Plains Set Fbr NEPPCO Turkey Conference Program details have been nnnounced for the Mid-Atlantic Conference of the NEPPCO Turkey Division. The meeting Is scheduled for Wednesday, March Ist at the Holiday Inn In Gettysburg, and is open to everyone connected with the turkey industry. The one day gathering will feature reports on turkey housing and equip ment, selection of antibiotics and a critique of the state tur key tests. A luncheon and short tour has also been ar ranged. leading off the program will be Dr. J. Robert Smyth, tur key geneticist from the Uni versity of Massachusetts. He plans to review the current status of the various state tur key tests and discuss some of TOBACCO MUSLIN 2 4 3 yd. Widths Ploce Your Order NOW ? Groffs Hardware New Holland, Pa. 1C weeks to market -.with Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 and LESS THAN 3 LBS. of total feed to produce a pound of pork. That's real efficiency.. .using Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 Supplement and local grain. Eight lots of hogs averaged a 2.83 conversion at the Ful-O-Pep Research Farm. 2.78 WHEN REPEATED— The next 8 lots of hogs fed out on Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 Supplement and grain proved the efficiency of this feed once more. Average conversion? 2.78 lbs. of feed per pound of gain. Tt!s worth trying Ful-O-Pep...for the extra efficiency you get. Put your next hogs on Gro-Pork 45. Ful-O-Pep is the feed of efficient feeders Harold H. Good Terre HUI H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. Stevens, Penn*. iIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXNX^XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV strains of turkeys. evaluate a Weevil The use of antibiotics for I T C turkeys will receive complete Uiij> coverage by Dr. Frank How- _. .... land, private consultant to the Th * alfalfa weml has now poultry business spread over most of the 48 Pre-fab or “turn-key” tur- continental United States, the key house will be discussed by Departm ® n t of Agriculture re- Lloyd Reynolds of Reynolds & E ollts ' y . Mam ®> Florida, Yellott, Inc. who builds such Texas ’ Oklahoma, lowa, Mm houses. Reynolds will show aeso ‘ a > alla Arizona had not costs and advantages for such aee P imr aded by this serious buildings as compared to those pe fl t^e .. en( * of 1966 constructed by the grower him- .. The „ waevi }. was re P° rte d for se if the first time last year in David B. Plasman, Product Michigan. , a sa Y Line Manager of Turkey Equip- Control officials of ment for Big Dutchman, Inc. SI>A s Agricultural Research will review the latest informa- tservice - tion concerning automated tur key house equipment. A luncheon has been planned for conference participants. John Datt, Assistant Director of Farm Bureau’s Washington Office will -be - the luncheon speaker and plans to cover some of the activities in the nation’s capital of interest to turkey growers. feeders. At the time of the tour, there will be 14,000 two week-old poults in the build- Paul Osborn, NEPPCO’s Turing. key Division Chairman, urges The Conference registration growers to arrive in Gettys- fee is $3 00 per person and burg on Tuesday evening, Feb- advance registration is reqijest ruary 28th, for an “Early Bird ed. Tour” the next morning, prior to the formal Conference Pro- teoooooeoeeosoo gram. The tour, arranged by ■ Osborn, calls for a visit to |(A|lA4‘t K KAnl'AI 1 Central Soya’s new dressing vl and freezer plant in New Ox- _ ... . _ ford Growers will see the cut- Bulldozing - Grading up operation in progress. These p a f z Sales & Service facilities can process 100,000 pounds of turkey per day, and Barn Cleaners - Silo the freezer will hold a million r T i j „ x.t t-. j pounds. Tour participants will Unloaders - Cattle Feeders Ronald Hoke : s n v ew Quarryville, R. D. 1 40 x4OO clear span, turkey „ , _ JO building which is completely Hensel 548-2559 insulated and has automatic 2.83 lbs. feed per pound of gain Witmer The alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, was first found in the United States near Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1904. Although it spread slowly, by 1913 it had swept over Utah and into Idaho where it threatened the state’s most profitable crop. S. H. Hiestand & Co., Inc. Sailings Grubb Supply Co- Elizabethtown /Lancaster Panning, Saturday, February 18, 1967—19 The weevil has spread rap idly in (he eastern states since it was first recorded in Maryland in 1951. In the east, the infestation involves a slightly different strain of weevil than the one found in the west, and it is believed that the eastern strain may represent a separate intro duction into the country. The life cycle of the weevil consists of egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages. In the fall, the adults crawl down into the crowns of alfalfa and seek oth er sheltered places in alfalfa fields, neaiby ditchbanks, or field borders, where they over winter In eaily spring, (he weevils become active Each female lays several hundred eggs in clusters of 2 to 25 In warm weather, the eggs hatch in a week or two; in cool weather, they accumulate in the field until temperatures are favorable for hatching. The larvae do greatest dam- hatching egg production pro age to the first cutting of al- grams m Pennsylvania This falfa, but they may seriously post was held by the foimer damage later cuttings m some Gene Haller. Since his demise areas. They feed within the m September, the lesponsi plant tips, on opemng upper biluty has been handled by his leaves, and then on the lower associate, Peter Smith. I) ■‘V grain feature. No continuous dripping or spurting to clog valve. System raises out of the way for easy house cleaning .. . one crank adjusts entire system. Trough guaranteed 10 years! &B°D®°ffioflO9s waterer— with 12 years oS proven service is the profit pace-setter! call your (snjdksiPSGXD man Anderson Box Co. P 0 Box 31157, Indianapolis, Ind. □ Send literature □ Have salesman call Name. Addresi City. State. AU THE FOUL T*r INDUSTRY ANDERSON KOX COMPANY INC • INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA leaves, making skeletons of the foliage. Damaged leaves diy rapidly, and the field takes on a grayish to whitish east. Af ter the first crop of alfalfa has been cut, the larvae crawl to the new shoots of the second crop and continue feeding. The adults also damage new shoots. • Robert's Named (Continued from Page 13) in Walpole, NH, giaduated from the local high school, then “cut his teeth” on the hatchery business with Hub bard Farms. He later tians ferred to the firm’s operations in Statesville, N C, when that plant was opened m 1957 Oth er posts followed with All Star Mills, Albermarle, N C, and A W Perdue & Son, Salis buiy, Md Roberts will manage the hatchery in Lancaster, and will be responsible for Hubbard Hi-Lo-Malic 6708
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