Show PULLETS NEEDED FOR DEFENSE DEFENS E production REPORTS need for increased egg production was cited this week by carl frisch knecht extension at utah state agricultural college when he urged farmers and p poul trumen to keep their pullets and turn them into laying hens instead of putting them on the market this summer by doing 7 so more eggs will be provided for uncle sama food ford for d defenso defense program and producers incomes will be greatly sup tod ted there is no definite egg shortage now but there may be in the fui felure ture unless egg production is increased he says people are arc eating more digs eggs at home the army needs lots of eggs and large quantities are scheduled for shipment over seass the government recently asked poultry producers to increase egg production 10 million cases a 15 month period ending eaxt sum mer and the producers have responded sPon ded although latest figures indicate the increase will fall short of that figure we know that we can rr produce od uce all the eggs needed in the food for defense program mr frisan knecht said its just a matter of having plenty of laying hens and taking care of them properly he maintains that this is tile the year to fill all available poultry houses with well matured laying pullets especially since a favorable favorat I 1 le egg feed price ration now exists and the he government has announced that it will be maintained A recent U S department of A agriculture e ri reports shows that abelt 10 percent more chicks have been hatched since january than a year ago but the in cerase in in numbers of young chicks on farms on J june une 1 was disappointing mr says this would in indicate i that many pullets are being sold as meat along with cockerans cocke rals for the broiler market A special effort should be made to withhold all well developed pullets from slaughter he declares the market for chicken meat can be fully supplied from the cocker als out of this years hatch and prices will be better if the broiler market is not overloaded meats coo cooked ked at low temperatures and not overcooked are tender and juicy also fuel is saved it has been demonstrated that drinking lemon juice fortified with lemon peel extract will reduce high blood pressure and ordinary lemon lemo n juice will reduce normal blood pressure |