Scientist studies eggshell quality
•A thick shell is all in the genes
By EIjYSE CHILAND Buss, has been studying what makes effect on shell quality. that a hen’s ability to absorb calcium
<t)aily.Collegian Staff Writer tougher, thicker eggshells. Neither the amount of time an egg and then deposit it in an eggshell is
*. tls “How would you like your eggs?" In the past, researchers have remains in the uterus, nor the number of genetically determined.
iri Whether'they’re scrambled or fried, manipulated the hen’s .food and en- eggs the hen lays, determine the „ n , c a . . ~ o .
soft or .hard-boiled, poached or coddled, vironment to toughen their eggshells, eggshell’s fragility he said 5 , , was p ,; ort 10a
'the evolution of every raw egg begins in Recently however, the aim of the ex- Wh , . , ’ ’ ... more calcium than its genetic limitation
4he safne place its shell. periments has been to develop a superior an eff ®?. l °V g l, cf will permit it to absorb,” Buss said.
1- 1 . quality? Calcium, according to Buss. „ . , f „ .. ,
■vi 'eggshell is a smooth, oval shaped, d “J, en - „ , “Eggshells are comprised of about 90 J h f ™P°rtance of breeding chickens
protective covering whoseonly flawis its _ It s all m the genes, Buss said. To percent calcium carbonate, and calcium able to produce stronger eggs is not just
fragility’. One slip of the cook’s wrist and eggshells, we have to breed a js the minera , ,j to she ’„ lity » to make egg consumers happier. The
f ß'oth the shell and the egg are shattered. better bird. u M quality of the egg shells is critical to the
21 Buss said that as long as a hen is of By testing calcium levels 'in hens poultry industry, which loses more than
ln'/an effort to improve eggshell “inferior genetic ability,” the amount of having different gentic strains, scien- 100 million dollars a year in broken eggs,
quality, University scientist, Edward G. feed she is given will have almost no tists at the University have discovered Buss said.
*New pope planning major Vatican shakeups
VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope John Paul II is JeanVillot. ceremonial functions while the actual running of the
planning a major shakeup of the Vatican bureaucracy The. Vatican announced Wednesday that Villot had Vatican and formulation of church policy was in the
and will likely remove many key church officials left been asked to remain as secretary of state by the new hands of his Italian assistants.
over from the reign of Pope Paul VI, Vatican sources pontiff and the French cardinal had agreed. He Because the new pope is Polish, the sources said, he
it "said yesterday. ' similarly had been reconfirmed in his job by the late would probably appoint an Italian in Villot’s place after
•The sources also said the new pope might travel to his Pope John Paul I during his brief 34-day reign. several months in order to balance the nationalities of
Native Poland next Spring. When he was still a cardinal, However, the Vatican sources said Villot, who at 73 the church’s highest officials.
•John Paul II had extended an invitation to the late Pope has already expressed a desire to retire, probably The man most often mentioned as Villot’s eventual
Paul Vi to Visit Poland. would stay in his post only for several months and then replacement is Bishop Agostino Casaroli, the Vatican’s
‘ The sources said the main question facing Pope John be replaced by an Italian. unofficial “foreign minister” who guided Paul Vi’s
Pdul II is what to do about the powerful job of secretary Even during the reign of Pope Paul VI, Villot often Ostpolitik overtures to the Communist governments of
'hastate'; held for the past decade by French Cardinal complained privately that he did little more than attend Eastern Europe.
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Challenger protests loss
BAGUIO, Philippines (UPI) criticizing the challenger for hurling
Challenger Viktor Korchnoi insults but commended his play in the
yesterday protested his loss in the 92-day marathon series.
$550,000 world chess championships,
accusing Soviet champion Anatoly
Karpov of using mind-bending
techniques to sew up the title.
Karpov, who retained the title with
a 6-5 victory over Korchnoi in the 32-
game match, responded by
The Dally Collegian Friday, Oct. 20, 1978
The Swiss chess federation an
nounced in Lucerne it would seek a
replay of the final match in the series,
accusing the Soviets of using “severe
psychological pressure” against
Korchnoi, a Russian defector now
living in Switzerland.