'»&/£, »ir '•Vs, Jt,' 4 tk* / ‘ i - * - „ I 'i RANGE RAISING seems to be best for tem that allows him to handle a large num starting egg producing pullets- Here James ber of birds with no outside 'help. Garber, R 2 Elizabethtown, refills his range feeders He also has a range watering sys- Potato Growers * Tomato Growers DITHANE M 22 ON POTATOES early blight late blight Use Dithane M-22 regularly for outstanding results in controlling these profit-shaving diseases. Spraying with Dithane M-22 on a seven to ten day schedule gives the very best protection to your vines from infections. Healthier vines, higher yields of better tubers and tomatoes will be the pay-off. Ask your supplier for Dithane M-22 today! ntj/in) IS II In Ilf. min I /i’ll) I i’ll/ on ""<1 111 in, 111 1/(0 f Jiihiiiii .<iiiii(nis Dithaxie Products Sold and Distributed by P. L. ROHRER & BRO. SMOKETOWN, PA. Pb. Lane. EX 2-2659 -< k ' j A, ' t (maneb) controls ROHM S HAAS COMPANY WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. Rrprescntatues in principal foreign countries < V* - M r . ■» -f"' » •'V' <# ‘■‘to- i-* "* * V ’ 2 5^|* ON TOMATOES anthracnose early blight late blight gray leaf spot Septoria leaf spot Chemicals for Agriculture ♦ 3 V ff, * u : \ (LF Photo) Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 1, 1958—7 Started Pullet Raising Newest In Specialized Poultry Industry by 808 BEST One of the newest and cunent )V hottest innovations in the al ready specialized poultry mdus try is the business ol raising started pullets The practice came about as a result of the confined housing program now adopted as stand ard for the industry Caged layers gave the little extra incentive to make this type of business a paling proposition The =tress on a eaed layer us ually means that she will stay in the house for only one laying season Present egg quality pro grams tend to encourage the fre quent renewal of the laying flock NOW WHILE A man may have spectacular success with a laying flock he may not at the same time have the “touch” or the facilities to raise replace ment pullets Raising the mod ern highly bred egg producer is a sometimes exacting business Disease is probably the dig est drawback to raising replace ment pullets. If you are Dying to raise them yourself you must take extra precautions to keep the young birds away from fa cilities that have been contami nated by old birds And even at that many trouble some poultry diseases seem to be airborne and the pullets may be come infected. THE EGG PRODUCER can, by paying more for an equal num ber of birds, be assured of healthy young layers, either eight or 16 weeks old Prices, naturally high er than chick prices, are not pro hibitive. In this area, a 16 week old bird may be had for $1 70 a bird in the spring As a comparison, it is reported that in California the price is $lBO a bird and, once again, our Southern poultry men are underselling by charg ing onK SI 45 to SI 50 a bird These Georgia gioweis aio laismg replacements by using their bro 1 er houses and turning out a« maTv as 30 000 young las ers in a natch IN TH T S \.RE\, the average giover Hill handle only two or thie-> thou-and birds to a batch Some New loik state groweis ar~* laising more ihan this, but the market in that area will demand more replacements Growers m this like James Garber Rl Elisabethtown, generally grow birds of vanous strains to -uit the needs of their customers Garber for example, grows Greider Carry, and other c t>ais of Legnorns He says that if a customer wants a certain strain of bmd grown, he will tiy to supply his needs Thus far the stalled pullet business is not mterated The hatcheries do help the giowei find a market for his birds, and in some cases the grower is ac credited as a certified grower for a particular strain But there is not any sort of in mterated pro cedure imoKed GARBER, WHOM we men tioned before, is in his fourth \ear of raising started pullets. He said that he likes to raise the birds rather than some other torm of poultry enterprise And another reason that he likes raising them is that he rents 2 farm ‘This way ” he says, “I don’t ha\e a lot of money tied up in equipment and I don t have to worry about changing any buildings His equipment consists of about about four brooder houses, four double deck and half a dozen single deck range shelters, feeders and rang 3 waterers He rents added brooder space as (Continued! on page twelve)
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