Farm Show Egg Exhibits are Educational
E. J. Lawless Jr., right, chief
of the poultry and egg division
of the bureau of markets in the
f _
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, explains a display
at' the Farm Show last week.
Designed for use as a store
- display, the 4 'display is a new
version of a display widely used
/in stores throughout the state
"for/the’ past two and a half
,years.
'' Lawless points to a container
with. Grade A fresh eggs. The
Grade A egg yolk and white
remain together, while in a simi
lar container of several Grade
B eggs nearby, the yolks use to
the top.
. For the housewife, Lawless
explained, there’s also an egg
display (bottom of photo) show
ing that the white of a Grade A
egg “stands up in the pan rather
than spreading out or flatten
ing in the pan.”
Lawless continued, “The food
quality (of Grade A and B) is
the same. But Grade A has a
beter appearance and may be
easier for the housewife to work
with.”
difference in weights of various medium 21 ounces and small 18
sizes of eggs. Extra large eggs, ounces.
for instance, weight a minimum The display includes an auto-
The display also shows the of 27 ounces, large 24 ounces, mated slide presentation.
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Kermit Birth, Penn-State Extension poultry marketing
Specialist, shows one of four sides of a large egg display,
one of many displays at the Farm Show last week. That’s
right, all those circles or bulbs are hard boiled eggs. The
pictures, except for the pheasant’s feathers, are all made
>f pieces of colored egg shell. This side of the display
represents production and the importance of the egg in
dustry to the economy. L. F. Photo
This is two more sides of the egg display at the Farm
Show. Represented are f education (PSU /tf" Pennsylvania
State University)' and distribution'in the form of a truck.
Each of the sides consists, of about 1,000 eggs. That means
4,000 eggs entire .display, which is part of _ a poultry
exhibit worked out by Ke'rmit Birth and Floyd Hicks of Penn
State and E. 1 J. Lawless of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture. L. F. Photo
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