Poultry Producer Chief Defender Of Poultry Health, Dr. Gentry Says UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa June 25 Educational sessions on poultry health, a special re or gamzation luncheon for the new board of directors, and the tradi tional “Drumstick Golf Tourney ’ cnmaed the annual summer meet ing of the Pennsylvania Poultrj 1 ederation at Penn State Univer sity Dr Robert F Gentry, head of poultry disease research at the University, told his poultryman audience that the “front line of defense against poultry disease is the poultry pioducer himself” A high peicentage of infections can be avoided by proper man agement practices he asserted. 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TT A B C i another QUALITY [ I 5 B 1 Farm Bureau DAIRY FEED I "BULKY" "HIGH IN TON'S" "RICH IN MOLASSES" ‘ALL QUALITY INGREDIENTS” SPECIAL PRICE 13'o Protein 3% Fat 13 r o Fiber In Effect til Aug 2nd LANCASTER MANHEIM NEW HOLLAND QUARRYVILLE \ accmatmg day old chicks against certain diseases, basic research on Chiomc Respiratory Disease winch costs poultrymen par ticularly broiler producers mil lions of dollars annually; and studies of avian visceral lympho matosis, a disease of chickens comparable to cancer in humans Dr. Louis Liebowita* director of the poultry diagnostic labora tory at National Agricultural Col lege, Doylestown, discussed new drugs and methods for controll mg internal parasites of poultry, including various types of worms “There are no known parasites of poultry that are transmissible to man,” he pointed out DR. LIEBOWITZ CITED poul tiy roundworms as one of “pa ture s best egg producers,” with females laying as many as 200, 000 eggs a day Sanitation and cood management practices, coup GROW 1. Larger Eggs-From Start 2. More Eggs 3. Lower Hen House Mortality NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL FUL-O-PEP DEALERS H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Leola, Witmer & Ronks, Pa. Call or Visit Us Today Millport Roller Mills Lititz, R.D.4, Pa. J. C. Walker & Son Gap, Pa. k c.cou/vr SAf BUW ted with the piperazine com pounds offer effective controls of these pests, he said Some of the “miracle drugs” are no longer performing their unlades in the fields of human rnd poultry health, according to Dr Grover D Cloyd, of Hess & Clark, Inc, Ashland, Ohio Dis ease-causing micro - organisms seem to have built up resistance to the antibiotics, and anti-bac tenals may offer more hope for control and treatments of certain chseases in the future, he be lieves DR. CLOYD DISCUSSED the major bacterial diseases of chic kens, along with prevention, con trol and treatment measures for each In summing up he empha sized that it is cheaper in both time and money to follow preven tion programs than to treat dis ease after it appears on tne faim “It is better to prevent than to h\e with or treat any disease,” he maintained, urging the poultry men to practice the basic prmci pies of disease prevention and conti ol such as sanitation, blood testing, and depopulation D. W. Hoover East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa, S. H. Hiestand & Co. Salunga, Pa. Quality FERTILIZER Free-Flowing Pulverized & Granular PETROLEUM Fuel Oils 'Motor Oil ETS \ «ggs®ai Gasoline Grease Lancaster Farming, Fxiday, June 27, 1958—7 f J . 5 | ffcf''' trf*, r Pc* Berks County hatcheryman, and Mrs Anthony, are shown here with the certificate presented Anthony by the State Poultry Federation. He is a past president of the Fedeia tion. r F 1 OL I'GUlinci r'Jxji.oliJjiliNi oi me ouue i-ouitiy reaeration, Dr E I Robertson of Lancaster, is presented an engraved gavel by the incoming president William G Robinson (left) Robinson assumed his new duties at the annual Poultiy Federation Banquet at State College Thursday NEW IN LANCASTER COUNTY! S/:&:j2JUJl r D'l)\n Mill The girl above, with a touch of her fingers, controls a tornado .. an auto matic, clearswg tornado m a farm milk tank. Simply turning a control knob starts Zero’s Spatrer-Spray washi ig up for >ou This exciting new labor sa\er is attracting national attention. Exactly the same design features that have always made Zero’s round vacuum tank easier to brush clean make it pos siole today to wash automatically. It’s a logical development of Zeros Super Strainer, direct hook-up, and other Zero labor-savers. Your Southern Lancaster Co. Surge Dealer. 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