DlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980 Now—mechanical harvesting for broilers SALISBURY, Md - Mechanical harvesting of broiler chickens produce more high-quality carcasses at substantial economic savings and is more humane than hand catching This is the finding of a University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station agricultural engineer studying mechanical alternatives to the traditional methods of hand-catching and loading broilers Assistant professor Ah Farsaie and his colleagues designed and tested two mechanical devices for catching and loading broilers in response to the growing desire for methods that are less costly, less damaging and that require fewer men than the Chicken (Continued from Page D 9) the reproductive system is stimulated ” Sure enough, closer examination of the chicken showed that its testes were huge, about the size of a chestnut, compared to the normal kidney-bean-sized testes Still, the bigger surprise came when the researchers were able to milk the nine week old male for semen Normally, semen production does not begin until broiler breeders are about 20 to 24 weeks old and weigh about 400 grams The chickens that had undergone the operation weighed about one-fourth of that (1,200 grams) “and it seems that the ones Ms Mass cut are going to remain lighter in weight throughout their development,” Kuenzel said “I was surprised,” he said “The operation apparently stimulates the onset of development of their reproductive system-it brings them to sexual ATTENTION T A___ If your old Deutz engine is too tired to make it thru the winter - HAVE IT REBUILT- • We rebuild about 100 Deutz engines per year All models • We recondition everything, including starter and generator. • Small diesels can be rebuilt in one day. • We also stock some rebuilt exchange engines for same-day change over. • OUR REBUILDS CARRY A SIX MONTH LIMITED WRITTEN WARRANTY • Reasonably priced. 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In one test, broilers were caught by scoop on a front end loader An average of 55 broilers were caught with the scoop and earned to the bed of a live-haul truck There, they were gently removed one by one and placed in chicken coops Another group of broilers were gently picked up by hand and placed into crates inside the broiler house Eighty-eight crates were caught by the front-end loader method and 84 were caught by hand The broilers sustained less bruising from the “scoop” method than they did by the traditional method In the other test, broilers maturity development, much sooner than normal ” Just why this is so is a question Kuenzel is studying right now "We’re trying to determine much fiber tracks (connections that carry messages from one nerve cell to the next) in the brain were severed,” he said “They are patterned through the brain, so, hopefully, we can identify which ones were cut by the surgery Right now, we don't know ” The implications of the research are promising With sexual development coming much earlier than normal, roosters can begin breeding much earlier; potentially more chickens can be produced The operation also ap pears to offset the problem of unwieldy size among roosters as well as avian leg weakness brought about, in part, by that size The smaller roosters are fully capable of producing sperm, yet are not so big as to have difficulty inseminating the hens New Holland, PA were caught by the scoop attached to the front-end loader and then dumped onto a long conveyor They moved along the conveyor to the truck, where they were hand-loaded individually into coops One hundred crates USDA to for potato nemitode LONG ISLAND, NY - Areas on Long Island and in upstate New York infested with the golden nematode, a destructive pest of potatoes, will be getting increased safeguards against con tamination of soil and water by certain pesticide treat ment® say U S Department of Ag i olture officials The golden nematode damages potatoes by boring into the roots and robbing the plants of water and nutrients It occurs throughout most of the Old World and South America, but only in isolated areas in North America In the United States it is found only on Long Island and in a small area in upstate New York, centered in Steuben county Aggressive state and federal regulatory and control programs have so far prevented its spread to other U.S potato-growing areas According to Glen Lee, staff officer in USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service which administers the federal programs, an environmental monitoring system is being set up to determine what residue levels, if any, Tanks all bear Underwriters' Label and are coated with black asphaltum paint We can provide timely delivery from Quarryville PA (15 miles from the Pennsylvania Maryland line) to Maryland, Delaware, Virginia New Jersey & New York The rule of thumb for figuring delivery charges (a> $1 25 a loaded mile We invite inquiries by phone or mail broilers were loaded using this method, while another 104 crates were loaded by hand Again, the broilers sustained less bruising from the scoop and conveyor method than they did by the traditional method The mechanical monitor remain in soil and water following treatment “We’ll be taking soil and water samples both before and after the treatments,” said Lee, and we'll continue with followup sampling at prescribed time intervals Water from wells and ponds and other impoundments, and soil from various depths will be analyzed ” The New York Depart ment of Agriculture and Markets and the manufacturers of the chemicals are cooperating m setting up the program, which is expectd to be ready in time for the coming year’s treatment season All data obtained will be available to the public NEW UNDERGROUND STEEL FUEL STORAGE TANKS Capacity Diameter Length Gauge Weight Price FOB (Gallons) (Thickness) (Pounds) Quarryville 1?85 3’b” 5*6” 12 278 110.00 550 4’o" 6’o" 10 549 205.00 550 4’o” 6’o” 7 751 250.00 1.000 4’o" 10’8” 10 827 300.00 1.000 4'o" 10'8" 7 1,129 370.00 1.000 5’4” 6’o" 7 1,028 350.00 1,500 5’4” 9’o” 7 1,388 470.00 2.000 5'4” 12’0” 7 1,735 570.00 3.000 5’4” 17’11” 7 2,432 770.00 4.000 5'4” 23’10” 7 3,130 950.00 5.000 8’0” 13'7” 1/4” 4,484 1.540.00 6.000 8’0” 16’2” 1/4” 5,123 1,690.00 8.000 8’0” 21’6” 1/4” 6,475 2,095.00 10.000 8’0” 26'10" 1/4” 7,825 2,495.00 10.000 lO’O” 17’0” 1/4” 6,956 2,250.00 12.000 lO’O” 20’6” 1/4” 8,074 2,630.00 12.000 10’6" 18'7” 1/4” 7,900 2,525.00 15.000 10’6” 23’2” 5/16" 11,857 3.825.00 20.000 10'6” 31'0” 5/16" 15,105 4,790.00 25.000 10'6” 38’7” 3/8” 22,115 7.225.00 30.000 1 10'6” 46'4” 3/8” 25,999 8,390.00 FILL-RITE & GAKStSCJ'r' « HOWARD E. GROFF CO. Over Forty Years of Reliable Service Fuel Oil, Gasoline, and Coal 111 E. State Street, Quarryville, PA 17566 Phone: 717-786-2166 harvesting system - which is still under development - will require nine men, two less than the normal 11-man crew used in traditional hand-catching procedures. Farsaie estimates that about $ll,OOO per man will be saved annually broiler Furthermore, less bruising will produce a corresponding increase in the number of Grade A broiler carcasses, Farsaie says This development would increase profits by about $22,500 per year for one operation alone and would save the Delmarva poultry industry an estimated $1,940,000 per year
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