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Available now at
SMOKETOWN. PA.
Ph. 397-3539
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PENAR'
Available from j our local
Armour Deafer
ist 24.1958
lay. Am
Older Hens Pose Quality
Egg Production Problems
Will it be more difficult for
marketing firms to obtain top
quality eggs this summer and
fall tha’n a year earlier? The
same conditions which add to
egg breakage problems can add
to quality problems more
hens being kept in production
for longer laying periods.
Through June 5 this year, 10
percent fewer light-type hens
have been slaughtered under
Federal inspection as compared
to the same period a year ear
lier. For the week ending June
5, 1967, less than half as many
hens were slaughtered' as the
same week a year earlier.
The same egg handling and
quality maintenance program
which adequately yielded Grade
A eggs from hens in production
less than a year may not be sat
isfactory for yielding as many
Grade A eggs from older hens
according to Kermit Birth,
Penn State Marketing Specia
list. Thus producers who are
keeping hens in production for
longer than normal laying peri
ods may have to change quality
control practices to get the
same yield of top quality eggs
as when the hens were under a
year of age. Even then, it may
not be possible to maintain the
NEW FROM AGWAY
Model 3000 AUTOMATIC KLE
Gives you
and pipeline... EVERY
Now you can clean >our BULK MILK TANK and CIP PIPELINE,
regardless of make or model, with complete assurance of
automated perfection PLUS a huge saving in time and work.
There’s no xnoie measuring of chemicals, no more woirv about
whether the tank or pipeline is really clean or not. And there’s
no more wasted time.
Proven by years of field and market testing, Klenzade’s new
Model 3000 Automatic Kleen-A-Tank Unit does both the thinking
and the work needed to give you the cleanest hulk tank and
pipeline possible every lime! All you do is set it then
forget it. Go about your other work and know that your pipeline
and bulk tank will be a lot cleaner than you can ever get it with
manual methods.
Set the Selector Switch for BULK TANK. When program timer is
advanced, the unit will automatically wash and rinse.
(Pre-rinse by hauler, prior to milking sanitize with San Spray.)
Set the selector switch on PIPELINE. Then activate the program
timer dial for automatic TEMPERED PRE-RINSE; WASH;
ACID RINSE.
Just prior to milking, set selector switch on sanitize, advance
timer dial and sanitizing procedures are automatic.
The Unit automatically dispenses the correct amount of
chemical and provides the best combination of time,
temperature, concentration, and volume for ideal cleaning
action without work or worry on your part.
Model 2000 K-A-T (not shown) does the same fine job of cleaning
bulk tanks only. (Wash cycle and acid rinse.)
ASK FOR AGWAY'S CLEANING AND SANITIZING PROG
Agway
same percent of Grade A eggs
as when the hens were younger.
Lower proportions of Grade
A eggs will be attributed to
both exterior and interior qua
lity. Exterior quality will be af
fected by number of stained and
dirty shells. Weak shells and ex
cessive numbers of extra large
and jumbo eggs may cause
more shell damage and leakers.
In addition, more eggs may
have rough shells or other shell
conditions requiring eggs to be
categorized as Grade B.
In a study conducted at Cor
nell University, pullet and hen
flocks were compared. It was
reported that by the sixth
month of production after the
molt, the percent of excellent
shells had dropped from 82 to
35 percent as compared to a
drop from 82 to 53 percent in a
comparable 6 months during
the pullet year. Also the num
ber of weak-shelled eggs in the
sixth month of the hen year had
doubled from the number
shown in the tenth month of the
pullet year. Findings also re
ported that both shell quality
and albumen condition showed
a gradual decline during the
pullet year of production and
became serious problems in the
the cleanest
BEE-LINE SUPPLY CENTER
1027 Dillervifle Road, Lancaster Ph. 397-4761
The extent of the quality
problem ia unknown. At price*'
of largo ogg* increase icoionaily
and producer! who arc unable
to purchaae pullets keep layers
in production for longer than
normal laying periods, the prob
lem may increase in intensity.
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif- Even though there may be only
n 5 to 10 percent Increase In
teenlh months of continuous the p roport i on 0 f hens in the
production. nation’s laying flock this sum
interior quality was lower for mcr and fall, these proportions
eggs laid in the hen year than may vary among areas and the
in the pullet year. The quality problem associated with quality
, ~. . _ .. and breakage may be more se
of eggs laid for 2 months after vere j n some areas than in
a forced molt was comparable, others.
with that of the seventh month what will happen at the re
of the pullet year. But, the do-' tail end since producers are add
cline in the second year appear- ing to their quality problems
ed to be more rapid than in the when striving for more eggs by
pullet or first year. Proportion- keeping over older hens? Will
ally Grade A eggs increased and consumers accept lower quali-
Grade AA eggs subsequently de- ties or will they consume fewer
creased in the hen year as com- eggs? At a time when the in
pared to the pullet year. Lower dustry wants to increase con
quality eggs when laid require sumption, gambling with quali
added carte in handling and ty may be a poor policy,
maintaining quality until they ——
reach the consumer because - _ _ . ,
there is less allowance for • vOMtl Calendar
quality decline. (Continued from Page 1)
Lowered egg quality results complete schedule on Page 6)
in a lower weighted average Wednesday , August 2 g
price per dozen which produc- g ;00 am ._ FFA Dist rict Dairy
ers receive for all eggs market- gh Harrisburg,
ed. It can also add to marketing
costs. In processing it results Thursday, August 29
in reduced output of Grade A 8 30 a.m.-District Black and
eggs packed per hour thus in- white Show, Harrisburg.
creasing labor and overhead
costs per dozen. Also, poorer Friday, August 30
quality may result in more qua- 9.00 a m.-4-H District Dairy
hty variation within cartons of Show, Harrisburg.
bulk t
TIME!
eggs causing more difficulty In
holding markets.
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