—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18, 1971
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Reducing Poultry
Dr. Robert Gentry, Penn State
poultry disease researcher, will
address Pennsylvania’s
poultrymen and poultry
processors at a meeting at 1:30
p.m. January 12 in Room 309,
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture Building,
Harrisburg
"In order to maintain our
position in the poultry industry,
positive steps must be taken to
reduce condemnations to a very
Put Sewage Systems On Well-Drained Lots
In 1972, more than 30,000 homes
will be built in Pennsylvania
without public sewage Most of
these homes will use septic tanks
that dispose the waste into the
soil, says R M Davis, State
Conservationist of the Soil
Conservation Service
Home builders should be
careful in selecting the land they
plan to build on warns Davis He
said that in Pennsylvania, ap
proximately 65 per cent of the
soils are poorly suited for on-lot
sewage disposal Expensive
alterations may be needed on
these soils to make septic tanks
work effectively
Seasonal high water tables,
slow percolation, steep slopes
and shallowness to bedrock are
common factors restricting soils
lor sewage disposal Deep, well
drained soils are needed for
conventional septic tank fields to
operate properly
Septic tanks on poorly suited
soils often cause unsanitary
conditions on homeowner lots
Failures can result in the con
tamination of the ground water or
nearby streams, the State
Conservationist reported
Home builders are required to
get a permit issued by the
Department of Environmental
Resources before installing on
site sewage disposal systems
Builders with land having poorly
suited soils may not be issued
permits without special in
stallation requirements
Soils information can be helpful
in selecting sites suitable for
septic tank sewage disposal
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minimum,” Gentry said,
Records show that most
broilers are condemned under
three categories: 1) March’s
Disease; 2) airsacculitis; 3)
septicemia-toxemia.
The first two categories are
specific disease problems.
Marek’s Disease is a virus in
fection and birds are condemned
due to the presence of tumors.
This can now be greatly reduced
by vaccination Therefore,
systems The information is
available at the Soil Conservation
Service’s office in Lancaster
County, reports Orval Bass,
district conservationist
Frank Lucas, with the U S Soil
Conservation Service in Lan
caster, says that soil charac
teristics such as depth to
bedrock, internal drainage and
slope strongly influence the
suitability of an area for housing
Lucas stated, “As an individual
home buyer or builder, you may
spend months checking and
considering the design,
materials, and construction of
your new home You should be
equally concerned about the soil
underneath The soil you build on
can seriously affect the stability
of your home, your repair bills,
you comfort and the resale value
of your home
“It has been estimated that 58
Donald Horn Is Given Responsibility
For Pennfield Corp.’s Egg Division
Donald Horn, of York, has been
promoted by Pennfield Cor
poration to General Manager of
the egg division
He will have complete
responsibility for the entire
process of egg production and
marketing at Pennfield’s three
farms and two processing plants
in Cloisterdale, Ephrata, Lincoln,
and Lancaster
Horn, son of Ernest O. Horn Sr,
on of the founders of D. E. Horn
Co of York, has been with
Pennfield Corporation for 15
years, starting as a feed
salesman in York at the age of 18
In 1962, he became sales
manager and in 1966 was
promoted to vice president and
general manager of marketing.
Early this year, when D. E.
Horn Co and Miller & Bushong
consolidated to form the Penn-
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Condemnations Is Meeting Topic
Marek’s Disease condemnations
need not be a problem for anyone
that is willing to vaccinate.
Airsacculitis usually results
from a combination of
Mycoplasma and a respiratory
virus infection. When combined
with poor management, con
demnations can be extrememly
high. Mycoplasma free chicks
are available and proper vac
cination controls respiratory
virus infections. When used with
per cent of the soils in Lancaster
County are unsuited for on-site
disposal of sewage This is due to
shallow soil conditions, excess
water from flooding or a
seasonally high water table,or
excessive internal drainage.
“Other construction problems
are encountered on the wet,
shallow, floodplain and limestone
soils of the county These
problems include wet basements,
flooding, foundation settlement,
and difficulties in basement
excavations. “Although special
construction precautions will
eliminate or minimize these
problems, a knowledge of the soil
is the first requirement in ef
fecting a solution ” syas Frank
Lucas
If you are planning to buy or
build a house, it will pay you to
check the Lancaster County Soil
Survey for the soil map of your
Donald Horn
Promoted at Pennfield
field Corporation, Horn was
named to the board of directors.
He is a member of the Rotary
Club, and the Sales and
Marketing Club of York, as well
as director and second vice
president of the Northeast Egg
Marketing Association, and past
president of the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation.
good management, airsacculitis
condemnations can be
minimized.
The last important category is
septicemia-toxemi. Un
wholesome birds, for which there
is no specific disease evident, are
placed in this category. Low
grade or secondary infections are
usually involved. Such birds have
usually been under severe stress
such as poor ventilation and
area and have that map m
terpretated for you. The Soil
Conservation Service, 1383 Ar
cadia Road, Lancaster, telephone
394-0681, ext 61, has copies of the
soil survey and can make in
terpretations of the soils in your
area
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overcrowding. Management is
the key to reduce septicemia
toxemia condemnations.
An in-depth discussion of the
condemnation problem, causes
and corrective measures will
highlight the January 12 meeting.
“Condemnation can be reduced if
we are determined to pinpoint the
problems and then take the steps
necessary for their elimination,”
Gentry said.
All broiler growers and poultry
processing operators are invited
to attend this important
presentation. Dr Edward
Mallmson of the Pennsylvania
Bureau of Animal Industry and
Dr. Dwight Schwartz, Penn State
University, will also be present to
answer questions.
All arrangements for the
meeting are made by the Penn
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Harrisburg.
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