—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 27, 1976
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Broiler - Turkey growing
discussed at educational meeting
By MELISSA PIPER
LANCASTER - Poultry
growers have seen myriad
changes throughout the past
decade and are still ex
periencing advances in
technology but good common
sense and everyday
management tools will still
be valid in years to come,
according to three poultry
experts who met here late
last week.
Guests of the Lancaster
County Poultry Association,
Dr. Richard Long, technical
specialist for Merck Animal
Health Division, Charlton
Whalley, manager of the
Broiler Grow Out Division
for Bayshore Foods and Bob
Farrell, procurement
manager for Swift Inc.,
spoke before a large
audience at the Farm and
Home Center as a third
meeting in a series of
educational programs for
poultry growers in this area.
Dr. Long addressed the
group first and used a slide
presentation to reinforce his
ideas on starting broilers.
Although the health
specialist noted that many
growers are under contract,
he explained that it is still
important for the manager
of a poultry operation to use
good judgement in his
everyday practices. “The
input that a manager gives
to his operation is just as
important as the contract
itself,” he added.
“Individual farmers are
still required in this business
and their work is important
to us.”
Long criticized those
producers who filled their
houses with expensive
automated equipment only
to find that the small chicks
could not use it. Pointing to
his slides, Long showed
unused automatic waterers
and feeders which were
either too high, blocking
travel for the small animals
or too difficult to operate.
“Even though those clear
water bottles look out of
place in a modern operation,
I wouldn’t think of starting
chicks on anything else,” he
stated.
Citing the need for
adequate feed and water,
Long again referred to slides
which showed empty water
bottles, and spilled feed
pans. “In this type of
operation you’re just kidding
yourself,” he chided “this
isn’t operating efficiently.’*
Naming one major fault
with many managers, Long
noted that too often junk
accumulates around the
poultry houses and inside the
pens allowing rats to become
attracted to the area. “Clear
away the weeds, equipment
and junk,” he stated,
“chicks are destracted by
even a light bulb and will
flock around it by instinct.”
“It takes a lot of hard work
and common sense to raise
chicks,” the health specialist
explained, “but if you do the
job it can be a good
business.”
Doing a good job is what
makes a successful
manager, according to
Charlton Whalley who spoke
to the poultry growers on
what supervisors expect
from them.
“A good grower is an
important asset to any
company,” Whalley noted
and that is why flock
supervisors expect the best
upkeep and decisions.”
A former flock supervisor
himself, Whalley cited
several important factors
that managers should be
aware of. “One thing is
extremely important is to
cull then get rid of the
animals,” he explained.
“Dead broilers should not be
left lying around as they
invite disease and
predators.”
Whalley also noted the
importance of properly
cleaning feeding and
watering equipment and also
cleaning of the house itself.
“Remember to blow old
accumulated dust off the
building fixtures,” he said,
“and wash the house down
when weather permits.”;
The Bayshore manager
also told die growers that
heat was vital to broiler
growth in the winter. “Make
chicks comfortable with heat
in the winter,” he related,
“before chickens come into
the building heat the facility
24-36 .hours so that the
dampness is gone.”
Whalley closed his
remarks by reminding
growers to also keep access
roads in good condition for
the truck drivers.
“Paying the towing
charges can add up,” he
noted, “your presence when
a load goes out is helpful for
giving directions and
showing the driver the best
methods for getting near the
poultry house without get
ting stuck.”
Turkeys are hard to raise
and need special attention
according to Bob Farrell
who represented the Swift
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Farrell reiterated much of
the recommendations for
producing healthy broilers
and stated, “growing
turkeys is very similar to
broilers but they do need
much more care.”
One area which the Swift
representative dwelt on was
the incidences of drug
residues in turkey. “We
must be extremely careful of
this problem,” he noted, “it
takes proper care and un
derstanding to work this
out.”
“Know just what drugs
may be in the food or water
and make sure they are used
properly,” he cautioned.
Adding that many turkey
producers were still in
dependent he stated, “small
farmers must begin to
realize that marketing will
not be getting easier, they
should know their markets
and be in agreeance on
terms.”
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Pork honors awarded
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here. Dale Nolt, Manbeim,
captured the grand cham
poin entry with his 200 pound
hog. The gilt’s statistics
recorded at one inch back
fat; 6.7 inch of loin-eye; 32.6
percent ham-loin with a
length of 30 inches. „
George Getz, Lancaster,
exhibited the reserve grand
champion which entered the
contest at 205 pounds. The
barrow recorded one inch of
backfat with 5.5 inches of
loin-eye; 32.3 ham-loin
percentage and a length of
30.8 inches.
Awards were also
presented to the winners of
the Lancaster County Fall
Carcass Contest. John
Strawbridge took champion
honors for his 215 pound
entry with Gehman’s Mill
capturing reserve honors for
their 235 pound hog.
John Henkel, Strasburg,
was honored at the Lan-
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