A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 27, 1997
NATIONAL RETAIL
EGG QUALITY SURVEY
Paul H. Patterson
Assistant Professor
Dept of Poultry Science
In the summer of 1996 a na
tional study of retail egg quality
was conducted by state extension
poultry specialists in California,
Illinois, the New England states,
Connecticut Massachusetts and
New York, North Carolina, Texas,
and Pennsylvania.
Table 1 Pennsvlvama All Eye Summan,
TRAIT Allen Erie Hams Lane Phillv Pitts StCol
20 4 14 4 119 10 9 14 9 12 0 15 1
Wt(g) 58 7 58 9 59 2
48484 5 5 3 4 i
Alb ht
HL'
65 5 65 1 63 4 70 1 63 3 67 0 66 I
HU' 13 2
Crack (%) 7 4 8 0
Leaker (%) 0 3
Price (S) 171 112
Allentown Erie Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia Pittsburgh State College
'Hauah Units
old, Franken Theodore Ulli. Bar
bara Richardson showed the
reserve senior and reserve grand
champion, a 2-year-old, Top-O-
Hill Merit Thelma.
Suzann showed both the junior
champions of the Jersey breed
show. Her winter calf, Legend
Merit Patti of Ttop-O-Hill, was
junior champion, while her spring
yearling. Hill Acres Shelly’s Sher
ry, was the reserve junior
champion.
SOLANCO FAIR
Dairy Shows
Colored Breeds
AYRSHIRE
SPRING CALF: t.Kennstock Farms,
2.Susan Richardson: a.Warren Schmuck
WINTER CALF: I.Rebecca Nolan, 2 Henry
Hambnck.
FALL CALF: I.Craig Nolan; Z.Karen Ham
brick; S.Kenneth Findley.
SUMMER VEARLING: I.James Findley.
2.Thomas Spring.
SPRING YEARLING: I.Susan Richardson,
2 Kenneth, Kathy Findley, 3 Kenneth
Findley.
WINTER YEARLING: I.Susan Richardson;
2.Henry Hambnck.
FALL YEARLING; I.Stephanie Pomraning,-
2.Karen Hambrick.
JUNIOR CHAMPION; Craig Nolan, (all calf.
RESERVE JR CHAMP: Rebecca Nolan,
winter calf.
DRY COWS; I.Kevin Nolan; 2James Find
ley; 3 Stephanie Pomraning.
2- 1 James Findley; 2.Karen Ham
brick; 3 Stephanie Pomraning.
3- I.Rebecca Nolan; 2.Kennstock
Farms, 3 Bonnie Wentworth.
4- I.Stephanie Pomraning;
2.Rebecca Nolan; 3 Karne Hambrick.
5- YR-OLD: t.karen Hambrick; 2.Kenneth
Findley: 3 Kenneth Findley.
SENIOR CHAMPION' Rebecca Nolan,
3-year-old,
RESERVE SR CHAMP Stephanie Pomran
ing, 4-year-old
GRAND CHAMPION Rebecca Nolan
RESERVE GRAND CHAMP: Stephanie
Pomraning
PREMIER EXHIBITOR Findley family
PREMIER BREEDER- Hambrick family
JR DIVISION CHAMPION Rebecca Nolan
JR DIV RESERVE CHAMP. Stephanie
Pomraning.
GET OF SIRE 1 Nolan family. 2 Stephanie
Pomraning, 3 Karen Hambrick, Kenneth
Findley, James Findley
BEST THREE 1 Karen Hambrick, 2 Stepha
nie Pomraning, 3 Henry Hambnck.
DAIRY HERD 1 Nolan family, 2 Karen Ham
bnck: 3 Stephanie Pomraning
PRODUCE OF DAM 1 Nolan family, 2 Went-
The study included 38 cities,
115 grocery stores, and evaluated
more than 770 dozen large eggs.
Specialists looked at conventional
while, brown, and specialty eggs
for price, age from packing date,
egg weight and interior and exter
ior quality factors.
Specialty eggs included sub
groups of nutritionally altered
eggs, organic eggs, fertile eggs,
eggs from welfare-managed hens,
and hens fed all-vegetable diets.
Locations
59 0 58 4 59 6 59 4
|5 4 14 6 8 1 18 3
76 47 58
08 19 0 0
08 0 3
I 26 117 I 65
Colored Breeds Shine At Solanco Fair
worth Farm; 3 James Findley
DAM. DAUGHTER: 1 Nolan family; 2.Karen
Hambnck; 3James Findley.
JERSEY
SPRING CALF: 1 Barbara Richardson
WINTER CALF. Suzann Pomraning.
SPRING YEARLING Suzann Pomraning.
JUNIOR CHAMPION" Suzann Pomraning,
winter calf.
RESERVE JR CHAMP: Suzann Pomraning,
spring yearling
2-YEAR-OLD. 1 Suzann Pomraning; 2.Bar
bara Richardson
SENIOR CHAMPION. Suzann Pomraning,
2-year-old.
RESERVE SR CHAMP- Barbara Richard
son, 2-year-old
GRAND CHAMPION: Suzann Pomraning.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMP: Barbara
Richardson
SPRING CALF 1 Amanda Shahan; 2.Wll
liam Remsfelder, 3Joshua Hushon.
