'f iT ' - '? t - * > - <s 8 Independent Broiler Growers Tell About HORNCO Feed ' C ri “We Feed Of Meat Changed Hornco 1. Lowering our feed cost per lb. of gain. : £. Giving us the most efficient feeds. i. Keeping us up to date on the latest management practices. 4p. Giving us personalized service. Srag - -} PARKE HERR R.D. #», liititz B. EARXi FOBBT Lancaster FEEDS D.I.HORN&CO.,I -w-i , Lowered Cost Per "As independent' broiler growers, we must keep our production costs at a minimum operators." Feeds Has Helped Us Stay Independent By— ♦vV* V*' I ?'.* Isj *r« < u Vy When We To Hornco to compete with the HESTER HURST B. D. #l, Ephrata JOHN LANDIS Quurrynlle pr< * ->y * Our Pound > " ' si > / Lr & •* , i , > :£■ %rt A,. S>/, ■* .. " FUNK BROS. Washington Boro JOHN HERSHEY Paradise B. D. Feed” integrated large ♦ / 4?*** 'y * / / *. * < ANDREW MILLEB Manhelm C. J. IiAUER Dover, Pa. -Lancaster Farming, December 8, 1962 —11 • Egg Washing (Continued from Page 1) that this is not necessarily true. He says his company has not had any problems with farmer-washed eggs. He believes there are certain, problems of sanitation m plant -washing which are not encountered on the farm. Burkholder believes the number of stained eggs will increase because soil on the shells is not removed while the egg is stall warm. Stains, of course, push ithe egg into the “B” grade and consequen tly is of less value to the pro ducer. John Snader, manager for Hess Brothers, Ephrata, does not agree with this opinion and points to preliminary results of *he washing operation an their plant Hess Brothers, who prooese in excess of 7,000 cases a week, began washing a limit ©d number of eggs in tH# plant this week “We bare been getting excellent deal ing on the eggs which bar* been oil sprayed.” he said. Oil spraying has also been pointed out as one of the dis advantages of m-plant wash ing Unless eggs are picked up every day, they must be sprayed with a mineral oil mist while they are srtill warm However, Sauder says this is a very minor cost and the labor is more than offset by the change in method of gathering that the in-plant washing makes possible. Sauder says the produce? can now gather eggs right in the case filler-flat instead ot a basket. The oil spray can he misted on the eggs in ab out one second per filler-flat and the eggs can be cased without ever handling bhenfe individually. Julius Bauerman, Exten sion Food Technologist froA* the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, says however, thui raises some problems too. Dis ease and baetena will probably increase from this multiple use of the card board filler-flats. Cost of the oil used In spraying is almost nil, Sander believes. He reports that one of his producers with a 10,- 000 hen flock uses approxi mately a quart of the oil a week at a reported cost of ap proximately 75 cents a gallon, Burkholder believes that there will be increased break age in the plant in addition to the increased stains. He says the shell is not as chry stallme when the egg is first laid, and therefore will stand washing machine pressures better. Snader refutes this conten tion by saying they are re ducing the number of cracks with m-plant washing. He agrees that cracks do show up when the cold egg goes into the 110 degree water neces sary to the cleaning job, but he maintains that most of these eggs were cracked ear lier and only show up when, the contents expand in th® hot water “Many of these eggs would have been picked out by tha producer when he washed and packed his eggs at home.” ha says. Snader says increased pick up costs are not a factor. With, oil spraying, he says, the eggs are still picked up only twica a week. However, Bauerman 'says, oil spraying is net intended t* (Continued on Page 12)
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