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VOL. 16 NO. 29
Musser Receives Poultry Award
A Garden Spot High School
senior named to receive a $2OO
cash award as the outstanding
area high school student in the
field of poultry.
Jacob W. Musser was pi esent
ed the “Poultry Man of the
Year” award by Victor F
Weaver, Inc, New Holland
poultry and egg processing
fnm.
The son of Mr. and Mrs Ja
cob H. Musser, East Earl RDI,
Musser is president of the
Grassland FFA Chapter and his
FFA awards include Keystone
Farmer Degree, Red Rose De
gree, Livestock Foundation
Alward' and the DeKalb Agn
culta-ral Accomplishment
award
.The scholarship is available
annual' to- students in Lan
caster, Chester, Berks and
York counties who are FFA
member®.
Fpur other youths who re
ceiYedv.,,“Poultry Man -Excel- _
lelitS^ew^rement’’' awards -as-,,
» ->•- 1.. ■* , V . SiSt-cw* XIWT'
runn*ff vt&& and qualify as wm
ners from' each of their respec
tive schools are as follows:
Marvin- J. Caskey Jr, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin J Caskey
Sr, Klnzers RDI, a senior at
Pequea' Valley High School;
Chffoid L. Chailes, son of Mr.
and Mrs Abram H Charles,
Cracked, Broken Eggs Viewed As Important Industry Issue
• Already an important econo
mic factor jn egg production,
cracked and broken eggs are
becoming an increasingly im
pel tant source of lost income
to the industry, according to
speakers at a special poultiy
meeting no Lititz Thmsday
night. ' ' v *
Three Perm State poultry
staff membgss, backed up by
local speaker s • repeatedly enr
phasized that the numbeis of
diacked and bioken eggs have
been steadily mci easing for the
past five to 20 yeai s
It was noted that some in
dustry scutes now believe
have to be c'on
tent with a Ul percent loss from
cracks and &taks But speakers.
No-11l Corn Growers Are Warned of Armyworm
y " 'v
Several lepoits have been le
ceived at the Lancaster County
Extension office this week about
aimywoirn carnage in no till
corn, accoidmg to Arnold Lueck.
associate Lancaster County agri
cultural ag'mt.
When the •norms reach a high
level of miestation, they are
“vigorous feeders which will do
a lot of damage to young coin
plants m a short period "
Lueck said the damage has
been reported only from no-till
fields which have a heavy mulch
Reports have been received par
Jacob W. Musser
Poultry Award Winner
Lancaster RD2,'a sophomore at
„Eenn. Manor High "School,. Dili
vm J. Krug,-son of Mr and Mis:
Dalvin R Krug, Hellam Branch,
Wnghtsville RDI, a sophomore
at Eastern High School, and
Nelson E Martin, son of Mr
and Mrs Clyde W Martin, East
Earl RDI, a sophomore at Gar
den Spot High School
advised local poulti’ymen not
to be content with this figuie
and that keeping losses below
this level may prove to be an
impoitant competitive advan
tage in the future.
