Egg Spoilage
Blamed On Iron
The iron in w«ter has been
isolated as the culprit causing
spoilage in washed eggs, re
ports the current issue of The
Merck Agricultural Memo,
which is distributed by Merck
Chemical Division, Merck &
Co., Inc.
The article, “Egg Washing
and Its Effect On Egg Quality,”
written by Dr. E. 0. Essary
of the Food Science Depart
ment of Michigan State Uni
versity, said that at least 75%
of experimentally contami
nated eggs will spoil if the egg
washing water contains as little
as 10 parts per million (p.p.m.)
of iron.
Essary, who notes that eggs
are washed so that the sales
value might be increased, said:
“Where iron is present in large
enough quantities, it is advis
able to have water softening
equipment placed in the wat
er line. This precaution will
reduce spoilage and quality
loss in washed eggs.”
Essary also cautioned that
egg producers should not use
chlorinated cleaners at the
same time other types of de
tergents are used, since some
cleaners are incompatible with
chlorine.
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Educational Savings
Plan Outlines
Planned savings for tomor
row’s education are Important
because large sums of ready
cash don’t come easily from
any family’s pocketbook. It’s
the three-year-olds in the fam
ily, as well as the high-school
ers, who need this financing,
says Helen E. Bell, extension
home management specialist
of Penn State University.
When a sum of $20.55 is set
aside each month in savings
at four percent interest com
pounded semiannually, it can
be built up to $5,000 by the
time a three-year-old is 18.
This steady savings plan can
take the crash program ele
ment out of family financing
when the time comes for col
lege or vocational training,
Miss Bell points out.
At the present time, most
families are furnishing at least
50 percent of the money out of
current income to send their
young people to vocational
school or college. Students
themselves provide out of their
earnings and savings another
25 percent. Family savings and
loans cover another 10 to 15
percent, and scholarships pro
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Miss Bell adds.
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“All-American”
Show Deadline
August 15th
HARRISBURG —A Pennsyl
vania dairyman has the dis
tinction of being the first to
enter his cattle in the Penn
sylvania All-American Dairy
Show, to be held Sept. 11-15,
at the Farm Show Building,
Harrisburg.
He is Thomas E. Eckenrode,
of Lebanon R 4, who will ex
hibit three female Ayrshires.
Eckenrode is a return exhibi
tor to the All-American and has
also shown at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
Entries for the All-
American are open until
August 15. Forms may be
obtained by writing to Har
old R. McCulloch, show
manager, at the Farm
Show Building.
Dairy farmers ini the United
States 'and Canada may enter
purebred Ayrshire, Brown
Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein and
Milking Shorthorn. Premiums
offered total approximately
$50,000.
Show sponsors are the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, its Farm Show
Commission, and the Pennsyl-
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which is used by the trade
throughout the country to de
termine egg prices, announced
its intention to begin publica
tion of a quotation on “Extra
Large” size eggs. The an
nouncement was met with such
strong opposition from the
trade that Urner Barry post
poned publication of the new
size quotation.
The NEPPCO Division of Co
operatives, in supporting an
“Extra Large” quotation, felt
it would be to the producers’
advantage since the “spread”
between large and extra large
is frequently greater than the
flat 2c a dozen traditionally
paid by egg handlers.
The executive committee met
immediately following the an
nual meeting and re-elected
the three Division officers
Chairman, C. H. Stains, gener
al manager of Flemington (N.
J.) Agricultural Marketing Co
operative Association; Vice
Chairman, 8.8. Gehgan, gen-
vania Dairy and Allied Indus
tries Association.
Jim Mimm
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22,1967
Tobacco Crop
Estimated Wf o
Below Average
Preliminary estimates of 1967
Pennsylvania cigar filler-type
tobacco show a crop that may
be four percent larger than last
year’s, but 20 percent below the
five-year crop average (1961-
65).
Yields of 1900 pounds per
acre are anticipated by the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service. Last year’s yields av
eraged only 1675 pounds.
Seedbed planting didn’t get
underway generally until about
April 10, and was finally com
pleted about May Ist, a week
later than last year. Continuous
cool weather during April de
layed germination and growth,
PCRS explained, and the con
tinued cool temperatures in
May held plants back.
Once transplanting got going
in June, it progressed rapidly
with the advent of fair weather.
Since July Ist, plants have
made excellent growth, the re
porting service notes, although
cutworms and excessive rainfall
in most sections of the county
necessitated some replanting.
Filler growers in the U.S. ex
pect to produce about 46 2 mil
lion pounds of leaf on 24.500
acres this year—the smallest ac
reage on record. Last year,
about 46 million pounds of
types 41-44 were produced on
27,200 acres.
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can Poultry Cooperative As
sociation; and Secretary, Rich
ard I. Ammon, NEPPCO’s ex
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