—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. April 16, 1977 ■
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Farm Calendar
IlContinued from Page 110]
Peach Blossom Festival at
Maple Lawn Farms, New
Park, today and
tomorrow.
Free public grafting
demonstration sponsored
by the Pennsylvania Nut
Growers’ Association.
Shennanata Grange
Hall, Duncannon, Pa.,
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, April 18
Berks County Conservation
District Seedling Sale
pick-up at the Ag Center.
Conrad Weiser Adult Far-
mers have Ladies’ Night.
Elizabethtown-Donegal 4-H
Community Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. at the
home of Wilbur Erb,
Mount Joy.
Lancaster County sheep
producers hold barn
meeting at Clyde
Brubaker farm. Penn
State’s livestock
specialist, Ben Morgan,
will demonstrate several
management practices.
1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 19
20th annual public sale for
March of Dimes at Green
Dragon Market,
Ephrata. 6 p.m.
Berks County Conservation
District Seedling Sale
pick-upi at the Ag Center.
Ephrata Area Young Far
mers monthly meeting,
7:45 p.m. at the high
school. Program on
forage preservatives.
Lower Dauphin FFA
banquet, 6:45 p.m. at the
high school.
Public hearing for the
Southeastern Penna.
Milk Marketing Area,
23rd floor, Holiday Inn,
City Line Avenue and
Monument Road,
Philadelphia. 10 a.m.
Kirkwood 4-H Club
organizational meeting,
7:30 p.m. at the Union
Presbyterian Church.
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See Us At Root's Every Tuesday Night Building No 5
Wednesday, April 20
Lebanon County land-use
meeting. Municipal
Building, Lebanon, 7:30
p.m.
Thursday April 21
Anabel Combs Lasker
speaks at open meeting
of Green Acres Garden
Club, Lancaster. 1:30
p.m. at the Farm and
Home Center. No charge.
Workshop on maintenance of
broadleaf and evergreen
ornamentals through
pruning, fertilization,
and pest control. Lawn
care will also be
discussed. Robert Nuss,
Penn State Extension
specialist, presides at
meeting, to be held at the
York County Area Vo-
Tech School, near the
Queensgate Shopping
Center, Room 220, at 7:30
p.m.
Saturday, April 23
Food Co-op conference on
direct marketing,
Canaan Baptist Church,
Germantown. 10 a.m. to 4
p.m;
XXX
It is up to fanners to be
sure that a 5 gallon tank of
fresh water is attached to
anhydrous ammonia
vehicles. It’s also recom
mended that a plastic
squeeze bottle of water be
carried in a shirt pocket to
flush the eyes immediately,
should contact with
anhydrous occur. Following
first aid the victim should be
quickly moved to a larger
water supply for more
copious flushing of the eyes,
followed by immediate
medical attention.
NATURE WALK...
Elevated boardwalks give
visitors eye-level view of
animals native to area at
Cypress Point, a five acre
island at Silver Springs,
Florida.
XXX
There are only three ways
to safeguard your sight
against anhydrous am- i
monia; regular use of <
chemical safety goggles,
good maintenance of I
equipment, and careful, very ,1
careful application. 1
mmmmmmmammm
THE H & N
"NICK CHICK"
Presents:
“RECENT COMMENTS
FROM
EGG PRODUCERS”
FROM THE MIDWEST
50,000 “Nick Chides" peaked at 90% with Vz% monthly mortality. Egg size is excellent.
Another 90,000 bird H & ft flock has been reported peaking over 90%. 12,000 ‘‘Nick
Chicks” produced 291 eggs per hen housed to 82 weeks of age.
FROM THE SOI
Producer reports 21,623 H & N's have produced 197.7 eggs/HH on 3.75# feed/dzn. to
63 weeks of age. Shaver birds of the same age on the same farm have produced only
185.5 eggs/HH on 3.97# feed/dzn.
FROM THE EAST
76 week old H & N’s have produced 270 eggs per hen housed on 3.63# feed per dozen
eggs. Total lay house mortality has been only 5.8%.
WEST COAST
32 week old H & N flock reported laying 91.3%. This is the 4th week over 91%.
Another flock reported laying 90.5% at 27 weeks of age. Flock of IS week old pullets
reported with 2% mortality to date.
CANADA
Producer reports 23,888 H & N's broke with MG at 83% production, but still produced
284.7 eggs/HH to 83 weeks of age. Feed conversion for the entire cycle was 3.89# and
mortality averaged .47% per month.
Organization reports undergrades from H & N’s far lower than any other breed they
have seen. Below are actual current grade outs from “Nick Chicks."
No. Flocks AgeinWks. %
1 31-35
2 36-40
3 41-45
2 46-50
4 51-55
3 56-60
1 61-65
3 66-70
2 71-75
TRY THE NEW H & N "NICK CHICK” NOW
"People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy."
Samuel Butler
ITHEAST
WHEELOCX HATCHERY
RDB
Chambersburg, Pa. 17201
Ph. 717-264-4487
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MAX R. THOMAS
508 Shaffer Rd.
Millersburg, Pa. 17061
Ph. 717-692-4321
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