Poultry Buying Terms
Explained for Public
With baby chick buying time
Vapidly approaching, an explan
ation of term generally used in
Advertising chicks is offered by
t.ri Reitsma. supervisor of the
firepon Poultry Improvement'
plsn, which is affiliated with the
National Poultry Improvement
plsn.
Advertising of members of the
imnrovement program is checked
Pof conformance to the national
regulations, and so has uniform
(interpretation throughout the
taatlon. '
Here are me terms generally
Lised by breeders and hatchery-
bnen in' offering chicks to the
IpUbllc:
thicks from breeding stock that
has been blood tested for pull-
Ltfum disease ana no reactors
have an averam ma w.i.ht -j
24 ounces or more per down,
weigh at least the standard for
oreea ana nave no body disqualifications.
U. S. Certified Chick. Th.
second breeding stage with
chicks from flocks that have met
requirements of V. S. Approved
chicks. Flocks are ri.imI n
R.O.P. males whose R.O.P. dams
nave yearly records of 200 eggs
or more. Hatching eggs must
weigh 23 ounces per dozen.
U. S. Approved Chicks The
iirst stage in the poultry im
provement plan, chicks coming
from flocks which are true to
type and conformation of the
breed and produce hatching eggs
weighing at least 23 ounces per
aozen.
Sexed chicks Chicks sen-
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ji
found on the last test Pullorum arated at hatching time into
(disease is the bacterial infection
aometimes reierrea to as tsacii-
Ijary white diarrhea.
I u. S. Pullorum Clean Lab
oratory testing which shows no
reactors on the last two tests
fix months apart or on inree
tests 30 days apart.
U.S.R.O.M. mis is register
of merit, the highest breeding
stage in the improvement plans.
U.S.R.O.P. This is the next
to the highest breeding stage in
the poultry improvement plan
and means record of perform
ance. A hen qualifying for R.O.P.
rating must lay 200 eggs in 365
days, or 1B0 eggs in 300 days,
either male or female units.
Straight run chicks Either
light or heavy breeds and 'con
taining both males and females,
just as they come from the incu
bators. In Oregon, the improvement
program is administered by the
state department of agriculture.
Reitsma's office, however, is
maintained in the Poultry Build
ing on the state college campus
at Corvallis rather than in the
department headquarters at Sa
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Seek May Queen
At Woodburn
Woodburn Nominations for
the May Queen and her court
were completed Tuesday and
Wednesday at Woodburn high
school. Four girls were nomin
ated in each of the freshmen.
sophomore and junior classes
and three in the senior class.
The queen will be elected later
from the senior class candidates
and two princesses from each
class.
Nominees are: Freshman, Ma-
rilee Parker, Agnes Danskey,
Kathryn Thompson and Shirley
Fitch.
Sophomores, Nina Rice, Karol
Kay Rohde, Helen McGaffee and
Barbara Baumann.
Juniors, Dixie Ruud, Joann
Schmid, Janice Guenther, and
Karen Magnuson.
Seniors, Joyce Yuranek, Mar-
jorie Chitwood and Shirley An
derson.
The May Day festival is
planned for May.
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Better prices warrant planting, for
a good return this year. For corrj
plete information and our help in
setting up a yard, contact us at
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Donald Travis of Fallon,
Nev., national vice-president
of FFA, who will address
state meeting at Corvallis.
FFA Will Hear
Donald Travis
Donald Travis, 21-year-old
national vice-president of the
Future Farmers of America
from Fallon, Nevada, will ad
dress members of the Oregon
FFA at the organization's 29th
annual state convention at Ore
gon State college, March 18-19.
He is scheduled to speak at the
Wednesday afternoon conven
tion session.
Travis is a former state presi
dent of the Nevada FFA associa
tion and was elected to his na
tional office at Kansas City. Mo.,
last October. . His recent acti
vities included traveling to
Washington, D.C., for the
tional FFA's board' of directors
and board of student officers
meetings, and a three-weeks
good will tour with other na
tional FFA officers visiting busi
ness and industrial firms in nine
eastern and upper midwestern
cities. While in Washington, the
FFA officers had a brief visit
with President Eisenhower.
He is farming in partnership
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Travis, near Fallon, with
one-third interest in the produce
of a 60-cow dairy herd, and full
ownership of 25 beef cattle.
A total of more than 400 Ore
gon FFA boys are expected for
the convention, which is' the
"silver anniversary" of the state
organization. Business will con
sist of election of new state of
ficers, as well as the selection
of 72 "state farmers."
Highlights include the state
public speaking contest on Mon
day evening, March 16, follow
ing an afternoon of educational
demonstrations by Oregon State
college staff members. The state
FFA parliamentary contest on
Tuesday evening, and the an
nual award and stunt night at
Corvallis high school on Wed
nesday night are other features.
Lynwood Lundqulst, state
FFA president, of Newberg, will
preside over the convention ses
sions. Other officers are Steve
Cox, Albany; Bill Haas, Oregon
City; Mickey Ranslam, The
Dalles; Walter Buckley, Forest
Grove; Glen Cleland, Lakeview
Kelly Hoskins, Halfway; Jim
Grossnicklaus, Shedd; and Robin
McKinley, Gervais; and Ralph
L, Morgan, Salem, state advisor.
Month's Gain in
Jobs Not Large
Logging and lumber operators
called back 3,000 worker) last
month but let-downs In construc
tion, trade and miscellaneous
Industry held employment gains
to only few hundred, accord
ing to employers' . preliminary
reports processed and analyzed
in co-operation with the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. . .
