the generally
teins classified e°ach year at- „ . «d cool weather,
tain .the “Excellent” status, the Runnerup m this annual Chairmen for this annual
Association said. pageant was Mary Ann Rus- (Continued on Page 16)
QUESTION!
HE'LL ALSO EXPLAIN THAT
WHEN YOU
1. GET THEM THERE QUICKER
2. KEEP THEM UP THERE LONGER
3. BRING THEM DOWN SLOWER
Local Holstein Cow Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 10, 1966—1 S
Classified "2E"
Lebanon County
An outstanding restored f .'J M aTY - A4 J D a
Holstein aged cow in the herd vMFI littlllCa ra*
of Robert H. Kauffman, Eliza- rinAAn
bethtown Rl, was recently * OUltry 1^116611
TRY THE
PERFORMANCE LINE
& BUSHONG
HRERSTOWN, PA.
SERVICE ANYWHERE •
f {
M
v , ' -^33
kavlch, Sunbuiy Rl. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Ruskavich, and the £am>
ily is in the pullet growing
business. Miss Ruskavich is
preparing for a career in nurs
ing at the Pennsylvania School
of Nursing in Philadelphia.
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