Mutant Gene Makes Chickens Drink Too Much
Some chickens are guilty of The problem of unusually wet
excessive drinking The prob- litter was reported years ago
leb as not alcohol, but just plain by poultrymen Dr Buss says
wa * ;er - the geneticist can produce a
A hormonal deficiency ap- population of chickens fiee of
pears to cause such chickens to the undersirable gene.
drink excessively and produce
very wet litter.
Such a condition is created by an< t abnormals can be produced
a mutant gene, which changes that will be nearly the same as
the genetic make-up of other- normals.
wise normal chickens, according Feed intake and other
to Dr. Edward G. Buss, Penn characteristics do not differ be-
State professor of poultry tween normal and abnormal
science He said the gene gives chickens Livability of both
these chickens an uncontrolled types of chickens is the same
appetite for water Normal and defective lines or
USD A Recommends Three
Milk Classes in 7 Orders
Three instead of the present applies to these products in five
two milk use classifications of the orders The comparable
were recently recommended by price in the Louisville-Lexmg-
Ihe US. Department of Agncul- ton-Evansville order now is 10
ture for the Chicago Regional, cents lower than this during
Central Illinois, Southern April through August, and the
Illinois, Indiana, St. Louis- Indiana order price for these
Ozarks, -Louisville - Lexington- products now is the lower .of
.'Evansville .and Paducah, Ky, the Minnesota-Wisconsin, price
federal milk orders’ - series, or a butter-nonfat dry
USDA’s Consumer and Mar- milk price,
keting Service said the ,orders ’n, , TO . , ~
now classify and price milk for : officials said these re
two general uses - fluid or commendations are based on a
bottling (Class' I), and manu- e f rin ° m Clayton, Mo., last
factoring (Class II). Jul >;. were scheduled for
A new intermediate category Plication m the Federal
is proposed-for milk going into Agister June 11. and exceptions
cottage cheese, yogurt, and' for f cements may be Med up to
all cream and cream products. }* copies should.be
The new Class II would be priced f nt tke H f C }^ k ’ . n *'
20 cents over the -monthly Min- f’’ D ®P of Agncul
nesota-Wisconsin price series. - ture > Washington, D.C. 20250.
~k new. Class 111 would' cover ' Copies of the decision are
milk-processed; into, butter, dry available from the market ad
milk, hard-..chseses, and- other, jhinistrators,. of the. orders, or
products. Tlie Class - 111 price’ 'frbfn the Dairy' Division, Con
would be the Mmnesota-Wiscon- sumer and Marketing Service,
sin price series, which presently TJSDA. Washington, D C 20250
It's Almost Cherry Picking Time at the Haases' Fruit Farm
By Mrs. Charles G, McSparran
Farm Feature Writer
Cherry picking is a fun time
for the whole family at Cherry
Hill Orchards on the New Dan
ville Pike (Route 324) south of
Lancaster This is the former
H Landis Shank fruit farm, but
has been owned by Mr and Mrs
Richard A Haas for the past two
years
This oi chard has the largest
sweet cherry acreage in- Penn-
' Tommy, left, and Matthew Haas love to pick cherries
.frpm, .the .low .branches, flf the,trees,.
As an alternate solution, first
geneiation crosses of normals
sylvania They have 100 acres of The sweet cherries should be raise cherries is because it is There is this danger until late
cheines of over 20 varieties ripe by June 25 and the sour SUC h a perishable crop. There is May
They have cherry trees from all ones a little later There will be f , You must have bees to cross
over the world such as Germany around 10 days of cherry pick- ° 0 rost
and Canada and from all over ing when the trees are in blossom
the United States. About 90 to 95 per cent of
The mam variety is the big their fruit is on a ‘pick your
black sweet cheines which most own ’ basis Customers bring
people know as Bing cherries, al- their own containers The con
though there are several vane- tamers are weighed before and
ties of them after picking in order to charge
They also have the large white iol the number pounds picked
cherries and a couple acres of They hire from 50 to 70 men
sour cherries to set U P 1.200 ladders where
the picking is the best These
men will be donned in red tunics
this year so they are easily spot
ted by the thousands who come
to pick The oichards are open
eveiy day except Sunday
Customeis come from all over
Pa, Md, Del, Va , NY, N J
and Conn Most customers, how
ever, come from all over Lan
caster County Sometimes cus
tomers bring friends with them
who are on vacation fiom far
away states like Texas Some
people make siue they get their
vacation at the right time to pick
chemes there People come
with picnic baskets and bung the
whole family because it makes a
rice family outing and children
can pick too Some pick as many
as 400 or 500 pounds of chei
ues
strains show no differences
among eggs such as number,
size, shell thickness, and albu-
men firmness.
