8 Loirciister Farming,- Saturday; - December Ifr, 1964 • Hotchery's (Continued from Page 1) to our question about the background of the average pullet raiser. Most of them are in the 30-40 year age group, and were not basical ly poultrymcn befoie they en tered the started pullet busi ness. They are capable peo ple, often outstanding in their communities, they learn quick ly, and they follow directions right to the letter The bet ter operators often the ones having the largest in vestment and deriving the greatest amount of their in come from pullet raising In many ol the smaller opera tions (6-10,000 birds) the wife takes care of the birds and the man works off the farm. Women are tough to beat when it comes to raising good pullets Markey has found Most of the birds raised m the area are sold within a 50-75 mile radius of the Lan caster-York territory. Many are ordered a year or more in advance, Markey said According to Markey, De- Kalb started raising pullets in environment-controlled build ings under long-term grower ORTHO UHIPEI FERTILIZERS Can help you make more money Uniform, free-'' flowing, coated pellets Contains fast acting and long lasting Nitrogen and phosphate Clfean and easy to handle Available in bulk or 50 lb. bags. Bulk spreader service Bulk protable bios Trucking allow ance for custom er pick up at Jg Smoketown Four analyses to choose from Unipfel 16-16-16 Unipfcl 20-10-10 Unipel 10-20-20 Unipel 13-34-10 CONTACT US NOW FOR EARLY SEASON PRICES AND LIBERAL DISCOUNTS. T.M, Reg. U.S. Pat off. Ortho and Unipel EDZBSH Phone 3S3S contracts, as an attempt to supply the demand of the large buyers of started pul lets for more uniform birds in large quantities. He felt the program to-date had been very successful hi attaining those objectives. When asked to what he would attribute that success, Markey said company integ rity, sanitation, and isolation. The program .calls for strict sanitation and isolation. After each flock goes out the build ing and equipment are washed and disinfected After new litter is added and everything in readiness for the next flock, the building and its con tents are thoroughly fumigat ed. No one is allowed access to the birds during the first 17 weeks except Markey and the grower. After 17 weeks of age, the buyer of the pul lets is permitted to examine the birds and study their rec ords At any time prior to accepting delivery the buyer may reject any particular lot of pullets. Markey estimated that per haps 80-90 per cent of the birds grown by his company on your farm crops *aiflk ~ ■ y - y .V.X . * .*»' > ' . 'fejfe , <*&> ’fSSST T / J n SMOKETOWN, PA. ip the trei'fci'fe destined for cage houses. After this preview of the program, we visited one of the larger growers, , Dick Sauder, New Holland HI. Sauder has one house that holds 14,500 pullets, and a re cently-completed one with, a capacity of 17,000. Both hous es were in operation,-and the difference in ages of all the chicks on the farm was about one week. Sauder told us that his livability was excellent on both flocks; one was just un der 1 per cent and the other was just over that. Sauder allows one and one third square feet of floor space for each bird, and he felt this had worked out real well. He has one unique fea ture associated with his air mtake slots on the new build ing. It is an adjustable baf fle board system designed by Joe Claybaugh, Poultry Con sultant with DeKalb in Il linois The boards are each about 10 inches wide by four feet long. 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But in summer they As o ur poultry industry can be opened completely. moves toward larger, more The trick is a nail in either specialized, and more> iilto side of each panel that is set mated laying off-center. When the baffle mand for gopd board is opened to a certain fully grown under such con point, the nail catches in two trolled environment coridi- Z-shaped wires either side of tions seems almost inevltabl . the board. The unequal dis-. Without that supply °f_P” ’ tnbution of board weight lets, the large laying ®P®™' caused by the nails being off- tions, as we know center, allows the board to would be practically impossi flip over and lie flat down ble. Hatcheries rea ] lz against the wall. This permits and they are moving swiftly maximum slot opening for to meet this demand. Feed Eosf, gain.” Mil City, Iowa;, per cwt. poi version.” Get youi Curler pro< Wayne Cal grams tool er prof A s(r C. E. SAUDER & SONS FOWL’S FEED SERVICE B. D. 1, East Earl HEKSHEY BROS. Reihholds ROHRER’S MILL B. D. I, Ronks MOUNTVILLE J STAUFFER- & SOlf } FEED SERVICE B. D. 2, Colombia GRUBB SUPPLY CO. Elizabethtown ■ n»t s ' E. D. 1, Qaarryrllle B. D, 2, Peach Bottom }, DUTCHMAN FEED MILLS, INC. B. D. 1. Stereos ij.nvn and Bellaire H. M. STAUFFER & SONS, INC. Witmer t * k* a a re re rs«* »
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