Show DEFINES NEW classification IN U S PROGRAM 14 utah poultry men should be familiar with the different provisions of the national poultry improvement pro plan says carl extension of the utah state agricultural col lege in addition to knowing knowin g that each cach phase of the participants breeding program is being carefully supervised by state and federal agencies each chick buyer should be acquainted with differences in in the quality of baby chicks and other hatchery products produced under this program professor also states that poultry men should know that a different colored design and the national emblem is used to identify the hatchery products under e each ach breeding stage U S approved united states approved poultry is the lowest breeding stage provided for in the national plan the females used to produce approved hatching eggs must be rigidly and thoroughly selected each year for constitutional vigor egg production and standard bred qualities by an official state inspector professor states the males which are to be mated wit with these females likewise must be carefully selected for constitutional vigor body size and q qualities U S verified the united states verified breeding stage represents a higher quality than the united states approved in addition to meeting all the requirements requirement s of the approved poultry t the h e verified breeding flocks must come from a flock of individual pen mating of united states record of performance males and females professor continued U S certified united states certified baby chicks are the lightest quality of commercial chicks under the national plan to produce this quality of chicks females must meet the requirements of the verified breeding stage and must be mated to united states record of performance for mance and register and of merit male birds in order that the ability to live and produce a large number of eggs that are large in size free from tints and sound in shell might be bred into certified chicks two higher breeding stages sages are to be used by the foundation breeder all the birds used in the breeding flocks to produce hatchery products in all of these breeding stages must be healthy large in size and leg banded with official legbandt leg bands obtained through the official state agency and blood tested for PuI orarn disease professor explained the hatching eggs in order to meet national plan for the production of commercial chicks must weigh at least 1 I 1112 ounces each in the united states record of performance and register of merit breeding stages each hatching egg must weigh two ounces each professor concluded |