Physiological studies of de
fective chickens have shown that
the genetic aberration changes
the content of a hormone com-
ing from the posterior pituitary
gland Current experiments
suggest that the kidneys of de-
fective chickens function in the
same manner as in normal poul-
try. However, excreta of ab
normal females contains 90 per
cent water compared to 55 per
cent for normal hens
The condition is termed auto- Secretary of Agriculture Clif- jears has seveialy hampered
somal, meaning it is caused by a f olc j M Hardin recently an- the efficient marketing of farm
“f ne ° n a chromosome other nounce( j that he has asked the commodities The use of sub
than the sex chromosome Interstate Commerce Commis- stituted motor earners for rail
Abnormal hens have been sion to relax its rules to make it seivice provides one means of
found to drink watei amounting simpler for the nation’s lail- helping to alleviate the rail car
to 40 per cent of their body roads to substitute truck tians- shortage, particularly during
weight The normal water intake portation for moving agncul- grain harvesting season,
for hens is 8 per cent of body tural commodities when rail cars Hardin noted that during 1970,
weight aie in short supply one rail line originated 4,985
Abnormal roosters drink watei T , , o truckloads of grain under sab
amounting to 25 per cent of then In mdKln ° tne request ’ ths stituted motor service arrange
body weight, compared to normal Secretary said the cht omc short- ments, offsetting the need for
roosteis consuming 5 per cent age of rail cars in the past few more than 2,000 boxcars during
an acute rad car shortage.
_ _ _ “If the rules for using sub-
Sena Chary Recipes IkwSZL&jzszz
m * mendous impact on the Nation’s
We’re informed that cherry recipes boxcar problem,” Secretary
season is about two weeks late Besides being pretty and de- Hardin said. “We in government
this year and cherry picking licious as they are, cherries can should do everything possible to
isn’t expected to start till late be used as pies, shortcakes, facilitate the movement of grain
this month. puddings, relishes, jams, jellies, fiom farms to our consuming
So how can we expect house- ice cream, or you name it centers,
wives to get interested in cherry Remember, send your favorite "I hope the Commission will
recipes this early? cherry recipes right away for take quick and favorable action
That’s why we’re still asking publication in our June 26 issue, on an amendment or exemption
for cherry recipes for our ' Note. We have been delighted which will ease the railroads’
favorite Recipes column. We’ll with the response to our call entry into substituted trucking
hold publication of the cherry for shoo fly pie reapes Since arrangements,
recipes till our June 26 issue. our Favorite Recipes column be- "In the meantime, I have ask-
Send your favorite cherry gan, we have accumulated nearly ed the ICC to grant a special
recipes right away to Lancaster two dozen shoo fly pie recipes.-blanket permission to all radl-
Farmmg Recipes,, P.O. .Box 266, -Keep them coming. We’ll re- roads so that_these arrangements
Lititz, Pa. 17543. We still have spond hr one of our issues with can be implemented quickly,
plenty of potholders. limit one a big Favonte Recipe column without individual carriers hav
per family, for those who send on shoo fly pie mg to seek special permission.’*
The more you pick, the cheap
er the price For example, they
have a price for up to five
pounds, a little cheaper puce for
up to ten pounds, cheaper for
fifteen pounds and so on but
o\er 100 pounds is a much cheap
er rate The price this year will
be about the same as last year
When >ou pick your own, you
pay about half what you pay at a
supermarket. Mrs. Richard Haas cans the white cherries from their
The reason more people do not orchards.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 19,1971—1'
Second Section
ICC Asked to Let Trucks
Ease Rail Car Shortage
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