—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 28,1979 42 By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent '' BRODBECKS - Fourteen years ago, Allen and Emma Case moved west from rural New Jersey to a farm near the little southwestern York County town of Brodbecks. While visiting a friend in nearby Glen Rock, the family had fallen in love with the countryside and decided they wanted to stay. Today, they’re operators of Case Farm Hatchery, Brodbecks Rl, and take great pride in their reputation as one of the few remaining hatcheries to specialise in selling to “the little operator.” “No order is too small” is their philosophy and their advertising. And dealing in Emma Case packs anothers shipment of baby chicks. These day-olds are Araucunas, the chicken variety known for laying pastel colored eggs. OVER YWR ASSETS A roof overhead can mean a better bottom line. Your Quonset man can show you the dollars and cents of livestock confinement The choices in confinement housing can be confusing—total confine ment vs. open front, drive-through vs. automated feeding, slatted floors vs. solid. That's where your Quonset man can help—by tailoring your *lt’s definitely been a poultryman’s year 9 small orders nas become a full-time rapidly growing business. Both Allan and Emma came from farm backgrounds. She spent her childhood on a general farm and Allan’s folks ran a family poultry operation. Allan maintains the technical details of the hatchery and Emma is the key sales force and public relations specialist. Visitors to the rolling hills of the Case farm are greeted by the welcoming chatter of several hundred geese, ducks, guineas, chickens and peafowl. With the exception of turkeys, all poultry stock is bred right on the Codorus township farm. Emma Case Free! Rush me the new Farmer's Building Guide. Name R.R. or Box # Town Zip Phone / OlTlft\ T <Sl?T srs* Alt m J AF I UKW MJ A(D Phone 713 466-2509 All Quonset plants are ALSO quality-certified. Category MB indicates that turkeys are now being bred by artificial insemination, a technique for which they’re not equipped, and therefore the eggs are purchased in for the incubators. There are 13 varieties of chickens available to suit customer needs, including layers like Golden Comets or Rhode Island Reds, and meat producers like Cornish Rock Crosses. Another specialty is Araucanas, the hens famous for laying delicate-pastel colored “Easter eggs.” Many chicks are raised to the 26-week pullet stage and sold ready to begin laying. Four popular varieties of geese are kept for hatchery stock, with egg production system to your needs. Whether you're talking about confinement, dairy operations or any other farm use. Send today for the Quonset Farmer’s Building Guide. Answers your ques tions about general rules for farm layout plus specific guidelines on your farm shop, animal confinement or storage facility. State heaviest in Springs Most geese prefer to just hatch their nests of nine or ten eggs somewhere on the ground, but the Cases set up laying boxes on the outdoor pen floors and gather the eggs for the incubators.. Emden geese, the large white-bodies variety, and Toulose, heavy gray birds, are preferred for their feather and meat produc- (Turn to Page 44) The leader in the field. A tank mix of Lasso® plus atrazme herbicides offers broad spectm weed control in corn. That's one reason why it’s used on more corn acres than any other herbicide tank mix &V* > ' s * IT |y|o|}s| lasso - Heroicifle lasso is a registered trademark of Monsanto company Always read and follow tne laoer directions for lasso FARM BUILDINGS • Broiler Houses • Layer Houses • Pullet Houses •Hog Houses • Cattle Barns • Horse Borns And Many Others Will Design To Your Needs. REYNOLDS & YELLOTT CO., INC. ALL TYPES OF Call: 12800 Gores Mil! Rd. Reisterstown, MD 21136 Over 24 Years Experience 301-833-1840 AAtrex MW ;• .o^asat
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