B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 11, 1967
Amendments to Federal
Shell Egg Grading
Program Proposed
The U j Dapnlmont ol Ag
nculture hi,- aanauiucd a pio
posjl to amen.l the i c i.i'alioiu
which go\ein it- ‘hell egg
grading piogiam with Hie .uni
of moio atcuiateh reflecting
the quililv of eggs no.v being
produced and niaiketed
A maior lealuie is a pio
the
PROFIT PULLET
DEKALB CHIX are bred to grow
fast and start producing high
quality eggs early ... to stay
strong and lay long giving you
steady year around production,
on less feed. That’s why DEKALB
’should be YOUR "profit pullet”!
Chix, Inc.
40 Donegal Springs Rd.
Mt. Joy Phone 653-1102
DeKalb York Hatchery
P. O. Box 263
Ph. 255-7741
Hellam
Sales & Service
Elmer GUck
Smoketou n
Lester B. Good
Ephrata
All Area Farmers Invited
"New Generation of Corn Growing" Meeting
Subjects to be discussed-
Feb. 15 1:00 P.M.
Hostetler’s Banquet Hall, Mt. Joy
PIONEER CORN CO., INC.
vision for “origin” and “des
tination" giading, which would
upply both to consumer and
pijcuiement guides “Origin”
.nading would be defined as
'guiding which is pcilouned
other than whore the eggs aic
u'uled or consumed" Qu ility
icquii emenls for 'oi igin"guui
in,s would be uused abo\e
cuirenl standouts Rcqune
ments fm “destination" giad
ings would i emain the same
as under cunent regulations
Another proposal would elim
inate export giades and Pro
curement Grades 111 and IV
since thev aie no longei used
Other proposed amendments
would -
Provide for a new identi
fication mark on consumei egg
caitons, similar to the USDA
grade shield used for poultry
and poultry pioducts
Provide for an identifica
tion mark, similar to the con
sumer grade mark, for use on
bulk pack? of eggs for which
the grade is determined on a
sample basis
Change sampling and test
ing of eggs under USDA’s
Quality Control Program from
weekly to biweekly Weekly
tests would be performed, how
ever, if conditions required it
Provide additional require
ments concerning shell-egg
plant operations and facilities,
and establish new require
ments concerning the health
and hygiene of plant em
ployees.
Additional minor changes in
the regulations also aie pro
posed, USDA said.
Area Holstein Herd
Records Established
Eight local daily herds of
registered Holstein cows have
established new lactation av
eiages for milk and butterfat
production As reported by the
Holstem-Fuesian Association
of America, the official pio
duotion testing herd averages
aie
768-3962
733-7671
Isaac M Brubaker, Lititz—2l
PIONEER.
Modern management techniques
Plant populations and row spacing
Corn plant growth and development
14 7:30 P.M.
Feb.
Cochranville Fire Hall
(Refreshments to be served)
Presented By
_ - D $-*%o ma^e as part 0f a Short coure ®
Mannf Ynunff Farmers Map KOUies designed to have local fanners
incuivn * UMH 6 * , * become more familiar with
Tn fireafer Profits In ohort course the soils they are farming, and
* u Ulcain * lo cncouiuge them to manage
Pold. (he field number, lie j s {o t j, eir highest potential.
of or eh fiell. and the
sml'lMK's on the l.nm Mon? FIELD RECORD SYSTEM
For the pa't mon'h 22 x llh Vie =oil type identifies- Each faimer also developed
Manoi Young Fanneis have tion lS n ic poicent slope of a field iceoul system for Ivis
been involved in ni.il.mg <oil c , f! , fi c i d . u, e degiee of ero- farm He will iccord such in
and field niios ol tlun laims Molli il!U j (ho lupiHity cLss foimotion as: the nop in each
riio io..i>s indicate the boun of ' s 0 1( The maps were (Continued on Page ff)
danes ol the faun and ol ca'h
by f). R. Hackenhorgor,
Vo-Ag Instructor
ORVAL BASS, county conservation
vice, talks to a group of Manor Young F
be lost in a year due to erosion.
completed production records
averaging 15,612 lbs of milk
and 569 lbs of butterfat.
John W Eshelman & Sons,
Lancaster—24 records averag
ing 17,262 M., 650 F
Robert C Groff. Quanywlle
—29 lecoids averaging 16,011
M, 610 F
Robert H Kauffman, Eliza
bethtown—39 records averag
ing 15,053 M, 582 F
Hemy E. Kettenng, Litatr—
-45 lecords averaging 17,627
M, 693 F
John E Kreider Lancaster
—4O records averaging 15,393
M, 606 F
Claience M Muny, Drumore
—25 lecords averaging 16,144
M. 564 F
ist with the U. S. Soil Conservation Ser
armers about the amount of soil that will'
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R. D. 1, Steven*
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R. D. 1, East Earl
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D. 4. Manheim
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H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witmer
FOWL’S PEED SERVICE
R. D. 1, Quarryville
R. D. 2, Peach Bottom
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R. D. 2, Columbia
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1. Ronks
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Millertvllle
HEISEY
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