—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 10, 1974 20 Overseas Visitors Tour Pennfield Egg Operation One item of interest on the Pennfield tour for foreign poultrymen was the manure dehydrating plant. Here, Hendrink Wentink, of Pennfield, and a visitor examine a batch of the clean, dry and odorless end product. These Hungarian poultrymen are peering into one of the light-controlled laying houses at Pennfield’s automated laying operation near Ephrata. AAA A A Two busloads of foreign visitors descended on Pennfieid Corporation’s number two egg farm near Ephrata on Monday. The visitors made the stop as part of a tour of poultry operations throughout the eastern half of the U. S. They’re all on their way to the 15th World Poultry Congress scheduled to get underway Sunday, August 11, in New Orleans. The Pennfieid operation at Ephrata is believed to be the first automated “in-line” egg production-processing unit in the world, and was built in 1965-66. The foreign poultrymen saw a total of nine houses, each with some 30,000 layers. They viewed every step of the way as the eggs traveled in an even flow from the cages to the car tons. They asked questions about feeding, lighting, manure disposal, marketing, interest rates and birds. Laszlo Sentirmai, a Hungarian who acted as - interpreter for the first bus load of 39 visitors, told Lancaster Farming that he was very impressed with the Pennfieid laying operation. Sentirmai is the director of a poultry processing plant in the southwestern portion of Hungary. There were a great many Hungarians on the tour, along with Russians, English, Swedes, Danes, Yougoslavs, Czechs, and one Iranian. An American, Gil Eddy, was tour leader for the first busload. Eddy is market development manager for Diamond In ternational. Before the start of the tour, Eddy presented a plaque to Donald Horn and Glenn Herr honoring Penn fieid for creating the first large in-line laying complex. Horn and Herr are Pennfieid executives. \ Slill your best crib bay V \ See Us Today] ffipP EXCLUSIVE SPEEDY ' ROOF RAFTERS MAKE '<-iS'j- * SPEEDY CORN CRIBS < " Tima-Fssfs- Speedy roof ratters guarantee easy proper placement ol roof panels the first time Ratters add great strength to the roof Panels need only to be bolted together in three places It s another big lime saving feature you get only in Speedy Bar Lok corn cribs Stands up best - lasts longer Wire mesh panels are 5 gauge wire - thick as a ’/< bolt' No bulge or sag Sturdy 25 gauge galvanized roof is securely anchored to 9 steel roof ratters and side panels Can t blow off l Come in today and see the Speedy Bar Lok corn crib Let us prove to you that Speedy is twice as fast - twice as easy to erect Let us show you all the other features that make Speedy Bar Lok your best corn crib buy LANDIS GRUMELLI FARM BROS., INC. SERVICE .J2223*. p&K a .-» Lancaster, Pa. 17601 Phone:7B6-7318 Hendrink Wentink, left, shows a Ephrata. The visitors were in this group of Hungarian visitors around country to attend the 15th World Pennfield Corp.’s completely Poultry Congress in New Orleans. automated layer operation near Pennfield Corp.’s Glenn Herr, left, International. The plaque honors and Donald Horn, center, accepted a Pennfield for building the first in-line plaque Monday from Gil Eddy, market egg facility in the world, development manager for Diamond PH £ancMt«r Tarmlnr Photo*
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers