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Poultrymen dre' finding, he
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sanitation. Program,” he'
said, “Provides a service to the
hatcheryman who wants to ev
aluate how good a job he is do
ing, and let him know what
changes to make if he is not
satisfied with his lesults”
Dr John V Shutze, extension
poultry specialist, said contin
uous lights on growing pullets,
even very him lights, during
the 10 to 20 vu.ek growing per
iod is very detrimental to sub
sequent production »
Continuous lights on layers
can also cut production, he said
Even very dim night lights can
cut production by 10-15 per
cent.
But the lighting on pullets is
by far the most important 'part
of the lighting program.
“If you never expose a pul
let to an inoieasing day length,
from 10 to 20 weeks of age,
you will avoid the problem of
pallets developing unevenly’’
he said He explained that in
creasing day length will push
the more mature pullets into
production at an early age and
a lighter body weight The re
sult will be smaller egg size and
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On the othei hand, he said,
hens should nevei be exposed
to a decreasing day length It
natural light is to be supple
mented with lights it is impor
tant to begin using lights, both
morning and evening as soon as
the days begin to shorten Ad
ditional lights will not help a
bit if the day length begins to
shorten befoie the lights aie
used.
Dr. Gentry suggested using a
program of a 14 hour day for
the first 16 weeks, dropping to
eight hour days to 20 weeks and
then stepping back up to 14
hours a day in the laying house
In controlled environment hou
ses. he said, the hens should
be kept on a constant 14 hour
day during the laying year.
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depending- on t h e
distance from Philadelphia
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Farm Calendar
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Apr 1 10 am Giand
Opening of the auction pav
ilion at the Lancaster Union
Stock Yaids
7 pm County FFA parli
mentary proceedure and pub
lic speaking contest at the
New Holland High School
8 p.m Red Rose Baby
Beef and Lamb club meets
in the Milton Brecht School,
Lititz Pike, 'Lancaster.
Apr 2 Noon Red Rose
DjH I A supervisors meet at
the home of Jacob Houser,
Lampeter. Herbert Golmoie
to be speaker.
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