16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 14, 1958 I MORE PROOF ... IT PAYS TO FEED PURINA When Robah Hess and his wife moved back to the home farm, near New Providence, Pa., they created the need for more income to go with the profits his folks already were making from broilers. His father, Warren Hess, also has a job in town. _ A family conference resulted in this decision ‘Weil go into caged layers, starting with 1,500 and expanding as fast as profits will permit.” So they started. Robah and his father are handy with tools and did most of the building and cage installing themselves. For ideas and information on costs, breeds to buy and mana gement, they check with their Purina service man, Don Brown. Only 4.2 lbs. Feed per Dozen The first 1,580 caged layers have been going like machines in a factory. Over a 7-month period, they took only 4.2 pounds of feed to make a dozen eggs—at a total feed cost of less than 19c a dozen! They turned in this profitable record in spite of the confusion caused by adding onto the house, installing new cages and putting in more pullets. Today, 3,000 birds are in cages, and the new pullets are laying just as well as the old Always Believed in Quality Results “We have always believed there’s more profit in keeping good birds, then feeding and man aging them for top performance,” claim Ro bah and his mother, who d most of the poul try work. “That theory made hs good money In broilers and it’s working out with our caged layers We have been Purina feeders for many years.” HEALTH HINT When you need to build birds back after recovery from disease or from the effects of stresses such as cold snaps, moving or molts, your Purina Dealer has two good treatments to use; 1. Purina Chek-R-Aid a medicated feed with high-level antibiotics, NF 180 and recovery stimulating vitamins. 2. Purina Boost-R-Aid a drinking water treatment with high-level antibiotic and re covery vitamins FEED PURINA . . . YOU CAN DEPEND ON THE CHECKERBOARD FOR QUALITY . . . SERVICE John J. Hess II John B. Kurtz Wenger Bros. Intercourse—New Providence Ephrata Rheems S. H. Hiestancl B. F. Adams Warren Sickman Blend & McGinnis Salunga Bird-in-Hand Pequea Atglen Hess family for less than 194 James High John J. Hess Snader’s Mill Gordonville Kinzers Vintage producing eggs cii Dozen Feed Cost Whiteside & Weicksel Mt. Airy Robah Hess and his father made this egg-collection cart. Handle releases catch so empty basket can be rotated into position fox filling. Mrs. Warren Hess, record keeper and part-time egg - collector in the cage house (besides working with broilers and chicks), sets up hens for culling by keeping 28-day records with clothespins. Adding to the cage house is a regular job for Robah and his dad, Warren Hess. Three thousand cages already are installed. Kirkwood
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