VOL 14 N0.'46
Longenecker
Tops Fair
Steer Show
A trim 4-H Angus named
‘'Cl>de” topped the Manheim
Fair Steer Show Wednesday
night to become the first black
steer to top any County Fan-
Show this fall
Mike Longenecker, 18 year-old
son of Mr and Mrs Carl Longe
necker, Lititz R 2, showed his
project steer to the champion
ship in the 4-H Show and then
was named over-all grand cham
pion The steer was bred at
Trotwood Farms in New York
State
Reserve grand champion was
the leserve 4-H entry, a Here
of Cont.nued on Page 7)
Special Index Of
Poultry Stories
In This Issue
Started Pullets In Pennsylvania
b€ Floyd Hicks Page 1
Plan For Healthy Pullets
by Dwight Schwartz D V M
Page 17
The Outlook And Future
For The Poultry Industry
by Dr Kenneth Goodwin
Page 17
Management Is .... ?
bv Herbert Jordan Page 17
County Poultry Industry
(As I See It)
by Jay Irwin Page 19
Problem Can Be Solved
Poultry Manure Handling
In Suburban Areas
b\ G 0 Biessler Page 24
Force-Molting Layers
by Floyd Hicks Page 25
Marketing Today And
Tomorrow
by A Kermit Birth Page 30
Started Pullets In Penna.
By Floyd W. Hicks
Peun State Poultry Specialist
The Pennsylvania egg produc
tion industry is fourth largest m
the United States, yet the majoi
ity of our started pullets used as
renlacements for this egg pro
duction industry are “imported”
Farm Calendar
Monday, October 13
1 30 p m.—Fall District Confer
ence of DHIA Supei visors,
Willow Valley Restaurant
Tuesday, October 14
14 -16 NEPPCO M Atlantic
City, N. J.
14-17 National FFA Conven
tion at Kansas City.
4-H Leader’s Foruml Shilling
ton
(Continued on Page 16)
Miss TERRI SHANK, 1969 Lancaster County
Poultry Queen. Terri is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Shank, Route 1, Elizabethtown. Cur
rently Miss Shank is a student at Messiah Col
lege, Grantham, Pa_
Egg Profits Get Key Spot
In NEPPCO Expo Program
A two-pronged appioach to
piofitabihty in commeicial egg
pioduction will be taken by the
educational program at the ex
position of the Northeastern
Poultry Producers Council (NE
PPCO), next week
Speakers will exploie pi ice
discovery procedures and recent
activities in the egg maiket as
one major avenue The other will
be a fresh look at management
and husbandly as it ielates to the
profit- sti uctui e
The special session for com
mercial egg pioducers will be
held on Tuesday, Oct 15, at the
exposition’s Haddon Hall Hotel
headquarters in Atlantic City at
3pm
Leading off with the “better
thorn the althei states This
means that over ten million dol
lars annually are being spent
elsewhere for the purchase of
these pullets -
A “started pullet” is generally
thought of as a young chicken
that is raised to appi oximately
20 weeks of age and is then plac
ed in specialized laying house
facilities’ There are seveial dif
ferent strains of pullets available
that have many claimed and real
pi oduetion characteristics. So the
choice of strains and particularly
(Continued on Page 9)
Cattle Feeders Tour
Set For October 21
A local cattle feeder’s tour
was announced this week by M.
M. Smith, County Agent. Smith
said the tour will be on TueS
(Continued on Page 16)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11, 1969
husbandry” appi oach will be Dr
Gaiy Waters, HjLine Poultiy
Faims, Des Moines, lowa, who
has made an intensive study of
this much-forgotten aspect of
expanding piofits
On the pncing side, Dr Geoige
B Rogers of USDA’c Economic
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COUNTY POULTRY ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT, Harold Esbenshade and
Mrs. Esbenshade gather eggs from their
As Labor Is Diminished
Management Need Increases
Poultry Assn. President Says
“I’ve tried to establish a close
relationship with the hatcheiy,”
said Harold Esbenshade in tell-
mg how he obtains good pullets
for his 10,000 layer flock Esben-
shade is president of the Lan-
caster County Poultry Associa-
tion
“You are not able to know
how the pullets were grown
when you buy them out of state,”
he continued So, you must build
relationships with the supplier
so you can place confidence in
him that he will supply you with
the kind of healthy pullet you
want Harold thinks this develop-
ment of relationships is impor-
tant in all areas of faiming as it
becomes moie and more com-
plex and it is mcieasmgly neces
sary for the faimei to lely on
otheis to provide services lot
him
Esbenshade buys his pullets to
come into his laying house at 22
weeks of age and keeps them 14
- months He looks for a medium
weight bird and thinks the first
ten weeks after the birds aie in
the house are most important
Poultry Assn. Annual
Meeting Set October 30
The Annual Meeting of the
Lancaster County Poultry Asso
ciation will be held at 6 30 p m ,
on Thursday, October 30,1969 at
Hostetters’ Banquet Hall, Mount
Joy
The program includes Rev
Martin W A Trostle presenting
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10,000 layers. Harold places emphasis on
management over labor in his farm opera
tions. L. F. Photo
$2.00 Per Year
He likes to get them into peak
p'oduction and then feed and
manage them to carry them
through the housing period
“I’ve tried to put together a
farm operation here that doesn’t
take a lot of labor,” Harold said
lefenng to his nest-type belt
gathering egg system and auto
matic bulk feedei steer opera
t'on But he has a theory that
says “anytime labor is diminish
ed the management need is m
cieased” And it is along this
management line that Esben
shade thinks farmers should
show more development
“j think farmers should be
come moie of a businessman.”
he sai) j Businessmen take risks
anc | the farmer should be ready
to do this also If he considers
g lV mg some of the risks of his
business to others he should be
sure the lowering of his net in
come is not out of proportion to
the risk involved”.
“The farmer should become
t more aware of finances,” Harold
1 continued '“Not only the finances
related to his faim operation but
also to related businesses with
which he deals Many farmers
have stiapped themselves finan
cially so they can’t move
Esbenshade faims 120 acres
on his home place and rents 60
more acres He has room for 200
steers and glows 150 acres of
corn plus small grains and a
diminishing acieage of tobacco.
Mi and Mis Esbenshade and
their thiee children Jay 9, Denise
8, and Teddy 5, live just east of
Mt Joy at a Manheim R 2 address.