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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1960

Page

16

Effects of Location Source and Sex on Broiler Growth Rates

A regional poultry study tests how housing location, source stock, and sex affect growth and feed conversion in 10 commercial broiler lines. Intermixed pens show less consistent weight gains than separate pens, with source and sex driving meaningful differences at nine weeks.

Farm Women No. 7 Hear Miss Kirstein on German schooling

Miss Nita Kirstein, an exchange student from Germany, spoke at the April 9 meeting of the Society of Farm Women No. 7 about the German school system. Hostess was Mrs. Samuel Wenger and co hostess was Mrs. Milton Esben shade. The talk referenced broiler stock breeding and noted location effects in intermingled rearing versus separate rearing for accurate feed conversion data.

Nita Kirstein Germany Society of Farm Women No. 7 Samuel Wenger Seaman Place Milton Esbenshade Sally Wenger

Unclear plant notes mention healthy vines and no blight

A fragment notes summer conditions with vines described as healthy and without blight, leading to a harvest not fully detailed in the readable text.

Society Votes Donations For Charities At Meeting

The society contributed ten dollars to the Crippled Children's Fund and seventeen dollars for the Cancer Society Fund. The next meeting features a food sale at Mrs. Clyde Benedict's home in Kinzers on May 9 to raise funds for Christ's Home.

Society Crippled Children’s Fund Cancer Society Fund Christ’s Home Clyde Benedict Kinzers

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