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