“MISS PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY INDUSTRY” CONTEST ENTRY BLANK I would like to compete in the 1958 “Miss Pennsylvania Poultry Industry” contest of the Lancaster County Poultrj Assn My name is My address is My telephone number is I am a whose address is Number of turkeys, layers or broilers raised Return this application to Claude F .Smith, 340 West Roseville Rd , Lancaster, Pa. FOWL LEUKOSIS COMPLEX IN BROILERS An Ounce of Prevention Broiler Growers should give careful consideration to the increased occurance of fowl leukosis complex in Delaware The following statements are quoted from the April Poultry Pathology Letter of the University of Delaware: 1. The foul leukosis complex was much more prevalent than in previous months and was of considerable concern to all of us present. It was observed 65 times and only 5 of these cases were in birds over 20 weeks of age. Some of the men have been called into processing plants to observe flocks with a heavy incidence of this condition. With leukosis the symptoms and some losses usually start at about 7 weeks of age and the losses are still climbing when they are sold. Paralyzed birds may show up first. Later we find the tumors (visceral lymphomatosis) in different parts of the body. 2. There are no specific treatment or preventive measures that we can recommend at this time. 3. During the past winter many of you have found it necessary to use and reuse old litter. In many instances this never had a chance to dry out. Since the virus of visceral lymphomatosis is passed in the drop pings as well as in the saliva of the chicks, we have probably compounded the amount of infection in many of our broiler houses by not cleaning them after each flock. 4. Until we have some method of prevention or treatment about the only recommendation that we can make is “practice more sanitation” especially during the first 4 weeks. - Whenever broiler growers “let down” 'on the practice of sanitation some disease trouble is sure to start We believe the report of increased incidence of fowl leukosis complex in broiler flocks should convince every broiler grower of the soundness of completely cleaning out all old litter, dusting the house, disinfecting, carefully washing all fountains and using new litter in each batch of broilers Prevention of leukosis by this procedure will be your only recourse and we surely want to do everything possible to avoid this serious trouble. David G. Kelly’s entry m the Jr. Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest was the heaviest live weight entry of the 649 contestants Average weight per bird Feed conversion His father, Oren Kelly, well known chick salesman and farm man ager writes, “I am convinced you people have one of the top feeds on the market today. It has done a splendid job for us.” PLEASE NOTE: Production costs of our big flock customers are steadily coming DOWN on our NEW BROILER RATION. \\\ 11 //// %' Bushong, Manufacturers of Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875. (name relationship) of No Cure ? How's This For Results? f• * n or Miller Rohrerstown, Pa. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145 EPTC May Cut Weed Control Cost More effective and lower co'St weed control in strawbemes and vegetables, without injury -to tnese crops, may result from ap praisal of the new herbicide EPTC by weed-control specialists oj the U S Department of Agn cultural and cooperating State Agucultural Experiment Station 1 - Preliminary experiments con ducted at USDA’s Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md , (<thyl N, N-di-n-propylthiol- car bamate) demonstrated its effec tiveness in controlling weeds m several different crops. Also in dicated by the experiments was the prospect of reducing weed control costs in these crops ‘4.89 lbs. 2.29 Inc. Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 23, 1958—5 Modern Commercial Type Poultry House Being Built at Beltsville A start toward modernization of U S Department 'of Agriculture poultry icsearch facilities and equipment has been made with construction ot a new brick con crete brooder house at USDA’s Agricultural Research Center Beltsville, Md Soon to be readv for use, the new building will take the place of about 70 small brooder houses picviously used at the Centei Some of these houses date back to the time poultry research fust began at Beltsville, about 1910 THE NEW STRUCTURE is de signed for the brooding of flocks required by USDA scientists for icsearch on poultry breeding, genetics nutrition and physiolog: It will piovide the poultrymen at Beltsville with the first opportun ity they have had to conduct broil er lesearch on the basis of opera tions comparable to those of com mercial growers Expectations are that at least three separate lots of broilers can be grown and finished to desired V'eights each year in the new structuie This will make it pos sible, at no extra cost in facilities, to study broiler production, the use of reseal ch-developed hybird slock, and the use of special feeds, all under conditions closely ap proaching those employed com mercially. In addition, the new building is expected to speed up the re sults of research by lestnctmg (nnvonmental variables, which would normally make it necessarj foi the scientists to use a far larger number of birds and re peated experiments to piovide icliable information and depend able results THIS BROODER HOUSE is de signed strictly for research and not as a farm building Its con Crete brick construction is durable and m untenance costs should be low The roof is tlat, made of con ote topped by two inches of foam glass for insulation and waterproofed by several alternate layers of tar and tar paper Windows, comprising most of the building’s walls provide light @&cc£e«t (^fatten from GREIDER LEGHORN FARMS, Inc. ■ Your Egg Washer Tells On You * ■ Yes, take a good look at your egg washer Do you J ■ see it as someone else would see it? Is it nice and ■ ■ bright and clean each evening, filled with fresh clean ■ ■ water, ready to go the next day? Or is it so coated ■ ■ and scummy that you can hardly see what it's made ■ ■ of? You know, when I see an egg washer that looks B * that way, Isoon form my own opinion of the type of « ■ poultryman the owner is. And I’ve seen some that m a are filthy sights, some that look like they are filled ■ ■ with soup, probably the water hadn't been changed ■ S for a week, and then we expect people to eat more gt ■ eggs. Actually, it takes only a few minutes each day * 2 to scrub the washer and change the w ater when you re m ■ finished with it. That is one chore that is never left » 2 undone on our farm. How about yours? m ■ H 5 Mean Old Washer or Sissy Eggs? a ■ , B ■ Does your washer crack too many eggs Perhaps a ■ your washer is too rough, or more likely, you need ® a eggs with better shells. I highly lecommend Greider a ■ Super Cross Layers. They are proven hard shell layers, ■ a at Official Laying Tests, and in the field. Nothing a ■ lays them harder, except maybe a turtle. However, ■ a I cannot recommend that \ou fill \our laying a ■ houses with turtles. Tinted eggs, \ou know 7 ! Greider Leghorn Farms, Inc. 5 ■ MT. JOY Rl, PA. IIRIIIIKI.HKi: and air and make unneccssaiy i idiced diaft ventilating svstem The awning type windows have aluminum frames that require no painting and can be opened or closed from the inside A gutter down the center aisle will permit installation of a mechanical barn cleaner to remove usgd litter The 1 concrete llocy makes it possible to maintain sanitary conditions within the building The inside layout includes a center aisle eight loot wide, with pens 16 feet deep on either side. Pen widths can be adiusted with the aid ot removable partitions iiom six feet upward dependin'- upon experimental needs An ocerhead liack down the eight foot center aisle will expedite the work of caring lor the chicks, and (he aisle pi o\ides ample room foi the critical jobs of weighing feed, weighing birds, soiling families, and selecting cockerels Reduce mortality losses clean up your poultry house with Carbola the disinfecting white paint • Cut poultry mortality losses* Clean your brooder house and laying house then spray Carbola —the Disinfecting White Paint Carbola s powerful germicide kills poultry disease germs It contains Lindane and Male thion to kill flies lice mites and Keep cob webs down Carbola dries white Also used as a dust Carbola neutralizes ammonia fumes Ask your dealer for Carbola today or contact your Certified Carbola Sprayman Send for free Poultry Management Bulletin and the name of your nearest Carbola Dealer or' opiayman. Dept LF 58 Carbola CHEMICAL CO , INC,, Natural Bridge, N. Y. Serving the Poultry Industry lor 62 years Mt. Joy OL 32455 Phone OL 3-2455 J
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