IL. 6. NO. 35 cT*sr ■+« ' THIS IS A CHICKEN HOUSE The fact that this is a chicken house might be very ions to some, but to those who know chichens this house looks strange There are no idows in the house although there are 10,000 producing layers inside. All lights and dilation are electrically provided and regulated. Chormg m the house is done almost irelv by machine. Only six hours of labor per day is needed to care for the layers and s ,__ u i —L. F Photo üburbia Makes Demands >n County Agent's Time The population explosion is beginning to close in on extension service. At least that is the impression left by piesident of the National Association of County Agents tie visited in the county Thursday afternoon, lowaid H. Campbell, inty Agent of Nassau cl fod the example of mty, New York, accom- 1113 own county where the iied the Dow Scholarship population has grown from r of County Agents from (Turn to page 6) s southern states as they ireyed farming in the Gar- Dmi i IfrymAn ; Spot The tour included * Will 111 wll »s at the farms of J. Har- Frey, Marietta Rl, Clar- Dlan TaIII' e Keener, Manheim Rl, * ICJI I iwui ! Raymond Witmer, Wil- Wednesday, July 26, has ' S reet Rl. been reserved by the Lan- County Agents have no cas ter County Poultry Asso fness visitmg a farmer if c j a ti o n for their annual tour, problem can be taken The committee has arranged on t h e Phone. Can *P* for the group to go by bus, said, but hurried to add, since they feel moving a course, that is just one i ar g e number of private au- S °P? man -” tomobiles over major high- P ell explained that -ways can constitute a traffic pressure from increasing b azar <j. as Put so many The schedule calls for two s ° n *he hme the morning and two afternoon ■ °® lce that stops in Fredericksburg Leta i no? sslbl f : ? or the exten- an on County area, with a sonnel to personally chicken barbecue lunch av blem ° ry person "with a a ii a ble to all poultrymen at ’ the Fredericksburg Lions Park. After assembling at the Lancaster Poultry Center at 8 00 a.m., the group will go by charter bus to the Whit moyer Laboratories at My erstown where they will see the manufacture of poultry medicines. William Myer, farming four farms -north of Myers town, will be the host at the second stop He will show his 26,000 broilers, 5,500 lay ers and 4,500 turkeys as Well as his 90 holstem cows and 50 heifers. At the Grimes and Hauer poultry dressing plant the poultrymen will see a 40,000 per day capacity operation employing 135 workers. Much of the cut-up poultry used in frozen dinners is sup plied by this plant, f Oat p\itx a his Bethel Rl farm, . CALENDAR Raymond Musselman will ex tvT 2 '’ 1 - FARM SAFETY hibit llis house with capacity for 13,000 layers He has a nil 11 " day - judging of home made bulk feed bln ,J* PPA swine pnjects Wlt . h storage room for 40 tons to” 6 111 ea advisor which supplies his automatic C; 11 - 4-H Town and feeders ‘ „ , e business meets at Plans cab for return to Lf-aiKaster Shopping the P° ult ry center by 4;30 p L J"- Litztz Pike to be- m '’ accol ’ding to the* commit bv u ' °f Lehigh Valiev tee ’ John Longenecker, H. [ " *'■ page 14) ' Raymond Stoner, Wmthrop H Leaders tadule Meet- humorous talk by H. f (Tick) Hurst, French tler at McCaskey High 101 'viil be the main fea °t the annual summer m S ol the county 4-H 7° 011 the program will e Poii by Darvm Boyd, on his recent trip ,e National 4-H Confer at Washington, D. C Progiam is scheduled under way at 8 pm in the Salunga Com y Pai k, located be n ‘"'U'disville and Salun- K Old Harrisburg Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22. 1961 1 ** ** fa. J\ * 309 Entries In SPABC Show With entry deadline still two days away, a total of 309 head of cattle had been offi cially entered in the tenth annual Southeastern Penn sylvania Artificial Breeders Show August first and third Representatives of the Co operative said Thursday nite they had verbal entries from several othr breders and ex pected about 100 more ani mpls to be entered before deadline today. New facilities including a permanent, concrete wash rack and more tent space has been added this year. More animals will be accomodated through the use of two sep arate judging days as well. Guernseys, Jersey's and Brown Swiss will be judged the first day and Holsteins & Ayrshires will be placed on (Turn to page 14) Providence 4-H Hears Florists Twigs, frogs, vases and flowers equals beauty, mem bers of the New Providence 4-H were told at their recent meeting Mrs. I. Groff and Mrs. A Getz of the Cloister Flower Club, Ephrata gave a very interesting show and tell demonstration on arranging flowers in different sized and shaped vases. Club members were given geranium cuttings which they were asked to try to grow according to instructions given by the club leaders, Miss C. Jane Henry is