The February estimate of 432,
700 non-farm Jobs was 1,000
higher than a year ago and 400
more than in January. The total
was about 89,000 under 1031 and
1932 summer-time peaks.
Settled weather and better
prices helped the entire wood
products group recover from the
winter low of 89,800 in January,
but last month's 72,800 still was
2,100 short of February. 1982.
Construction also was two thou
sand behind last year with 18,
900 workers, while metals, pa
per and other manufacturing
lines also fell off . slightly as
compared with recent months.
Minor changes from January
were reported by trade, service,
finance and utilities, but all
showed gains of from 1 to 3 per
cent over last winter. Govern
mental units (88,800) remained
the same as the previous month
but were 1,800 over a year ago.
Local offices reported 1,074
unfiUed job openings last week,
a rise of 208 during February
and slightly more than a year
ago. Most of the increase, how
ever, was in unskilled Jobs and
in clerical, sales and professional
Lclasslfications. Demand for skill
ed and semi-skilled workers was
slightly under last winter.
(WedlthytrA: Osteopath
critically Wounds Wifo
mm Angeles 1MB Wealthy
osteopath Dr. Bernhardt
Schwartz, 39, who police say
admitted critically wounding his
estranged wife with three shots
from an automatic, was held
without bail today on suspicion
of assault with intent to commit
murder.
His wife, Ester, 33. was re
ported in "satisfactory" condition
at General hospital where she
underwent emergency surgery
yesterday following the shooting.
To Fight Polio
Portland (" The Oregon
State Health Department ex
pect to receive this week its
first shipment of gamma globu
lin, serum made from blood,
used to combat disease, includ
ing infantile paralysis.
Some 1,000 two cubic centi
meter vials have been shipped
by the Pitman - Moore Drug Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind., to the health
department The scarce serum
is distributed through health de
partments throughout the coun
try. Gamma globulin has been
used for several years as a vac
cine against measles and infec
tious hepatitis. Tests have in
dicated it also may give immuni
ty against polio.
Dated March 14
- The memberships of Salem
and Capitol Toastmasters Clubs
of Salem will be Joint hosts to
all other toasrmasters clubs of
Area No. 2 in District 7 at the
annual speech contest to be held
in Sblem on Saturday, March
14. ....
The annual Toastznaster ban
quet will be held at 7 p.m. In
the Mirror Room of the Marion
hotel. Toastmasters, their guests
and the general public are in
vited to attend. Tickets for the
dinner and speech contests may
be purchased Saturday evening
at the door.
Other Toastmasters Clubs at
tending the meeting will be Al
bany Toastmasters Club 307:
Corvallis Toastmasters Club 395,
Woodburn Toastmaster Club
987, Sllverton - Toastmasters
Club 708, and the Lebanon
Toastmasters Club 839.
Robert Eatdorf, Salem area
governor, will preside at the
meeting. Dr. Ralph Gordon, Sa-
Buffer Price Support
During Coming Year
Washington (U.B Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
said today the government will
support butter prices at prices
ranging from 65.75 to 84.75 cents
a pound during the 12 months
starting April 1.
Cheese will be supported at
37 cents a pound, and dried milk
at 16 to 14 cents a pound.
The dollars and cents level
are based on the 90 per cent of
"parity" dairy support level
which Benson had promised
earlier to maintain for the com
ing year.
Annual Inspection
AFROTC Announced
The annual inspection of the
AFROTC detachment at Willam
ette university will be conducted
March 30-31 and three army air
officers will be here to con
duct the program, according to
Ma, Horman w. campion, de
partmental commander.
Inspection officers assigned to
Cosgrove, Lt. Col. Wayne B. Ful
ton and Major Dwlght L. Har-
ley.
Primary purpose of the in
spection, Brig. Gen. M. K. Deich-
elmann, AFROTC commandant
states, is to examine, both in the
classroom and on the drill field
the 145,000 AFROTC cadets now
enrolled in - American universities.
Teaching procedures, adequa
cy of instructor facilities, effec
tiveness of Instructors and gen
eral military bearing are some
of the points on which each de
tachment will be graded.
MUSTEROLE
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ACI1ES,PA1JS
SUFRJESS
Capital Journal, Satan, Om, Moyr Ma1t-4.V1958
lera, will officiate as toastmas
ter for the evening. Morris Bux-
ion and Elmer Amundson, Sa
lem, are co-chairmen of the gen
eral contest committee. . They
win oe assisted by James Cal
laway and George Van Dusen.
Judges and counters will be
selected from the clubs of area
2. Invocation will be given by
. a. uraaueld, Salem.
- District Governor John W.
Buck, Corvallis, will be honored
by a speech entitled "Our Man"
given by Lloyd HammeL Salem.
Another official guest will be
George Loney, Portland, district
educational chairman. . '
An intermission' speech with
the title Great Congressman
00101x10" will be given by Joe
Golik of the Woodburn club.
Contest speakers from the
various club will be: J. J. Feiy
der, Salem club and R. A. Fork
ner, Capitol club, Harold R.
Reynolds, Albany club, Al H.
Roberson, Corvallis club, L. B.
Seely, Woodburn club, - and
William Z. Iron, of the Sllverton.
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VISITOR AT WOODBURN
Woodburn Mrs. George
Dukek of Fossil, Ore., the for
mer Margaret Mochel, was a
guest of her mother, Mrs. Maude
M. Mochel Wednesday. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Alma Keys
of Klnzua.
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