“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.
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Manufacturers of Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875.
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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.
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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