EB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1980 Ag scholarships (Continued from Page E 7) Palmyra, $650, and Patricia J. Provost of Washington, $5OO, from the Kurvm W. and Eva S. Lauer College of Agriculture Student Grants. Celeste A- Miller of Coopersburg, $l5O from the David R. McClay Scholar ship. Anthony G. Stair of Hynd man, $lBO from the Morrell Smith Scholarship. Christina L. Hartman of Carlisle, $lOO, and Joanne P. Tannahill of Philadelphia, $125, from the New York Florists’ Club Awards. Judy A. Howe of Erie, $2OO from the Alan Nutt Memorial Scholarship. Mary B. Noms of Valen cia, $3OO from the Penn sylvania Egg Marketing Association Scholarship. Judy A. Howe of Erie $lOO from the Pennsylvania Farm and Garden Book Award. Nancy J. Hefright of Johnsonburg, $3OO from the Pennsylvania Farm and Garden Scholarship. Kathy J. Strock of Mechamcsburg, $4OO from the Pennsylvania Grassland Council Scholarship. Robert R. Dobos of Mead ville and Edward T. Du of State College, each $2OO from the Pennsylvania Plant Food Education Society, Inc. Stu dent Awards. James L. Adams of Reading, $6OO from the Pen nsylvania Poultry Federa tion Scholarship. Timothy Brooke of Westfield and Carla Brum baugh of Williamsburg, each $475 from the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association Scholarship. Geoffrey Brink of Jamestown and Janet Km nen of Pittsford, each $l5O from the Pennsylvania Seed man’s Association Awards. James N. Boyer, Tyrone, $525, Jerre L. Creighton, Im ler, $375, Thomas E. DeMeo, Kingston, $5OO, Pamela J. Edwards, Palmyra, $3OO, and Stacey L. Hazen, New Wilmington, $3OO, from the Carl I. Peterson Memorial Scholarships. Ina Richards of Mt. Jewett and Dawn Kauffman of Belleville, each $5OO from the William D. and Clara Calhoun Phillips Scholar ship. Donald A. Wilson of Sum- SILAGE AND FEED CARTS 34’ Wide, 62” Long, 28" wide, 60" long, 53" high, capacity (to feed 35” high, capacity 600 lbs 35 to 40 Cows) Choice of 10" pneumatic 16" Ball Bearing wheels or semi-pneumatic wheels For very easy handling Many Other Sizes Available We Also Manufacture Swivel Casters for 16”. 12” and 10” wheels MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SCENIC ROAD FARM SUPPLY 3539 Scenic Road Gordonville, Pa 17529 - AUTHORIZED DEALERS - AARON S. GROFF A SON RDI3, Ephrata, PA 17522 Phone. (717)354-4631 ATLEE F. REBERT RD 2 Lrttlestown, PA 17057 Phone (717)359-5863 - DELIVERIES AVAILABLE - merhill, $4OO from the Her man R. Purdy Award. Mary B. Norris of Valen cia, $650 from the Ralston Purina Scholarship. Mary Jean A. Cybulski of Nanticoke and Mark A. Johnson of West Chester, each $250 from the Norman C. Reber Scholarships. Jerre L. Creighton of Im ler, $325 from the Jesse Rossiter Rapp Memorial Scholarship. Barbara A. Fair of Pitt sburgh, $250 from the Orvel and Jane Schmidt Forestry Award. Lisa Boennger of Selin sgrove and Thomas E. Gaul of Ellwood City, each $7OO. Keith L. Belli of Hatboro, $550, from the School of Forest Resources Scholar ships. Robert L. Hocker, Cogan Station, Mark A. Johnson, West Chester, and Particia J. Provost of Washington, each $2OO from the Jennie B. and James F. Shigley Pre- Veterinary Alumni Scholar ships. Catherine S. Dakan, Palmerton, Wendy L. David son, Harveys Lake, James F. Dostal, St. Marys, Sue E. Fntz, Stillwater, Randall L. Hamilton, Boiling Springs, Judy A. Howe, Erie, Gary L. Moyer, Richland, Irwin J. Slotmck, Coloma, and Mark S. Strefeler, Canonsburg, each $325 from the Harry W. Skinner Scholarships. Thomas H. Weber of Bethlehem, $5OO from the James B. Stere Memorial Scholarship. Pamela D. Hess of Stillwater, $l,OOO from the Joe S. Taylor Memorial Scholarship. Sue L. Mincemoyer of Win field and Stephen D. Miller of Stroudsburg, each $2OO from the Two-Year Agricultural Business Awards. Mark A. Johnson of West Chester and Madelyn Valchar of Lower Burrell, each $5OO from the United Farm Agency Scholarships. Barbara A. Rosensteel of North Versailles, $5OO from the Two-Year Agricultural Class Memorial Award. Elizabeth A. Dick of Holhdaysburg, and Joanne Tannalull of Philadelphia, each $350 from the Darrell E. Walker Memorial Scholarships. A second per bird needed for management BY HERBERT C. JORDAN Extension poultry specialist UNIVERSITY PARK - The flock manager should spend about one second per bird each day observing each bird in the flock or handling birds, freeing Caught birds, removing dead birds or improving ven tilation, environment, caring for heat, feed or water and grit. Let’s look at cost and returns of spending one second of time per bird per day in the flock. If you pay a person $4 per hour to manage a flock of birds, then