Raymond W Sander, Lititz
egg processor, noted that when
poultrymen see their buds dy
ing they “get excited ” But he
emphasized that laige numbeis
of bieaks and eiacks can “erode
your income” as much al
though it may be haidei to see
He noted that two dozen
breaks and three dozen cracks
pei case of eggs can lesult in a
S 4 000 loss from a 10,000 flock
Sander also noted that with
good eggs he can piocess 54
cases in the same time that it
ticulaily fiom the Mount Jov
Landisville and Mountville area
but havce not been limited to
these areas, Lueck said
He suggested that all farmers
with no-till com and heavy
mulch should check their fields
regularly for insect activity
Once damage is started bv the
aimywoim, quick action is
necessaiy “or a crop can be
lest,” Lueck said
The Extension service is
recommending one of three treat
ments carboryi; a combination
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12,1971
Farm Calendar
Satuiday, June 12
Lebanon Valley Poultrj Associa
tion annual Broiler festi\al,
Fiedencksburg
Sunday, June 13
130 pm —Fulton Grange 66
Youth Committee soltball
game, J Benjamin, Fair
mount
Monday, June 14
Bpm Fulton Junior Gi ange
343, Fulton Grange Hall,
paper drive
Reciprocal Meat Conference,
Ameiican Meat Science asso
ciation, Univeisitv ot Ken
tucky, Lexington, June 14 to
16
Flag Day
Tuesdaj, June 15
1 30 pm —FFA Meat Judging
Contest, Kunzler & Co Inc
Wednesday, June 16
Pennsylvania Poultiv Fedeiation
annual meeting, the new
Sheraton, Harrisburg
Thursday, June 17
Fulton Grange Youth commit
tee trip to Baltimore
Friday, June 18
8 a m -4 30 pm —Ephrata Area
Young Faimeis Association
weed., workshop.*' Bordon
town, N J ■
Saturday, June 19
830 am-4 30 pm Pennsyl
vania Junior Angus Associa
tion Field Day, Penn State
University
Pomona Distuct meeting. Kim
beiton Giange Hall, Chestei
County
takes him to piocess 40 to 42
cases with poor quality eggs
The slowei processing “costs us
20 cents a case,” he noted
Proceeding the talk at the
Lititz Recreation Center, San
der had opened his plant on
Route 501 noith of Lititz for
tom by mtei ested poultiy men
Dm mg the tour, poultiymen
saw what happened to an egg
fiom the time it enteied the
plant until the time it left
Othei speakeis at tbe meet
ing stiessed the impoitance of
undei standing the causes of
bieaks and ciacks and of man
aging the flock to avoid them
Model atoi was Jav liwm, as
sociale Lancaster County agn
cultmal agent, who noted that
ol maJtiHfkm r and methoiychlox,
and Dy lok ‘
Lueck aiso stiessea that it is
impprtant to use a Luge volume
about 50 to 60 gallons
pei gjpe, to a&t a thoiough cov
eragefdbwh in\he mulch
Lue'Ck also said
should'b'e done in the eaily eve
ning since the ■aiihyvvopm does
most if its feeding at pai
ticulally a warm night ■*
Lueck said the exact type of
vv omr, involved has not been de
termined. but piobably there is
moi-e than one kirift" of armv
worm, '
June 16 Is Poultry Meeting Date
June 16 is the date of the
Pennsylvania poultry mdustiy’s
annual conference at the Shera
ton Hamsbuig
Three speakers discussing
economics are Dr Jonathan
Tobey of the Chase Manhattan
Bank, New York, Herbert Bech
erman, Baltimore, and Dr Fred
J Fullerton, Acting Director,
Field Operations, Poultry Pio
gram All three men are recog
nized as top leaders in their
respective areas They will dis
cuss the future of the industry,
egg pricing systems, and poul
try inspection for wholesome
ness
The session on ecology will
be opened by Di CL Hosier,
Ephrata Farmers to Study
Weeds on June 18 Tour
The Ephiata Area Young
Faimers Association has an
nounced a weed identification
and weed control workshop trip
to f Bordonfcvvn, N J .’--next Fri
day, June 18. *
The group will leave from the
Ephrata ag department at Eph
rata High School at 8 a m and
will return by 4 30 pm or be
loie
The workshop is in chaige of i
with just a small cut in broken
eggs from Lancaster County’s
four million laying hens, poul
trymen would mciease then in
Father and son display a dozen eggs during the open
house tour ot their egg processing plant Thursday evening.
They are: R. Clair Sauder, left, and his father Raymond
W. Sauder.
52.00 Per Year
Dean of Earth and Mineral
Sciences, PSU The three men
who will discuss possible solu
tions to poultry waste problems
aie Dr Howard Zmdell, Michi
gan State, John F Bergdoll,
Anderson Box, Indianapolis;
and Richard Chumney, New
Jeisey Department of Agricul
ture
The day’s activities will con
clude with a banquet si tke
beautiful ballroom of the
Sheraton Awards to be pre
sented include the Allied In
dustryman of the Year, the
Poultiyman of the Year, Out
standing Youth, and a Good
Egg Award
Nick Ferrant, Agway agrono
mist
Several types of controls will
be, observed and various types of
-weeds-studied. The object vritt
be, to obtain information' which,
is applicable to the immediate
area.
Each person will take his own
lunch
Any Ephiata aiea farmers,
adults only, interested in attend
ing the vv orkshop should call
Charles Ackley at 733-7961
come by seveial hundred dol
lars a day.
Some of the causes of cracked
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