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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
3
New Jersey or Kansas hatcheries may see a chick with a $5000 tag as a three year contest seeks to push U S poultry toward meat production growth. The effort, led by 15 officials from major poultry groups and government agencies, seeks to advance postwar poultry prospects amid rising per capita chicken consumption from 19 to 28 pounds.
A poultry committee led by Slade outlines future chicken design focusing on meat characteristics over egg production. The article traces chicken domestication from India to America, noting 25 additional eggs per year in the last decade and the push for larger, finer tasting birds alongside ongoing breeding efforts.
Rewards beyond the $5,000 grand prize are offered by Joe Atlantic and Pacific Tea m. D. D. Slade of Lexington Kentucky chairing the committee notes the effort could yield a new breed or cross bred chicks. Scientists anticipate better purebreds evolving as breeders across the country work on meat birds. The Beltsville center created the Columbian mix of Rhode Island Red White Wyandotte and Light Sussex. Oklahoma Experiment Station has developed several strains and Kansas State College has bred a promising type.
In Portland on March 21 a man named William A. Glen brought a new suit with a tooled leather belt and 21.30 in a pants pocket claiming he found them in the entryway to his home. Police puzzled over the odd clothing shortage noted in the clothing market.
Excluding the Purple Heart, awarded to all wounded in action, the total decorations and awards issued to personnel during World War II totaled 1,725,344 from December 7, 1941 to November 30, 1945.
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