porter for the club Merriam, Melvin Hess, El wood Earhart, Earle Hershey and Glenn G Harr. AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE County Poultry House ' Built Without Windows Mechanization in the poultry business leaves very little to chance or to nature it seems. At least one layer house comp’eted recently in Lancaster county, 'has no windows for either light or ventilation, but these two necessities of the birds have not been neglected. James High, a feed dealer be done in approximately six at Gordonville Rl, recently man-hours of labor per day. completed the insulated alu- Furthermore, the operation minum building and equip- i s uncomplicated. Much o£ ped it with cages for 10,000 the work in feeding, gather laying hens. While there are mg and processing eggs and no windows in the building, general chores is handled by the hens appear happy and 12-year-old Michael High, the healthy. Their apparent S on of the owner. Assisting health is verified by the 85% Mike with the chores and ov plus production being main- erseemg the operation is his tained in the house. sister, Mrs. Norma Ann Fry- But lack of windows is not berger. the only unusual feature of Mike drives down the the house. As Clay (Skip) aisles between rows ot cages, Weaver, Purina feed repre- with three birds per cage, on sentative says, “The heaviest a self propelled feeder which thing that has to be lifted in has been loaded at a bulk the house is a doggone egg.” feed bin. An elevator on the It is true that mechaniza- machine spreads the specially tion has taken over most of compounded caged layer teed the heavy chores in the op- in the troughs in front of the eration So completely mech- cages The ieed and the run amzed is the system that the nmg water in another trough care of the 10,000 layers can (Turn to page 5) Second Annual Soil Conservation Field Day Program Takes Shape The perennially popular of the first annual Soil Con wagon tram tours which servation Field Day last were such a successful part year will bo on the schedule again this year. Local Breeders Consign Sheep To State Sale Three Lancasfer County sheep breeders are among the thirty-two breeders from 15 counties who have con signed 63 rams and 21 ewes to the 29th annual purebred ram and ewe exchange sale sponsored by the Cumber land Cooperative Wool Grow ers Saturday afternoon, Aug ust 5, at the Carlisle Fail- Grounds, starting at 1 pm., EPT. Roy H. Miller, Carlisle, secretary-treasurer of ■ the sheepmen, said he will mail catalogs to all persons re questing them. The animals will be grad ed and sold according to type and quality as an aid to buyers in selecting the kind of animal they need for their particular flock. The sale is considered an exchange be cause buyers are encouraged to consign rams they buy this year to next year’s sale and then purchase a new sire. In this way they can continue improving their flocks at-a minimum of ex pense. Rams in the sale include 44 Hampshire, 6 Shropshire, 2 Cheviot, 2 Southdown, 4 Suffolk, 2 Dorset, and three Corridale. 19 are lambs, 21 yearlings, 15 two-year-olds, and 8 three-year olds. Of the 22 ewes, 21 are Hampshires, and 1 Dorset. Each year the cooperative sponsors this sale as part o£ its sheep and wool improve ment program. More than 850 rams have gone through 28 previous sales re- The Lancaster County con signors are Harold W. Bard, Denver R 2; Green Meadow Farms, Bareville Rl; and Henry J Showaltcr, Akron. $2 Per Yea* Wagon trains, pulled by tractor, will be making reg ular tours of conservation exhibits and demonstrations on the Speedwell Forge Farm near Elm on August 2 from 10 am. until 3 p.m., as part of the Lancaster Co unty Soil Conservation Dist rict’s program. Speedwell Forge, the farm of Gerald Darlington, will be headquarters for the field, day program, but exhibits and demonstrations will be at various stops on the tour routes. Among the demonstrations on the route will be the actual construction of a di version and the marking of timber trees in a farm wood lot. A short speaking program is scheduled to begin at 1 pm. when members of all cooperating agencies m the Soil Conservation District will be introduced. Speedwell Forge is locat ed along Hammer Creek, between the Lebanon pump ing station and Elm. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday « Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days are expect ed to average near normal to a few degrees above the normal range of 66 at night to 88 in the after noon. Warm and humid Saturday and Sunday will be followed by somewhat lower temperatures and humidity Monday & Tues day. Rising trend again about Wednesday. Precipi tation may total over :,/ )in. as scattered late afternoon and evening thundershow ers mainly about Sunday and again Wednesday.
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