28— Luncastcr Farming. Saturday, October 11.1969 • Plan For (Continued from Page 17) Vaccines given lo sick, tin lluiftv. womiy. pooily tended buds, o) vaccines impioperly adnnmsieied do not confer the desned immunity, rather they solve only as an added sticss lo the buds To add fuither insult, the giower goes away with a false sense of secuiity, thinking that his pullets are immune to these diseases when in reality they are not Instead, they mav be even moie susceptible than bcfoie the vaccine was admin isteiod. Theie aie four general fac tois that have direct influence on the outcome of the pullet. If we weie to enumerate these factois they would be: A Hei editary and congenital vigoi Chicks that are fiom bieedeis that are disease-free and are resistant to leucosis have a decided advantage over chicks of unknown history. B Nutiition Here we are concerned with the nutritional quality of the feed from day one thiough the growing of the pullet. Marginal nutritional de ficiencies are expressed in dif ferent ways and may vary from a lowered thriftiness or rests tance to obvious deformities such as perosis, curled toe pa ralysis, encephalomalacia, rick ets, etc C Environment This is the husbandly or management care of the pullets This is the area of action wheie the giower has complete control and responsi bility There aie few, if any, shoitcuts in good pullet caxe Efficiency adaptations make the job easiei but theie is no sub stitute foi “excellent” manage menl and D Disease Conti ol Heie we considei the contiol of vn cl ient infectious diseases of poul tiy that cannot be conti oiled, by management alone None of these fom factors aie shdi piv delineated All overlap with one 01 more of the othei factois A complete pullet pio giam must considei the bieedei health fiee fiom pulloium fowl tvphoid, avian tubeiculosis, Ijmphoid leucosis, and Maiek's Winter Grain The piepanng of the giound loi the Fall seeding of Winter giam should include the woik mg of the lime into the topsoil Gi ound that is to be seeded to a legume next Spung or Summer, and needs lime, should get that application this Fall while the giound is being worked The spieading of the lime on top of the giam this Winter or early Spung is not the best way to get the most value fiom the lime Lime needs fiom foui (4) to six (C) months time to sweeten the soil and will not be able to cor lect acidity in a few weeks time A complete soil test will give the amount of lime needed and this should be incorporated into the soil this Fall A balance between the lime, phosporus, and potash is needed for best yields on all soils Corn Crop Many livestock pioducers aie shoit of bedding foi their ani mals and thus the reason for the high puce of stiaw Since we have a veiy lank corn crop, it i 5 possible for com fodder to be dued and shiedded and biought into bams foi bedding, it may be handled loose Corn foddei is veiy adsoiptive and after shiad ding is one of the veiy good live stock beddings It is necessary that the foddei be diy in oidei to pievent heating and molding 11 stoi age Try A Classified Ad If Pays! md security of the pullets. Disease Sound management, 9. nc nj! f * )Cr arm vaccination and preventive w * t * l a 'l in ’ out practices medication. The belter the first 3) One caretaker only per three factois are. the easier flock and he must have no con control becomes tact with other poultry jtl Mrsas like Specific Pathogen Free _ , ~ (SPF) buds SPF buds are 5) Feed of known high quail deliberately grown and main- tv lamed under the stiiciest of 6) Exceptionally good glower sanitation, isolation and secun- caie ty To be of value as a source 7) Cocculiosis and worm con of eggs for research or biologi- trol piogram foi floor-reared cal products pioduclion. the and floor-biooded pullets hens must be fiee of salmonel- 8) Vaccination progiam tail lae infections, Newcastle Dis- oied to the aiea of the pullet ease, infectious bionchitis. avian buyer Basically, pullets should encephalomyelitis. lymphoid be vaccinated only for Newcas leucosis and, if possible, March’s tie Disease, infectious bionchi- Disease tis and avian encephalomyeli- With these goals in mind, a tis Other diseases such as fowl pullet health program would pox, laryngoti acheitis and fowl include cholera can usually be prevent Self-Propelled Bunk Feeder Out performs all others. Faster, safer, less expensive too. A one h.p. motor propells a 150 ft. feeder. Delivers 1,200 pounds of corn silage per minute. No feed separation. Put it outside or inside small lots or » ~ large. Ask us for full details. ■ MOKCS things mOYO Show-Ease Sfoll Co. Isaac W. Hurst Lancaster Blue Ball Carl L. Shirk Grumelli Farm Service Colebrook Rd., Fontana Quarryvllle 1) Strict sanitation, isolation cd by conscientious manage ment and security practice ex cept in extremely densely poul try pouplated areas; even then, only killed or attenuated vac cines should be used for these diseases. 9) Health monitoring pro gram to ascertain the immunity levels and vaccine response 10) Complete records main tained on all flocks to provide a complete farm history for the health prognosis of future flocks OXFORD PICKLE COMPANY South Deerfield, Moss. Invites our 1969 Cucumber Growers and all other interested parties to attend a meeting at the Fire Hall in Intercourse, Pa. WED., OCT. 22 - 7 p. m. 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