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EFFICIENCY
M t. V L n* Not necessarily so. Efficient means to produce more of a quality
Must l OU DC Digger p roc j uc t with less time, money and labor per unit. EFFICIENCY
to be More Efficient ? is raeasuved by comparing Production with costs more of a
product —at less costs. Breeders, Nutritionists and allied indus
try all help,
Jsut,
Feed Waste!
Money Waste!
Labor Waste!
Mortality Waste!
Thinking Waste!
Condensed from Hen Cackles. 196i.' Published by Penm State University and The Agricultural Extension service
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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,
MortaM'y Waste, and
Thinking Waste.
Feed is your greatest cost. Do not allow feed to be wasted by
careless....
Help,
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 time 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 do’lar spent fpr labor.
Will a machine do better? Can you look after a machine bef.er
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
. else is money lost. ,
In decisions malting, 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 pub'ished
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.
y
Birds,
Feeders poorly adjusted or too full.
The rats.
Sparrows,
Insects,
Consider net returns.
"Finest Service Anywhere"
Molds.
Lancaster Farming.
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• Red Rose Degree
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(From page 1)
Degree winners and schools
ire as follows
Witness Oak Chapter, Don
egal High Schoo" Glenn
Musser, Mount Joy Rl
Warwick Chapter, Lititz
Kerry Fritz, Lititz R 3
Pequea Valley Chapter,
Kinzers Dale Hostetter,
Gap R 1
Ephrata Chapter
Snader, Ephrata R 1
Penn Manor Chapter—Har
m’d Herr, Millersville; Jack
Herr, Lancaster R 6, Jere
Harr, Lancaster R 6
Manheim Central Chapter
Harold Hess, Manheim R 3;
-lames Hess, Manheim Rl;
Vernon Martin, Lititz Rl;
G'enn Myers, Manheim R 3;
Marlin Myer, Manheim 113
and David Shonk, Manheim
R 2
Grasslands Chapter, New
Holland Robert Freeman,
Denver Rl; Car Gehxnan, of
Mchnton R - Dale Houck, of
Narvon Rl; Wilmer Martin,
New Holland Rl: Kenneth
Sauder, East Earl Rl, Ronald
Shrom, East Earl Rl, Larry
Weaver, New Holland Rl;
Rov Weaver, East Earl Rl:
and Galen Witmer, New Hol
land R 2
Garden Spot Chapter,
Lampeter James Houser,
Lampeter. Donald Kraybill,
Lampeter Road; Ear 1 Liven
good, Morningside Drive and
Roy Slaymaker, Strasburg
Rl
Solanco Chapter, Quarry
ville Richard Geyer and
Robert Wenger both of
Quar’-yville Rl; Ronald Krei
der, Jay Ranck and Dale
Herr, all of Quarryville R 2.
Carl Troop, Quarryville R 3;
Leßoy Sollenberger, Holt
wood R 2 and R. Edwin Harn
ish, Christiana Rl.
Elizabethtown Chapter
John Fry, Elisabethtown Rl;
Jay Gish, Rheems; Gary
Kreiner, Elizabethtown R 3;
Edward Shoop, Bainbndge.
Rl, and Willis Hackman, of
Elizabethtown R 3
• Corn Borer
(From page 1)
Corn borer damage to the
State’s com crop during ‘6l
was about the same as last
year, according to field sur
veys.
A check of borer populat
ion in 43 corn growing coun r
' ies showed approximately
15 per cent ot the stalks to
he infested. This was a slig
ht "eduction from the 1960
-esults which indicated a
ittle more than 38 per cent
“testation. Forty-three co
mties were surveyed this
''ar as compared with 41
s e previous year.
Corn borers ner infested
talk averaged 1 70 a slisht
from the 1 73 aver
age for 1960.
Heaviest infestation was
'oted in Some r set County
•here the damage was more
ban three time*? that of last
,o ar Slight reductions in
•~rpr oopulation were re
ported in the counties of the
■orthwestern and south cm
■•=>l oart of the state. Lieht
*■ damage was renorted, in
T Vayne County where only
’•< oer cent of the stalks
°re effected.
Normally m an open wm
t. the com b'wer oopulat
m is nartially reduced by
Vrds Last winter’s heavy
-nows prevented birds from
-eaclnng the borers the De
triment of Agriculture pi
nt experts believe
The European com borer
">s brought to the United
>tate from Hungary or Ttalv
n broomcorn. Tt was first
’scovered in sweet corn
ear Boston, Mass., in 1917.
Farmers are advised to
‘ve attention to the plani
ng of next year’s corn crop
nth the proper variety to
esc withstand the corn bor
~ damage. The destructive
est can be controlled ef
ectively by using hybrid
orn to resist borer damage,
mreau officials said.
Jerry