this is payment of 6.6 cents a minute, managers cost, and .11 cents per second of time spent. So if you spend one second a day for 365 days for one layer-type bird you then spend 365 seconds per year at a cost of 41 cents per year per layer just to observe and manage the flock. Last year poorly managed layer flocks earned 20 cents per layer per year net in come to labor and management, while well managed flocks earned $l.OO per layer per year, net m- Lon F. Fehr of Pine Grove, $lOO from the Harriet Searle Watts Memorial Scholarship. Truby J. Brown, Westfield, $lOO, Wendy L Davidson, Harveys Lake, $lOO, Eileen E. Fabian, Pitt sburgh, $lOO, Lon F. Fehr, Pine Grove, $2OO, Sue E. Fritz, Stillwater, $2OO, Sally J. Gnage, Warren, $4OO, and Mary J. Hess, Osceola Mills, $lOO, from the Whitford Flowers, Inc. Scholarships. SPECIALISTS IN FEED CONVEYING Move feed up an incline or horizontally Go around 90 degree corners Set up an overhead feed conveying system in any configuration Control amount of feed by volume or weight You can do all this and more with a CABLEVEY system A galvanized steel tube carries a durable, flexible cable with plastic discs attached to the cable Discs pull the feed through the tube to feed drops MERVIN MILLER BUILDERS Sales & Service 7 Keener Rd., Lititz, Pa. 17543 717-626-5204 come to labor and management. Therefore we see an 80 cent per bird improvement in mcome between poor flocks and profitable flocks So the question is, will you spend 41 cents per layer per year with the risk of earning 80 cents more per layer per year? Let’s look at pullets which grow for 20 weeks or 140 days at one second for flock ob servation per bird per day or 140 seconds at .11 cent per second cost of manager. That’s a total of 15 cents per pullet in the flock as management cost to look at birds, free caught birds, pull dead birds, care for needs of the bird in environment and nutrition , and disease prevention or control. Net mcome to labor and management per pullet can be 25 cents per pullet so the question is, can you spend 15 cents to earn 25 cents per pullet per batch? Let’s look at meat birds like roasters which grow to 10 weeks of age or 70 days at one second per day or 70 seconds per roaster as ob servation tune of the flock manager. This means if you observe each and every bird for one second per day during the growing period this costs you 8 cents per roaster to ob serve the birds, examine them for health, disease or parasites. Pick up dead birds, weigh live birds, post dead birds so that you keep in touch with disease or health disorders. The real question is, can you afford to spend 8 cents per bird to receive a better mcome when birds are sold? Dealer ForGINGWAY FREE STALLS If you hire it done, this one second per bird per day will cost 8 cents per roaster sold at 10 weeks of age if you pay $4 per hour for a person to manage the flock. If the manager does this himself or herself, then the cost is not 8 cents per bird, it is a question of where else can you place your time to earn more or less 9 In looking at turkeys, the profit goes up. Let’s say a farmer is growing turkeys to FORD TRACTOR WITH SAUDER LOADER AND BLADES TO FIT MOST TRACTORS WITH OR WITHOUT HYDRAULIC BUCKET SERVING THE COMMUNITY THIRTY-ONE YEARS ALLEN H. MATZ. INC. 505 E. Main St., New Holland, Pa (717)354-2214 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED | SlEix CableveyT automates' feeding A CABLEVEY feed conveying system nnQuPHU can completely auto mate the feeding of your livestock and y//j| poultry Control feed mg by either weight or volume You can transport up to 3000 lbs of ration per hour. Circuit length may extend up to 1000 ft Deliver feed from storage bins to feeders with a wide range of configuration opfons Durable plastic discs are attached to a gal vanized steel cable A drive unit powered by a single electric motor moves the cable through a steel tube available in l‘/4 and 2 inch diameters The CABLEVEY system is quiet, flexible and efficient 20 weeks of age or 140 days at one second to observe every bird for a second every day x Thus he spends if)) seconds observing a 20 week old turkey; we therefore hire someone at $4.00 per hour or .11 cents per second or we spend 15 cents more on every turkey on observation tune. So the question is, can you spend 15 cents per turkey to improve bird performance, to pick up and post dead birds, to keep feeders, waterers, environment and bird health perfect or as good as you can keep it? Remember, the birds’ performance pays the bills, the farmer only writes the checks. it i \ th!' Sat I°pws 62 3. 624
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