12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 1, 1958 English Company Making Manuing Pump Rig An English company is mami laclurmg a machine which spreads chopped-up, water-down farmyard manuie bv pipeline, ac cording to the British Informa lion SeVvices The tractor-driven machine is said to be able to pump manure distances of up to a mile Here’s how the system works A concrete tank is used to collect the manure with farmyard dram rge An agitatoi-oadle is used af ter water is added, unless he manure is fluid Long straw is chopped by a mixer cutter so the si raw and liquid can pass through a piston pump The manure is destnbuted with oidmary imgation pipelines and is showed over about an acre of imid at the delivery end Lloyd M. BURKHOLDER Chick Hatchery Bed or White f** - idSt Vantress Cross White Leghorns I V R-B Bed Cross f U S Approved Pullorum Clean i ! Call RE 3-0613 R D I—Ephrata, Pa. 1 Mi. NE of Clay on Stevens Rd. ALUMINUM COATED FENCING LASTS TWICE AS LONG This Farm Fencing is Available Only at , Eastern States . . . and Costs You no More! i EASTERN STATES FARMERS' EXCHANGE 1 Ph. Quarryville ST 6-3647 or Lane. EX 4-3755 Know Your S. P. A. B. C Through SERVICE UNEQUALLED PRODUCTION UNLIMITED ASSURANCE f OF HIGHEST . CONCEPTION BETTER i CATTLE FOR BETTER LIVING CUSTOMARY $5.00 SERVICE FEE Southeastern Peima. Artificial Breeding Cooperative P. O. Box 254 Lancaster, Pa. EXpress 2-2191 J / THREE FLYING FARMER officers check their routes in preparation for the nation convention to be held next week in New York City They are, left to right, L L. Logan, Kennett Square, regional director; Homer Maxon, Holey, N. Y., New York Started Pullet Raising (Continued from page seven) needed. THE REST OF the farm enter Our Customers Are Our Best Salesmen Pa U S Approved Pullorum-Typhoid Clean KEYSTONE HATCHERY Rep: Daniel R. Myer Ph. Leola OL 6-2343 Hatchery: Ph. Leola OL 6-6783 Farm: Ph. Ephrata RE 3-6179 •’’•l?' f' £ . f Mhrin. „ "»»l>lllll» T " V T \ prise consists of steers, a small flock of layers and field crops Garber said that is best not to mix birds of different age groups but that sometimes it is almost unavoidable This brings up one of the greatest draw-backs to the busi ness. As noted, the grower is a complete free agent He must find a buyer for his birds. When a sale is lost or the buyer decides at the last minute that he does -not want the birds, the grower is stuck with them One large grower m Tioga County has solved this problem by operating two farms. On one the pullets are raised. On the other he maintains a large lay ing flock This physical separa tion keeps down the disease pos sibility and he can, if needed, use the extra pullets in his own flock THIS, GRANTED, is an ex treme example, but m this partic ular case it seems to pay Hatcherymen are still both pro and con on raising started pullets They like to see the ex tia volume of chicks go out of the hatchery to be sure. But they point out that a poor grower can harm the reputation of the hat chery. And often the grower looks too much to the hatchery for help in marketing the birds. This means that the costs of selling the chicks is actually increased because of the extra time and work involved TO GET INTO THE business, the farmer should have good equipment, including transporta tion equipment to deliver to the customer Because of f he stress involved in changing the birds from farm to farm, every effoit should be made to keep down ex posure to disease This means that new coops should be used, or if the farmer must use old coops, they should be thoroughly cleaned and dis infected The man receiving the buds should try to have the same t>pe of teed on hand that the birds are used to leceivmg or should use a special stress iced This 100, tends <o keep down sliess mortality This seems to be a growing business that can and will be de veloped in this area As more '< tiii i 11 iii i pi iii mu « »■>» i>«>» i state president; and H Gail Kimmel, Enon Valley, Pennsylvania president. They were among some 120 flying farmers who re cently attended an area meeting held at the Logan farm. cage operations are started and as more farmers feel that they can sa\e money by reducing equip ment and facilities costs, the busi ness will grow. Copies of LANCASTER FARMING are not always easy to find—they are not sold on newsstands —and perhaps some of your friends may not be ac quainted with our weekly service. We’ll be glad to send, without charge, several copies of LANCASTER FARMING to your friends ,or business associates. Just write their names and addresses below—(You’ll be doing both them and us a favor!) Farm Name- Street Address & R. D City Farm Name- Street Address & R. D. City Your Name Address □ CHECK here if you prefer to send a Year’s (52 issues) GIFT subscription for $2 each to your friends listed above. If so £ enclosed, or □ Bill me later. (Each will receive a Colorful gift announcement card.) Please mail this form to *»•’' t 5 > ~ " t , * 'v * p? f SAMPLE COPIES FREE To- To (You are not limited to two names. Use separate sheet for additional names-) LANCASTER FARMING CIRCULATION DEPT. BOX 126 QUARRYVILLE, PA. False Heat Periods Studied A 22 year study by two Califor nia researchers of more than 3,000 dauy cattle shows that almost five pei cent of the catle came into a false heat following conception at some period of their reproduc tive life The study by D F. Rahlmann and S W Mead, of the University of California, implies that dairy men should take special precau tions before re-breedmg an ap- parently barren cow False heat occurred within 45 days of conception in more than halt the cases, but aso occurred at any time from 11 to 213 dajs after conception The study show ed post conception heat is almost twice as likely during the fist gestation period as m later per iods Highest number of false heats occurred during July and the low est during April Tobacco Spraying Spray to Control Suck ers and get more weight. K. H. Ilabecker R.D- f, Lancaster, Pa. Phone EX 3-4187 State- -State
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