WINTER CALF - I.Lisa Jones.
FALL CALF: 1 Joshua Hushon; 2 Thomas
Spring
SPRING YEARLING: 1 Joseph Hushon.
WINTER YEARLING: 1 Joseph Hushon.
FALL YEARLING: I.Lisa Jones
JUNIOR CHAMPION. Lisa Jones, winter calf.
RESERVE JR CHAMP: Joshua Hushon, fall
caff.
4- 1 Jacob Hushon.
5- 1. Joshua Hushon.
SENIOR CHAMPION. Joshua Hushon,
5-year-old.
RESERVE SR CHAMP- Jacob Hushon.
5-year-old
GRAND CHAMPION- Joshua Hushon.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMP; Jacob Hushon.
GET OF SIRE. I.Hushon family; 2.Lisa
Jones
BEST THREE: I.Hushon family.
DAM, DAUGHTER 1 Amanda Shahan and
Jacob Hushon; 2Joshua Hushon.
GUERNSEY
SPRING CALF 1 I.Tracy Richardson
WINTER CALF: I.Megan Spnng.
FALL CALF. Thomas Spring.
SPRING YEARLING: t.Tracy Richardson,
2 Kimberly Pomraning.
JUNIOR CHAMPION. Tracy Richardson,
spring calf
RESERVE JR CHAMP. Tracy Richardson,
spring yearling.
2- 1 Kimberly Pomraning
3- OLD: 1 Kimberly Pomraning.
SENIOR CHAMPION* Kimberly Pomraning,
3-year-old.
RESERVE SR CHAMP’ Kimberly Pomran
ing, 2-year-old.
GRAND CHAMPION Kimberly Pomraning.
RESERVE GRAND CHAMP; Kimberly
Pomraning.
12 A UNDER. I.Barbara Richardson; 2.Llsa
Jones; 3 William Remsfelder.
13 i OLDE R 1 .Craig Nolan; 2>manda Sha
han; 3 Stephanie Pomraninfl
50 4 9
14 6 0 5
I 38 I 27
BROWN SWISS
SHOWMANSHIP
The two largest samples were
taken in Calilfomia and Pennsyl
vania with 84 and 67 egg brands
sampled from 27 stores in both
states, respectively.
Pennsylvania eggs were evalu
ated in Allentown, Erie, Harris
burg, Lancaster, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, and State College. In
Pennsylvania we relied heavily on
assistance from Department of
Agriculture egg inspectors to ga
ther and evaluate more than 2,400
individual eggs.
National, egg age in the retail
setting averaged 11.7 days for
white eggs, 14.8 days for brown,
and 16.7 for specialty eggs. White
eggs in individual states averaged
16.1, 11.7, 11.3, 10.7, 10.6 and
10.0 days for white eggs in Texas,
California, Illinois, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina and the North East
respectively. The Haugh unit
(HU) values, which are a measure
of albumen height (the higher the
better, with greater than 72=AA,
and greater than 60=A), and an in
dicator of interior quality aver
aged 69.1 for the white eggs, 63.5
for the brown and 66.1 for the
specialty eggs. White eggs in the
different regions had HU values
of: North East, 75.5; Illinois, 71.6;
Pennsylvania, 69.0; North Caro
lina, 68.1; Texas, 67.3; and Cali
fornia, 62.8. Cracked eggs in the
cartons averaged 5.9 percent for
white eggs, 6.9 percent for brown,
and 4.9 percent for specialty eggs.
The state with the most cracked
white eggs was North Carolina at
7.4 percent, followed by Pennsyl
vania, 7.2 percent; the North East,
6.9 percent, California, 4.9 per
cent; Texas, 4.7 percent, and Illi
nois with the fewest cracks at 4.6
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left, Joseph Hushon holds the halter of his reserve Junior champion of the
H'u 10 L,sa Jones ho,ds the halter 01 her junior champion? and
Amanda Shahann and Harmony Miller hold the respective halters of Jacob Hushon’s
reserve grand champion, and Joshua Hushon's grand champion
From the left, Barbara Richardson holds the halter of her reserve grai , cham[ jn
Jersey of the Solanco Fair, while Suzann Pomranlng, holds the halter of her grand
champion and shows her plaque.
percent
Egg price varied greatly by egg
type and region of the country.
White eggs averaged $1.20 per
dozen, brown eggs were $1.47,
and specialty eggs were the high
est at $2.16 per dozen. Average
Egg Age to Haugh Unit Relationship
Haugh
unit
6 10
20 25 30 36 40
Age (days)
R square = 0.0269, P = 0 001, 0 = 67.5 Haugh units
Egg Age to Weight Relationship
Egg
Wt(g)
R square = 0.0124, P = 0 01, 0 = 60 3 g
white egg price in the different re
gions ranged from $1.71 in Cali
fornia, and $1.52 in the North
East, to $1.07 in Pennsylvania,
$1.04 in North Carolina, $0.96 in
Texas, and $0.90 in Illinois.
all eggs (771 doz)
all eggs (771 dozen)
16 20 26 30 36 40 46
Age (days)
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