VOL, ID NO. 3 SERVICEMAN, "BILL” MARKEY CHECKS A FEW MANA«®ENl t “POINTS WITH Richard Sauder, R. D. 1, New Holland, pullet rafiser for the DeKalh firm. Sauder grows out 31,000 pullets under contract, and is one of the 22 flocks supervised, by Markey in the Lancaster-York area. L. F. Photo Local Feed Firm Sponsors Clinic For Poultrymen From 4-State Area About 100 interested people fronv Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey at tended the poultry clinic spon sored by John W. Eshelman & Sons last Thursday at the Landis Valley Motel. These included commercial poultry men, sales personnel, and oth ers interested in the future of the egg business in the Northeast, James F. Geary, salesman ager for Eshelman, was the master of ceremonies. The gioup heard talks on buildings, equipment, financing and eco nomics by commercial repre sentatives in these fields. The speakers were, in the order of their appearancfe: Phil Has singer, Eshelman Customer Relations; Gil Eddy, Keenco Poultry Equipment; Herbert Robison, H. M, Stauffer, Inc.; Peter W. Connelly, General Electric Credit Corp. The most controversial sub ject covered was- Connelly’s presentation of lease-financing. He told the group that there are three distinct advantages to a leasing arrangement com- Weather Forecast’ Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average below normal. Nor mal for f»e period would be a high of 39 and a low of 24 degi.v,. t Snow Dairies will occur Mon Jay rnd Tuesday, but accumulation is expected to total only- 1 !-inch or less. pared to buying outright; 1— It keeps a poultryman’s line of bank credit open for current operating, or season al financial requirements 2 It allows immediate ex pansion of facilities. 3 Rentals can be tax de ductible items (He advised that anyone interested in this aspect of leasing consult his lawyer or accountant, and not take the advise of any sales man) Connelly said his company is interested in straight fi nancing also, but that he would center his talk on leas ing. He said the compiany did a $2O million business in leas ing this year, and expects to increase that to $5O million next year. That, he said, rep resents the trend in leasing of all kinds. Their poultry leasing pro gram, Connelly said, is for buildings, equipment, and re lated materials. It is for a specified term, and at the end of the leasing period the le see has two options: he may buy the buildings and equip ment for 5 per cent of the total rental (original purchase price plus rental charge); he may renew the lease one year at a time for 2 per cent of the total rental. In response to an outburst of questions, Connelly gave the following example. Assum ing an original cost of build ing and equipment of $40,000; a tem of leasing at five years; an annual interest rate of 5 o Page 10 > Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19, 1964 Final Yield Figures On Corn Demonstration Show 141.4 bu. Top Final figures for the com '< demonstration conducted by ■ the Lancaster County Exten sion Service this year on the Jay C. Garber farm near New Danville have been tallied by Penn State University. A top yield of 141.4 bushels per acre was recorded. The Farm Bureau hybrid 876 X was the top producer. The average yield for the 38 full season hybrids tested was 1101 bush els. All yields were corrected to 15 5 percent moisture. Moisture content of all the Continued on Page 9 Farmers Ass’n Launches New Member Drive Following a meeting of of ficers and committee chairmen Tuesday evening, the Lancas ter County Farmers Associa tion announced they would make a drive for new member ship for the coming year. The organization, presently numbering about 720 members in the county, set a goal of 820 for 1965. They hope to do this by personally contacting non-members, and recruiting at least one or two of these in each township. The member ship committee ‘will attend a kick-off banquet at Witmer Fire Hall on the 4th of Janu ary. Co-chairmen for that com mittee are Leroy Pfautz and Noah Wenger. Annual dues for the Asso (Continued on Page 4) j a Hatchery’s Controlled Started Pullet Program Serves Large Producers The trend in our area is to ward large, specialized egg “factories.” Most of these operations are not set up for raising their own replacement birds. This, in turn causes large scale pullet raising to become a specialized practice. Most of the new laying build ings that have been erected in the past few years have been of the controlled-environ ment type. The egg producers demand that their pullets be grown in the same type of housing. Where does a producer go to get 15-20,000 started pullets the same age and grown in Import Of Hay May Bring Leaf Beetle Into Pa. In a new move f 5 prevent possible spread of cereal leaf beetle into Pennsylvania, the State Agriculture Department is urging fanners to take spe cial precautions in purchasing hay and straw from Ohio, In diana and Michigan. The three states require fumigation of all grain, hay and straw shipments originat ing in infested areas. State Ag riculture Secretary Leland H. Bull pointed out. He advised fanners to make sure that hay or stray they purchase comes from non-infested counties, or that shipments from infested areas be accompanied by certi fied proof of treatment at the point of origin. “Check with your county agent before buying,” Secre tary Bull said. “He has a list of the infested counties in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.” The cereal leaf beetle has been moving eastward at a rapid pace since its discovery in Michigan in 1962, according to Henry P. Nixon, director of the department’s Bureau of Plant Industry. It attacks small grain fields, certain grasses and occasionally young corn, he said. Crop loss can run as high as 25 to 50 per cent in infest ed fields, he added. May your home and your heart be richly filled with all of the m Il\ joys of Christmas! Cwto't&ka&Cfy From The Staff Of Lancaster Faming $2 Per Year the same environment? We asked one of the area hatch eries (DeKalb York Hatchery) about some of the problems and procedures of growing pullets in large quantities ia co- ‘rolled environment hous es. They invited us to travel with their Serviceman and see for ourselves. So we did. Here’s the way one company does it, and the reasons for their apparent success. The DeKalb Serviceman for the Lancaster-York area is Belvin L. (Bill) Markey, Hal lam R 2. Bill supervises the rearing of 275,000 pullets from day-old until they are sold. The birds are spread over 22 separate flocks; 21 of these are in the Lancaster-York area. The flocks' range in size from about 6,500 to 33,000 birds. He tries to visit each flock once a week. His Job is to check on management prac tices and on bird health. He bandies any of the grower’s questions that have arisen since his last visit, cheeks the general appearance of the birds, and leaves the grower written and verbal instruc tions for the coming week. Markey had some interest ing observations in response (Continued on Page 8) Bull To Speak At SCD Annual Meeting Mar. 9th The Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict Directors announced at their regular monthly meeting this week that Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Ice land H. Bull, will be the fea tured speaker at the District’s annual meeting planned for March 9, 1965. The banquet meeting will be held at the Solanco High School in Quar ryville. The Directors approved the applications for enrollment of 14 new cooperators. These, (Continued on rage 5)
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