1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1965 2 • Balmer (Continued from I’age 1) foi (he night At six n m a swtch acts to blood off the pi ossure. the nest bottoms chop back into plate, and the nests aie open loi business Other phases of automation used in this opciation include automatic egg collection with continuous belts bunging the egos to a cential collecting point in the egg loom thiee to four times a day Fiom heie they aie cased by the Balmers and stoi ed in the egg coolei until the> ate picked up by the egg buser thiee times a week Feed is moved automatic il- p Jc i vin g eggs, and closely ]y fiom the 17-ton bulk bin decking (he buds and the via the tube type leedei Fiom JU (omatic equipment On the the tube it diops by gtavity hopne j aim> meanwhile, they into a senes of m\cited cone- also tcnd another 2,000 layeis shnoed hoppeis which aic alK | 4Q COW s a nd heifeis As spaced foui to c\eiy ten lin- lf th at weie n’t enough to keep eal feet of tube them busy they lent anothei Ventilation is conti oiled by tJim w heie 40 steeis and nine fans along the batA wall soine hogs aie fattened Al- Foui of these aie the cabinet (h oU oh they tend the new lay type and five, aie boostei m „ j’ oliae by themselves, Bat fans Air intake slots have me , iald) they do have some been piovided m the opposite j K ] p on th e ot hei enteipuses wall and a few also in. the one who ha d been “sold” wall housing the fans on CJ g es a 3 d system for man- Two thuds of the floor aiea asin «~ i dye is fm quite some consists of one and one half t his obseivei will be inch slats ovei a pit All of XPIJi ’ in teiestert in following the feedeis and fountains aie Ba j nier flooi-bird opeia suspended ovei this aiea FOl -^ lon e i ose i v Aftei the laying cleaning out aftei each batch yea] lg comp i e ted, this flock of buds, this equipment is j P jght provide a good basis raised to the ceiling by win- £ 01 3 a fl o oi-cage, cost-ietuin ehes, then a tiactoi with a stu( j y blade 01 fiont-end loadei may —— be^ Sed FARM WOMEN #ll TOLD The 12,400 , we ®OF CENTER PLANS bought as stalled pullets, and weie housed just befoic At then legular meeting at Chiistmas They v.eie laying Rhoads Spanish Tavern, Quai- County continues fa pile up ribbons at Farm Show; Frey in line lor prize HARRISBURG Tire s Rohrer wins 7th Farm Show tobacco crown HARRISBURG An open grained exhibit of wrapper to bacco won Roy M. Rohrer of Strasburg Rl, his seventh grand championship in 27 years of Pennsylvania Farm Show com- Quarryville youth named StarFarme Hess Bros, win 2 special egg awards HARRISBURG - Hess Bros Farms Ephrata, won two spe nal aw.a’-rfc in nomwereial ppp 11l County Girls Win I Homemaker Degrees ,^rra!ffkaRMwwriLi^^HHWWPIwWBWMMBpBIMi^MMIBIJ 10-15 per cent at that time. They have not peaked as yet, producing now at about 55 per cent This windowless house is 416 feet long by 40 feet wide Six teen feet of the length is used lor egg loom, coolei, and work aiea The birds aic concen tiated at about one and one thud squaie feet each Balmer plans a laying cycle of 1445 months foi this Hock So far the flock condition looks good and livability is veiy promis ing Mi and Mis Balmci And they have to spend about six houis a day (combined) cai mg foi this flock Most ol tin-, tune involves collecting and iate farm show moved to day with Lancaster Coun r agriculture prowess in This Spoce Mode Available By IVAN M. MARTIN, INC, Blue Ball GUCK'S PLANT FARMS, Smoketown S. H. GOOD, New Holland A HEN’S EYE lEW OF AUTOMATION shows the slatted pits that cover two-thirds of the floor area. The automatic feeders and waterers are hung over the pits. For cleaning out once a year, the feeders and waterers are raised to the ceiling by use of a winch, and the slats are lifted clear. Not shown is the con tinuous row of nests that line the walls. As soon as eggs are laid they roll gently from the nests to a covered belt that brings them to the egg room L. F. Photo ivville, twenty-eight membeis of the Society of Farm Wom en, -Gioup No 11, heard John H Heir discuss plans foi the pi oposed Lancaster County Faim & Home Centei to he built in Lancaster Hen, a Direetoi in the Farm & Home Foundation, showed the gioup an architect’s sketch of the pi oposed Center, and described the many needs such a Center will fulfill The Gioup also heard Chailes A Ackey, Ji , de scnbe how one’s personality is reflected in their handwrit ing Refieshraents were seived by the hostesses ‘Mis Jerome Rhoades, 'Mrs Bess Ressel and Mrs Harry McComsey member the Keystone Farm er Degree. REGIONAL SELECTION @F & H (Continued from Page 1) of January 25 and the fiist progiess lepoit of results achieved was tabulated on Thmsday of this week No figures on the amount raised, to-date weie leleased by Cam paign Headquarters, according to Brubakei, since the fiist public announcement of funds raised is scheduled foi the night of the Special Gifts Divi sion launching of the drive, in the city area, Febiuaiy 15 The county-wide solicitation opened the campaign, with the Faim Gifts Division assigned a quota of $250,000 to be raised as its share of the total objective In reviewing the first re ports in the past week, cam- 8.l I • ff Its a bag c. for EXCELLENCE... Lancaster County Ranks First In The State In Agriculture You can help to Keep Your County in the fore-front of agriculture by contri buting to the building of a FARM AND HOME CENTER. WHEN A NEIGHBOR CALLS ON YOU, PLEDGE YOUR FAIR SHARE. TOGETHER, LETS MAKE THE FARM AND HOME CAMPAIGN THE SUCCESS IT DESERVES TO BE, GIVE GENEROUSLY! MINIMUM NEED ® $375,000 paign officials said that they weie /pleased by the large number of farm families and businesses which have either contiibuted 01 pledged gifts of $lOO, 01 moie, to the Farm and Home Foundation. Em phasis is being placed upon the need for gifts of this size, and laiger, to assure attain ment of the goal. In special booklets mailed to farm fam ilies, Directors of the Founda tion point out that “contribu tors to the Farm and Home Center should bear in mind that this type of financial ap peal will not recur for many years, if at all, therefore, gifts should be for the maximum in dividuals can afford to pay over a period of the next 24 months.” i nJ 1 >' ■aft i.V' *4 *
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