6—Lancaster Farming. *Saiurday, December 16. 1961 CONTROLLED HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE in the egg room keep the quality of eggs high at (the Earl Metzler farm, Manheim Rl. Metzler, left, helps Mel Groff, truck driver for Hess Brothers, load some of the 45 cases per week produced by the young poultryman —L F. Photo • Metzler (From page 11 He rented space on the corn er of a commercial property on the southern edge ’ of Man heim and opened for busi ness. “At first business was not quite what Metzler had ex pected. He had been selling about 100 dozen per week from the refrigerator beside the barn, and sales down town were considerably low er. Metzler did -some advertis ing and began givmg away a dozen free eggs per week. He wojuld write a message on a post card, tape on the pur chase price of the eggs and enclose it in one of the car tons in the machine He ask. ed the winner of the free eggs to return the card with a comment. “I believe every card has been returned.” he said. “One lady said she had been afraid to buy eggs from the vender because she thought they wouldn’t be fresh.” Met zler said, bpt after she final ly tried a dozen, she compli mented the producer on the freshness and quality of the eggs. With constant attention and service to the machine, the quality of the eggs maintained and no eggs are in the vender more than a few days Many of the orig inal customers, who appreci ated the freshness and quali ty, have brought new cus tomers, and the volume has had a steady increase. At present, the volume of eggs at the vending machine ORDER YOUR Michigan Peat Singing Hills Brand NOW and Save $1.85 PER 100 LB. BAG for 10 to 29 bags $1.75 PER 100 LB. BAG for 30 bags or more. delivered m Dec or Jan Less 57c if delivered dur ing Dec and paid by Jan. 15, 1962 Phone your order now SMOKETOWN _Ph. Lane. EX 7-3539 It is not hard to believe has just about reached the he bas nat had « h « ns 100 dozen per week mark in h ° use be :° rc ben and many of the neighbors ou to consider they who formerly bought at the P°P ulate the floor at the farm continue to come to the rate of ° ne , hsn to ever y two egg room for their eggs. concentra- Metzler, who feeds 47 t} on does not appear to head of steers, got into the have hurt production at all poultry business almost by Tim hens on the top floor of accident. the double decker house He moved his family to came into production in July the home farm in 1949 and and were housed on July 25 FEED AND WATER ARE MOVED into 'this layer house by machinery Eggs are gathered in baskets on the trolley which runs on an overhead track. No carrying is nece sary in the entire operation. Eggs are washed, graded candled and put in cases to be stored in the refrigerated egg room until picked up twice each week by the egg deal er’s truck. L. F. Photo MASTER MIX takes LESS... produces MORE Maintains TOP MILK PBDDKCIIOH longer... at tool cost! NEW HI-Q Master Blend is the "Blend" to give top producing herds. It's a high protein concentrate with natural protein nutrients . . . high in efficiency . . . low in fiber. HI-Q MASTER BLEND is fortified with Vitamin D, plus a balance of all essential minerals. It's easy to handle, too, because it's Crumblized! For top production, get HI-Q MASTER BLENDI See os today! • .J master! telSii) L. J. Denlinger Co. __ PARADISE Eby’s Mill Hempfield Mills LITITZ Ross H.Rohrer& Sons Blend & McGinnis QUARRYVILLE ATGLEN took over operation of the place in 1952 “The chicken house was here, and I wanted to see some chickens in it.” is the way Metzler explains his be ginning in the poultry busi ness. He raised 300 to 400 lay ers per year for several years,but came to realize that he would have to in crease the size of his flock if he hoped to make a profit able operation of it. He knew he would have to have a much greater vo’ume to make automatic feeding and watering practical. In 1958 he built the pres ent house and installed bulk feed handling equipment: pressure water system and' an air conditioned egg room. This year he raised from baby chicks and housed 3,500 layers. I never had so man) hens in the house before, he said. EAST PETERSBURG HAPPY AND HEALTHY PULLETS live on 2 square feet of floor space each m this pen at the farm of Earl Metz ler, Manheim Rl. Activity at the nesting box.es gives testi. mony of the 80 percent production in the flock during the month of November. A radio in the pen helped quiet young birds and helped them adapt to new surroundings when they came in off the range. —L E Photo During October they averag- the period was 91 per cent, ed a whopping 81 per cent Many poultrymen would production. In November suppose the mortality prob they did almost as well av- lem would naturally be great eraging 80 per cent. The with such a heavy concentra high single day peak daring /Turn to page 7) NEW Brand new H-3 gasoline or HD-3 diesel has all the ruggedness of big AUis-Chalmers crawlers plus compactness for close quarters . . . toughness for heavy work, traction for sure footing. This new 6,000-pound Allis-Chalmers compact crawler opens new possibilities for farm and ranch, including multiple'implements, scraping feed areas, snow removal, dozing and blade work. You’ll like its new forward-reverse SHUTTLE clutch that lets you change directions instantly with single-lever control. 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