3—Lancaster Farming' Saturday, July 4, 1959
• PoulftymarT
(From page 1)
features of his original oper-
ation,
fie started out by building
68 feet of brooder .house and
60 feet of laying house, each
one story at the time. The
brooder house he added to
■with a 30 foot long addition
aid another 'of 12 feet,
■"here were several , more
loots of-laying house added
in timV
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25 North Duke St.
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Gilbert H. Hartley Emlen H. Zellers
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- These eafly houses includ
ed running water with over
flow pipes and central con
trols on the windows, feat
ures still lacking in many
poultry houses.
About 1927, he relates, he
became the first county ppul
tryman to range shelter pul
lets, also using small range
nest houses
He was using “built-up
litter” more than 20 years
ago, before Penn State re
searchers began recommend
ing it.
“Of course,*’ he notes, “I cents per pound,
also was the first in this - Although he has had as
area to have Newcastle dis' high as 4,000 layers on
case It hit the entire, flock, range and in the houses, Mr
one pen at a time So actual- Herr reports ho had a 2200
ly, I was able to maintain to 2400 normal laying hen
fairly high production " all capacity for his operation,
through the attack ” <1 a i m f o r 75-80 per cent
His original operation in- lajing percentage the year
eluded a battery of “Hbt-wa- lound. Culling every two
ter incubators” for produc- weeks, I check my laying
mg layers from imported charts to see what percenl-
English Baron Leghorns. At age I’m getting and know
this time he was working how many ‘head .must be tak
with other farmers in Bird- en out to raise the percent-
In-Hand and near Mt. Joy, age to the right level,” he
he reports, in producing bet- states.
ter layers. "But this strict adherence
Later -they switched to to principles of good man-
Anthony strain cockerels for agement and constant search
further improvement. for better Ways to operate
Right from the start, Mr. are only two reasons for the
Herr says, he shipped grad- selection of Roy B. <Herr as
ed eggs to the- New York 1959 Poultryman o f the
market, once rereiving $l.OB Year.
per dozen' for an entire ship
ment.
He also raised IV2 lb. bar- ter County Poultry Assn, in
red rock broilers, for the late 2fi’s and served as
before development of the Assn.; president for 12 years
broiler industry, and sold in the 20’s and 30’s. He has
broilers on the Philadelphia personal' records of every
market for as much as 60 Assn, meeting, all activities
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Mr. Herr hcl Po > J
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Northeastern
ducer’s Council 3
years in the 1930> S I
For 21/2 years ij
Mr. Herr served Js 3
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Year.’
For 12 years, h ( J
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peter Community m
ciation and after J
that post was naaiedi
manager of the fj, (
he has filled for
eight years ]
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