Show AIM new chemical curbs many fruit pests tests show fungicide effective in orchard characterized as effective against a wide range ot of fruit pests and dis eases a new fungicide and insecticide for orchard use now Is available commercially under the trade name of it is a stable clear solution containing eight ounces actual sec butyl phenol in each quart and Is readily miscible with water has proved effective as an insecticide for use in the dormant period against a variety of insects such as rosy apple aphid currant aphid black cherry aphid mealy olum aphid and vib viburnum arnum aphid eye spotted bud moth cherry case bearer pear and oyster shell scale on apple and lilac promising results also have been shown in con arol of san jose scale scurfy scale and the eggs of the european red mite As a fungicide has been used successfully for control of sooty blotch on pears amount of the compound required to attain good control ranges from photo s an apple protected by left and cluster attacked by rosy apple aphid one quart to two quarts in gal ions tons of water aphids are controlled with one quart while two quarts are needed to kill bud moths case bear er and the pear heavier con cent rations may be needed to con arol oyster shell scale research workers are conducting extensive tests to find other insects and diseases that may be controlled with the chemical which was devel aped by dow chemical company packaging of poultry Is new development farmers of tomorrow must be b poultry merchandisers as well as producers cers if they are to compete sue suc cess fully with the new broiler fac tones tories progressive poultry raisers must keep attuned to the times il 11 they are to meet the challenge ol 01 new developments in the industry within a short time the consumer will have a wide range of selection tor for poultry and meat products this will necessitate better merchandise mer chandis ing on the part of the individual poul ryman one of the principal means ol 01 meeting this challenge is for the poultry raiser to start selling chick ens under brand names in an effort to promote Us his product for the time when consumers again will be choosy to accomplish this good package ing is essential modern modem transparent ss 0 I 1 OP 1 jt good packaging as demon strafed by this cellophane wrapped chicken Is good advertising packaging of ready to eat P poultry will increase sales and profits tests conducted with the same grade of poultry half being sealed to in flexible packages the others with out covering proved that demand tor for the packaged birds was one to three times as large as tor for the un lin wrapped ones for packaging cellophane trans parent regenerated cellulose film or a rubber hydrochloride film are avail able they are moisture proof air proof strong flexible and resistant to liquid and grease pullets termed B better etter layers than old hens further evidence of the imbor tance of keeping only pullets tor for layers and selling all old hens is contained in tests conducted at western kentucky substation average results over 11 years show that annual production ol 01 barred rock pullets was four dozen eggs per bird greater than that ol 01 hens in the case of white leg horns pullets laid three dozen egg eggs per er bird more than old hen hens |