Herr Reports on Project SHUD
Glenn Herr, production
manager, Pennfleld Farms,
has been doggedly resear
ching, planning and ex
perimenting with methods to
convert poultry manure and
its odors into a usable
product that will benefit the
environment and the
poultryman. Herr’s dried
poultry waste or SHUD
project is a necessity today
and although Pennfield is
one of the first in the nation
to create a sound working
program, many universities,
government agencies and
private enterprises have
begun to recognize the im
portance of dried poultry
waste.
A lot of waste has been
raked, scraped, churned and
aerated in the past few years
and Herr feels he can reflect
on the progress, success and
future of dried poultry waste
at Pennfield Farms. Ad
mitedly, poultry waste is a
problem and Pennfield set
their goals high to solve and
altogether eliminate the
enigma. Herr is optimistic
that Pennfield is well on its
way to achieving that goal
now, and continues to
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research for improvements
to the existing method to
reach it even sooner.
Illuminating on the
present dried poultry waste
procedure, Herr explained
that Pennfield Farms had
converted their manure
handling system from a
liquid, untouchable,
odoriferous mass into a
touchable and nearly odor
free saleable end product is
in excess of five percent
nitrogen and thirty-five
percent protein.
Herr has given numerous
speeches and prepared
many papers on the
program. Visitors from all
over the United States and
several foreign countries
have visited Pennfield
Farms to see the system at
work and to analyze
possibilities of converting
their systems.
Herr emphasized that to
date the market has been
totally for organic fertilizer,
but becasue of the interest of
universities such as Penn
State and Michigan State,
government projects such as
USDA Research Center at
Beltsville, Maryland, and
private organizations, he is
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quite encouraged and ex
cited about potential uses for
dried poultry waste.
Herr feels the ultimate use
for dried poultry waste will
be as foodstuff, preferably
for cattle and sheep. His
impression is that all in
volved should be encouraged
about the future of the
product. Because of the
protein needs throughout the
world, the Food and Drug
Administration is keenly
aware of the possibilities and
hopes are high that the FDA
will grant an early approval
of using dried poultry waste
as livestock feed.
In addition to the promise
of financial gain from dried
' poultry waste, the ecological
benefits play an important
role in processing this
commodity. The advantages
to the farm itself and the
community are obvious.
Since the conversion,
Pennfield Farms has ex
perienced a significant
reduction in fly population
and substantial decrease of
odor;
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category, especially feed. In
1972, the average total cost of
feed for one cow was $333. In
1973, the cost was $433, or an
increase of about 23 percent.
The value of product above
feed cost was $528 in 1972 and
$485 in 1973, a decline of
about 9 percent. Increases in
the number of animals
producing and in the average
milk and butterfat
production kept the decline
in returns from matching the
increase in feed costs. Value
of product produced per cow
in 1972 was $B5l, compared
with $9lB in 1973, a gain of
about 8 percent.
In his “State of the
Association” message to the
hundreds of DHIA members
in attendance, president
Robert Kauffman said that
the cost of tests will likely
rise in the near future. He
also said that the
assiciation’s $6168 deficit for
the year had been planned by
the directors. Kauffman
pointed out that the
association had built up a •
reserve fund in excess of
$25,000 two years ago, and
the directors felt this was an
excessive amount. They
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decided to pay part of an
increase in the cost of doing
business out of this reserve,
a move which forestalled
some increases in testing
fees.
Fees will have to be raised
soon, though, Kauffman said
because the assiciation can’t
continue to operate at a
deficit. Also, the DHIA
supervisors are due a pay
raise, a supervisor
retirement program, partly
funded by dairymen, is
expected to be implemented
soon, and other costs are also
increasing.
Kauffman concluded his
message with the statement
that he expects the directors
to adopt a revised feed
schedule at the February
meeting.
Take Care in Selecting
Non-Food Items
If you’re looking for ways
to reduce your grocery bill,
look to the non-foods first.
Non-food items account for
at least a fourth of the
average consumer’s grocery
bill. Non-food products
generate about as much
business as meat, poultry
and fish sales. A super
market can count on taking
in about as much money
from sales of housewares
and household supplies as
from dairy products. If you
are trying to economize at
the grocery store, remember
to take care in selecting non
food items too. Get in the
habit of pricing deodorants,
detergents, toothpaste and
other items on a unit basis or
cost-per-ounce. Many times
you can make substantial
savings on these products by
purchasing one brand over
arother, or by buying larger
sizes, or by comparing
prices with discount
department stores
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