Smyrna times., 1955-04-14

penses-paid trip to Chicago where
she will be entertained by the Ma.
tional Broiler Association. She viii
also appear on radio and televis.
ion show.
All educational sessions viii be
held in Davis Gymnasium. Regis
tration will start at 8 am. on
Tuesday, May IL, and the pro-
gram will get under way at
O'Clock.
The first featured speaker will
be C. C. Warren, chief, Program
Analysis Group, Agricultural Mar
keting Service, USDA. His topic
will be The Government Looks at
the Broiler Business" DR.. L. A.
Wilhelm, poultry research manag-
er, The Quaker Oats Co., Chicago,
Inn, will be the next speaker. His
topic will be Getting the Most
Out of Your Feed Dollar"
DR.. e. P. Johnson, poultry path
ologist, Virginia Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station, will discuss
chronic respiratory disease, and
his talk will be followed by one
entitled WHO Sets the Pace in
the Broiler Business?" by Prof
Kenneth d. MAIDEN, agricultural
economist at the University of
California.
The last speaker on the morn
ing program will be Hugh Gordon,
Marion, Ia, hatcheryman, who is
chairman of the finance committee
and executive director and past
president of the Poultry and Egg
National Board. He will discuss
future opportunities to promote
consumption of broilers through
PENB.
Jos. VIM. Kinghorne, Washing
ton representative of the National
Broiler Association, will open the
afternoon program with a report
on NBA activities in Washington
during the past year. Next will
be talk entitled "How the Pro-
ducer and the Professor are
Working Together" by Ben Kropp
manager of the Swift and Co. pro
cessing plant at Taylor, Tex.
A panel discussion on broilei
diseases will follow. Clyde In.
gram, extension poultry specialist
at Louisiana State University
will moderate the panel and siz
outstanding authorities on broilei
diseases from various areas of the
country will participate in the dis
cussion.
The educational program Will
start again at 900 am. on Wed
nesday, May IS, with a discussion
on "Atomic Age Broiler Feeds
by DIR. ]. r. Couch, poultry nu
tritionist at Texas A and M Col
lege. Other speakers at the Wed
nesday morning session will dis
cuss advertising for broilers, banl
financing of broiler production
breeding for better broiler strains
and the advantagesof local, state
and national organization in the
broiler industry.
The wednesday afternoon pro
gram will start with discussion
on reducing losses in handling anc
processing by Richard Saunders
assistant agricultural economist al
Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station. Next will be a talk or
promoting broilers at the iocal
level by M. G. Whitehead, secre.
tary of the Elkhart County lin.
diana) Poultry Association. Rob-
ert r. Parks, Altoona, Pa, who is
president of the American Poultry
and Hatchery Federation, will pre-
sent his views on the overall
broiler situation as he observes IL
from the national level.
The last feature on the educa-
tional program will be a panel
discussion on broiler management
It will be moderated by Scott Hin
ners, broiler specialist at South
ern Illinois University. On the
panel will be five broiler produc-
ers, each from different area of
the country, and a college exten-
sios poultryman.
This is a brief summary OF
what is in store for broiler indus
try people who attend the Second
National Broiler Convention. The
convention is open to everyone in
the industry. Every broiler pro-
ducer should attend.