D6-Unc«ster Farming. Saturday, May 22,1993
Speakers Discuss Nutrition, Production, Marketing At Layer Seminar
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
Poultry nutritionists and special
ists attending a seminar at the Her
shey Convention Center here were
told the presence of oyster shells
in layer rations is effective in
improving shell quality even when
diets contain generous levels of
calcium.
Dr. Kavous Kcshavarz, of Cor
nell University, reviewed research
on calcium requirements at a
seminar on nutrition, production,
and marketing hosted by The Fox
Company of Newficld, NJ. and
American Stone-Mix, Towson,
Md.
Andrew Wadsworth, general
manager of the Egg Farm Division
of Wegman Food Stores, Wolcott,
N.Y., told attendees Wegman
decided to build their own egg
production facilities when they
were unable to get adequate sup
plies of eggs that met their stan
dards of high quality.
As part of their quality assur
ance program, Wadsworth said
they add oyster shell to pullets’
diets at 16 weeks of age and
include them in all rations through
79 weeks of age at the completion
of the laying cycle.
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Dr. Lance M incar, manager ot
poultry research services. South
ern Slates, Providence Forge, Va.
said one of the major challenges
and opportunities facing the layer
industry is the ability to gel “fresh
flesh” into rations.
The Northeast, in particular, has
many opportunities to utilize by
products from the meat and fishe
ries industries. Extruders, he said,
offer a great deal of potential for
adding such products directly to
rations.
Mincar cautioned his audience
to be extremely careful in obtain
ing pullets that arc adequate for
housing in a new type of facility.
The inability of birds to adapt to a
new system may be a root cause of
difficulty in getting them to the
proper body weight to support ear
ly, high production.
While computers have become
a useful tool in record-keeping
and formulation, Minear told his
audience they are still underutil
ized in flock management.
Kcshavarz reviewed trials at
Cornell which showed the substi
tution of oyster shell for 50 per
cent of pulverized limestone in
diets improved shell quality both
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He also reported on trials with
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tal calcium. When combined with
oyster shell at the SO percent level,
gypsum was able to support good
eggshell quality. When calcitc
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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Richard Hissong, a Penn
State senior from Mcrcersburg,
has been named the 1993 Out
standing Senior in the College of
Agricultural Sciences. He was
honored at the college’s 1993
Spring Commencement, held
Saturday, May 15, on Penn State’s
University Park Campus.
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is sponsored by the College of
Agricultural Sciences Alumni So
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indicated that more particles of c j ted by ihe speaker, is the new
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J.C. (Mac) McLaunn, president marked 0 f the Northeast, and it is
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Named Outstanding
univeisity and community acli.i- who’mpLmthc^SaS^
Hissong, the ton of Ronald and Cff °? "
Judith Hissong of Mcrcersburg, ‘m ® of I ?B n f :ult “ re and
will receive a bachelor’s in agri- „ hlgh,y c l ualincd students.
cultural systems management and "c S 3 i . win ” er
technology (ASMT). His first as- , u,din Spcakin B Contest, an
sociation with the college was as a j. ua . co eg ® ®y en l ln which un
student in the 1988 Pennsylvania “ r B™J uates deliver rcsearch-bas-
Govemor’s School for the Agri- n ,l ress “ on lssues in thcir
cultural Sciences. fie,d of study -
He was president of the ASMT
Club in 1992 and was a member of
the Coaly Honor Society, the
American Society of Agricultural
Engineers, and the Ag Student
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