Berks County Poultryme Lancaster County Resea Forty members of the Berks County PouHry Asso ciation made an early morn ing stop in the Garden Spot this week on their tour'thru three other counties. * The poultrymen, under the direction of Carl Dossin, Ex tension Pou.try Specialist from the Pennar State ' Uni versity stopped at 1170 Hun sicker Road where Noah Gehman, farm manager, played host Gehman showed the group how one man at the Early Bird Research Farm can col lect, clean and-pack a case of eggs in 18 minutes. At the experimental farm of Miller and Eushong. the Rohrerstown feed firm, eggs from the 11,000, leghorns are gathered in plastic flats car ried on a two level carrier on a track After the eggs are placed on the flat, they are not han dled .indmduady again Half a case of eggs is picked up with a wire handle and plac ed directly into the samtiser washer When the washing is complete, the half case is dried and cooled, placed in to the case, and is ready to be picked up by tire dealer . Dr -“Woodie” Williams of the feed company explained the use of ventx ating fans and heating system. in the pens on the farm Ha said, ‘We can show that a five percent egg boost will pay for supplying artificial heat in the winter time We try to keep the pans above 40 degrees, and our records show it pays ” Birds on the farm have on ly two square feet of fiooi space m the laying house ‘We know this is crowding them ” Di Williams said, “But we feel you can get away with crowding if your management pi actices ace •eery good ” Good management practic es and egg handling techni ques enab’ed Gehman to mar ket 95 percent of his eggs as AA or A this summer with only three per cent B and two per cent C grade includ ing strains and checks After the tour left Lancas ter County they continued to the farm of Guy Leader and Son in York County REASONABLE PRICE A reasonable price, for an appliance is one _lhat is a combination of what you can afford to pay and good val ue for your needs, explain Penn State extension horn' management specialists If you don't have the money on hand to pay for the applian ce, you may wish to consid er credit But before you ac ccpt credit, make sure that you are using it wisely “Prompt Bail Bond Service” EUHRMAN'S CONVENIENT PARKING LOTS Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post OHice Next to Western Auto Store 115 East King Street Norman A. Buhrman, 228 N. Duke Si. “Prompt Bail Bond Service” n Tour rch Farm LANCASTER COUNTIANS, HENK WENTINK AND DR WOODIE WILLIAMS talk dver some of the items of the Berks County pou.try tour with Dr Carl Dossin, Poult ry Extens on Specialist, far left, while members of the group take time out for mid morning coffee break Scene of the stop Was the Early Bird Experimental Farm, Hunsic ker Road / —L F. Photo £■■■» ■■■■■■>■■■» »■■■■■■■■■■ ■BBBBBBaBBBBBB Bulk Spreading Service FERTILIZER and LIMESTONE Davco "Granular" Fertilizer Webb Super-Gro Balanced organic fertilizer Rock Phosphate Phosphorus Green Sand Potash If you need fertilizer call us- SMUCKER BROS. ■ BIRD-IM-HAND, PA. ■■■■■■■■■ OLIVER Gives You Topnotch Plowin with Tandem or 3-Point Hitch 'V* V 1 /" L ■ ‘ V> C-- //■/ • You avoid plugging delays, do a better covering job, plow at top speed with an Oliver. Here are extra big passageways for trash—greater beam clearance, more furrow-turning space between bottoms. 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