Poultry Specialists Speak at Lancaster The first in a scries of poultry education meetings was held Thursday evening at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center, according to associate Lancaster County agent Jay Irwin. Speaking to the, assembled poultrymen were three of Penn State’s poultry extension specialists. Broiler condemnations were discussed by Dr. Floyd Hicks. He pointed out that Pennsylvania is one percent higher than the U.S. average condemnation rate. Leucosis causes 57 percent of all condemnations. Hicks noted, but said this percentage is decreasing since vac cination. Another problem area that can be managed is ventilation. Proper ven tilation will reduce breast blisters and maintain litter moisture at about 25 percent year round. Ammonia gas can be a problem when it exceeds 20-25 ppm for over 72 hours exposure. The most important factor in broiler management is the proper combination of temperature and humidity, Hicks noted. Undergrade and egg shell damage were discussed by Professor Kermit Birth. He illustrated cracked egg shells like a sledge hammer bouncing off a rock on the LEAST COST PERFORMANCE WITH PURINA LIFE CYCLE TEMP-R-RATED LAYING CHOWS When you feed your layers Purina, you feed a ration that is adjusted to temperatures ... to get total performance from your birds. Purina Poultry Research knows how a hen’s nutrient needs change as temperature changes So, they’ve formulated fortified Temp-R-Rated lil Laying Chows"'.. . built to meet bird nutrient needs to help hens produce at the top of their ability. These rations, made with high quality ingredients, are balanced for low, mild, warm and high in-house temperatures Feeding the right ration at the *ight time can help hens produce each dozen of eggs on a minimum of feed. Come in or call us for more information on Purina Temp-R- Rated Laying Chows for your birds Let us help you get more eggs during all seasons of the year with the right ration. High Bros. PHONE: 354-0301 GORDONViLLE David L. Stoddard Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc. McCracken’s Feed Mill,. Inc. 2 NEW CHARLOTTES!,, MANHEIM PHONE: 717-665-2186 „ Ira B. Landis PHONE 665-3248 BOX 276, MANHEIM RD3 West Willow Fanners Assn., Inc. first blow, but repeated blows like a sledge hammer bouncing off a rock on the first blow, but repeated blows break it. Eggs will crack with repeated bumps, however slight, Birth said. Reducing water tem perature will reduce thermal checks, but water tem perature is only a secondary cause; the primary cause will be elsewhere. Where the stress is due to contact with hard surface, don’t over-correct with too resiliant substance. Eggs will then bounce into other eggs causing a worse problem. Shell quality goes beyond surface conditions and thickness. Sometimes eggs of the same shell thickness will have a different breaking point - a different shell quality. To pin point problem areas, Birth said poultrymen should identify where cracked eggs are located in the carton since a pattern will show you where it is happening in your system. Eggs may be bumped several times from the nest and gathering area and not show up as cracks until packaged. Continued maintainance is the most important factor. John B. Kurtz PHONE: 354-9251 R.D.3, EPHRATA PHONE: 717-529-6212 RD.I, OXFORD, PA PHONE: 367-1195 RHEEMS John I. Hess, 11, ktc. PHONE: 442-4632 PARADISE PHONE: 464-3431 WEST WILLOW Walter Shaub, right, president of the Lancaster County Poultry Association, is shown welcoming Penn State speakers at a Poultry Education meeting last Thursday at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. The speakers, from left, were: Dr. Dwight Schwartz, poultry veterinarian; Dr. Floyd Hicks, poultry specialist, and Kermit Birth, poultry marketing specialist. Parasites and their control was the topic presented by Dr. Dwight Schwartz. The Northern Fowl mite is the most difficult to deal with, he said. With the advent of wire floors and cages, we have few problems with internal parasites. Fowl ticks are only a problem when birds are outside. There are two kinds of mites; the red mites which live in cracks and attach to the birds when at rest, and the Northern Fowl mites which live solely on the birds. Mites feed on blood creating anemia in the birds. READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS TAX PREPARATION Farm - Business - Individual HAROLD H. 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Model 2012,19" impeller Model 3013,27” impeller Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,1975 Messick Wins Trip To Hawaii Mr. and Mrs. Robert Messick of Messick Farm Equipment, Elizabethtown, have been named a winner in International Harvester’s year-long parts sales campaign. Messick and his wife will join more than 100 International Harvester dealer parts managers and their wives and company regional parts sales managers-all winners in the firm’s past year’s retail parts sales program-who will be leaving February 21 to enjoy six days in Honolulu, Hawaii, as guests of In ternational Harvester. The top 84 dealer parts managers chosen from IH’s 42 parts sales areas also will become the first members of Think Big. 31 bi That’s the capacity of New Idea’s big Single Beater PTO spreader—built to make short work of those big spreading jobs. Optional Upper Beater Breaks up big hunks, shreds the load for better spreading pattern... adds load-carrying capacity, as well. 2-Year Warranty on Chain. 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Managers in each of the 42 parts sales areas competed against each other for two trip awards: One going to the parts manager who had the greatest volume over his 12 months retail objective and the other to the parts manager with the greatest percent gain over his retail parts sales objective. Messick has been parts manager for Messick Farm Equipment for seven years! ROY H. BUCH, INC. Ephrata, R D 2 717-859-2441 N. G. HERSHEY & SON Manheim 717-665-2271 LANDIS BROS., INC. Lancaster 717-393-3906 lew Negley-Miller Silos silo blowers conveyors barn cleaners calf stalls free stalls cow mats barn fans Ritchie water fountains 55
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