Egg Quality Assurance Program
(Continued town Pago A 1)
(SB).
Based on experiences with the
USDA SB Pilot Project, review of
SB research results, and consumer
and public health expectations for
a safe food supply, a committee of
poultry farmers, poultry industry
representatives, university faculty,
and government officials deve
loped the PEQAP.
The PEQAP is a voluntary
industry program intended to
minimize SE contamination of
chicken eggs. Although the prog
ram cannot guarantee shell eggs to
be free of SE contamination, the
program does assure commitment
of the producer to implement those
management practices most likely
to prevent SE contamination.
Thus, PEQAP participants arc
assuring the public that they are
FREEDOM FOUNTAINS
Energy-Free All Season Livestock Waterers.
This all year energy-free waterer can help you save money
Here’s how Freedom Fountain
does what it does:
• Works like a thermos bottle
to keep water cool on a
warm day and warm on a
cold day.
• Energy free.
• Models for cows, sheep and
hogs.
• Insulated earth tube keeps
the riser pipe from freezing.
• Stainless steel hardware.
Contact your Agway Service Center Nearest You Today
PENNSYLVANIA
Chambersburg Pleasant Gap Union City
800-356-4572 800-533-3866 800-328-7768
Curryville Quarryville Wysox
800-472-4655 800-872-7559 800-432-0027
taking every reasonable precaution
to assure die safely of shell eggs.
The program calls for
1. Producers to purchase chicks
from only U.S. Sanitation Moni
tored SE-negative breeder flocks.
2. Sample chick dropping
papers.
3. Environmentally sample and
culture samples from pullet house
between 10 and IS weeks.
4. Pullets not monitored for SE
during the growing period or were
SE positive will have the the laying
house environmentally sampled 7
to 14 days after placement
5. Laying houses will be envir
onmentally sampled when birds
are29to3l weeks of age and again
when they are 44 to 46 weeks of
age.
6. Pullet or laying houses with
positive samples for SE must be
Top Moi
Insulated
Earth Tube
2" Insulation . . . . ... .
This diagram shows how ground water enters the heavily
insulated Freedom Fountain.
thoroughly cleaned and disin
fected between flocks.
7. Houses with negative envir
onmental samples will not be
required to test eggs.
8. Houses with positive environ
mental samples will be required to
test 480 'eggs every 2 weeks to 4
test periods. If all the eggs test
negative for the 4 test periods, then
480 eggs must be tested each
0-Ring Gasket
AfIWAY
month for the life of the flock.
9. If any egg test is positive, then
all eggs must be diverted for
pasteurization or hard cooking.
10. To resume sale of eggs as
table eggs. 1.000 eggs must be
tested every 2 weeks to 4 test per
iods and test negative. Then 480
eggs must be sampled each month
for the life of the flock.
11. Molted flocks will need to
Plant them for
the Performance
You’ll save $330 when you buy 24 units of each in
our 48-unit Performance Pak®. Or save $5O when you
buy six units of each in our 12-umt Trial Pak®. Either
way, you’ll get two of our best hybnds for .yield,
standability, drydown and all-around performance.
Find out how you can get big hybrid performance
at big savings. Ask your local Hoffman sales represen
tative today. Or call; 1-900-776-7929
4473
Relative Maturity: 112 days
♦ Produced 196 Bu/A in Lancaster County, Pa. and
207 Bu/A in Seaford County, Del. in 1992.
♦ Excellent dual purpose hybnd with high TDN/A.
♦ Tassels late for its harvest moisture.
♦ Outstanding early vigor and growth.
4530
Relative Maturity: 113 days
♦ Averaged 151 Bu/A at 18.2% moisture in
Md. state trials.
♦ Big yields under eastern disease pressures.
♦ Excellent standability and intactness.
♦ Attractive field appearance with medium plant
height.
h i
seeds Ciba Seeds
Hoffman Seeds, Inc.
Landisville, PA 17538
ail toll free: 1-800-776-7929
Adding Value To Your Seed Investment
fnctur Farming, Saturday, Novambar 13. 1993-A2l
be environmentally umpled 5 to 7
weeks after return to full feed.
12. An acceptable rodent con
trol and monitoring program must
be maintained at all times.
13. All participants must main
tain an acceptable biosecurity
program.
14. Eggs must be kept under
refrigeration.
Buy them for the saving*
If you’re looking for big
performance from a medium
matunty hybnd, it’s tough to
beat Funk’s G® brand 4473 or
4530. And now there’s a way
to get that performance at
substantial savings.
(Turn to Pago A 23)