BBBBIlBBBBBBBBBBBllBBBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBBBBBBnBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB»* ?■! EFFICIENCY Not necessarily so. Efficient means to produce more of a quality product with less time, money and labor per unit. EFFICIENCY to be More Efficient? 1 Js measured by comparing Production with costs more of a product —at less costs. Breeders, Nutritionists and allied indus try all help. But, Must You be Bigger Feed Waste! Money Waste! Labor Waste! Mortality Waste! Thinking Waste! ,Condensed from Hen Cackles, 1961. Published by Penn Slate University and The Agricultural Extension service Miller & Bushong will gladly help you wiih information, facts or figures in the planning, managing or programming of your poultry enterprise, just call Lancaster, EXpress 2-2145. \\\«!//,/ >pm-. The best bird on the Best Feed ' in the Best House will not be efficient if poorly managed. The moral; Prevent Waste, Money Waste, Feed Waste, Labor Waste, Mortality Waste, and Thinking Waste. Feed is your greatest cost. Do not allow feed to be wasted by careless .... Help, Birds, Feeders poorly adjusted or too full. The rats. Feed makes a poor litter. Decide what you need, then shop carefully. Three questions: 1. What will this expenditure do to cut production costs and in crease output. What do you do with labor and lime saved? 2. How good is the product and will it hold up. 3. What about price; is it a good buy? Five steps saved a day equal one mile per year. In large famil ies this may not be a problem. If you have hired help, look at work output per dollar spent for labor. Will a machine do better? Can you look after a machine belter than a hired man? Would a change in farm help do the job better? Time has value to the producer. Consider time into cost. A poor disease prevention program is expensive. Do you get to the lab in time to prevent losing some $2.00 pullets? Do not over-medicate —get a good diagnosis first. Successful producers tie decisions to cost. It does not pay to spend $14,00 for drugs if it will bring you $7.00 by increased pro ducton. Over-investment in birds, feed, equipment or anything e’se is money lost. In decisions making, the first step— A list of true costs next Good managers think for themselves. Others cannot make all of your decisions. You may not know how to' formulate a complete ration or produce a genetically superior bird, BUT, you can keep track of how different birds do on different rations under differ ent housing and market conditions. You can analyze published records. Get the complete story, not Just half of it. Good managers seek information as if it were money because decisions made from this information may Cost Money or Return Profits depending on whether the decision was good or bad. Miller & Bushong, Inc. ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Sparrows, Insects, Consider net returns. Ph. Lancaster Express 2-2145 "Finest Service Anywhere" Molds. Lancaster Farming Saturday, November II Potato-Grain Law Outlined By ASC Official A Potato - Livestock Feed. Diversion Program has been approved for all counties in Pennsylvania, Landis G Bec ker, Chairman of the Lancas ter County Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation Committee announced this week. The 1961 Potato Diversion Program has been authorized by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture in order to encourage the domestic consumption of fresh Irish potatoes produced in United States by diverting them from normal channels of. trade and commerce The Diversion Program of fers to make payments to po tato growers for diversion of the 1961 ciop of potatoes for use as livestock feed Pay ments per hundred pounds of potatoes will be 60 cents dur. mg the months of October, November and December, The potatoes must meet di version specifications, which are equal to or better than the quality requirements fov U S No 2 Grade Potatoes diverted for live stock feed must be processed by cutting, chopping, slicing, or chrushing to a degree which will render them un suitable to enter into normal channels of trade and com merce as potatoes For furth er information potato grow ers should contact their local county Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation Ser vice office, Becker said. Seeds are kernels of life—. for plants, for animals, for each man, woman and child on the face of the earth. SUPER FLOOR HEAT see it now! L. H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike - Lane- Pi. D. 3, Lililz, Pa. Ph. Lane. EX 7-5179 Sirasburg OV 7-6002
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