Brighter Outlook for Poultry Industry
Poultry prospects look brighter as cork and wheat prices fall and egg prices rise. Dr M A Juli of the USDA notes heavy culling reduced laying hens by about 20 million and fewer chicks hatched last spring, boosting early fall egg prices. The forecast favors egg and high quality poultry producers and well managed farms and hatcheries.
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United States
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Good Saying Hen Makes Money for Her Owner
The piece calculates hen and grain economics, showing how 84 pounds of grain plus one laying hen yields 12 dozen eggs. It details profit thresholds from 25 to 200 eggs and notes to watch the danger line and get rid of boarders.
Watering Chickens With Hidden Hydration Hose Seized
An FDA agent exposed a wholesale poultry house injecting water into dressed chickens with a hose and hollow needle. Each bird received several ounces to swell their weight, creating a plumper appearance. Federal limits prevented interstate shipment interference. state officials seized the hose and fined the dealer.
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Federal Food and Drug Administration
Poultry Health Tips For Better Egg Quality And Profit
Poultry notes warn poor egg quality hits losses for poultrymen. Dip flocks on warm days with one ounce sodium fluoride per gallon water to fight lice. Eliminate mites with carboline gum spray or paint after cleaning. TB is rare in birds under six months. dispose of birds before age two. Lack of vitamins lowers growing chicks’ health. hens need longer days in April May aided by artificial light. A NY expert says a hen must lay two days out of three to break even on feed costs this year.
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New York State
Sepphoris in Galilee Reignites Biblical City Debate
The St Louis Globe Democrat discusses University of Michigan archeologists uncovering a Roman theater and early Christian church at Sepphoris near Nazareth. The article notes Sepphoris as once Galilee’s largest city and Josephus’ chief ornament, contrasts gospel silence, and suggests Jesus may have known the city from youth.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
University of Michigan
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Galilee
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Tiberias
Herod Antipas
Jesus
Case
Nazareth
Twee-Headed Steer Shocks Melbourne Show Crowd
A seven month old steer bred from pedigreed stock arrived in Melbourne Australia and astonishes with two heads and four ears. It uses both heads to eat but only one at a time. The two heads meet at the forehead center and the steer has four horns and has lost sight in one eye pair six weeks ago. A showman paid the farmer $500 for it.
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Melbourne
Australia
Anglers Lose Catch to Perch at Seneca Lake
Two dozen perch escape from anglers on Seneca Lake New York as the fish slip from a burlap bag hung over the boat side. The incident left the fishermen with a lighter haul and curious spectators.
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Seneca : Lake
New York
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