Cl6-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, January 31,1981 LANCASTER American poultry operations and Diamond equipment were the crux of interest for a nineteen-member poultry study team from Japan visiting for two weeks in the United States The team toured the Martin Wenger farm of Lancaster County Monday to see a Diamond-equipped operation in action Wenger has a flock of 60,480 layers In addition to this stop, the team visited various operations in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan, attended the Southeast Poultry Conference in Atlanta, Ga, and toured other cities of interest such as San Francisco, Be careful with woodbumers UNIVERSITY PARK - A recent study by Richard D Peacock, flammability researcher at the National Bureau of Standards’ Center for Fire Research, indicates the following are the most common causes of residen tial fires due to woodburning stoves: -using unvented equip ment inside a dwelling, -installing woodburning equipment too close to com bustible framing and fur nishings; -placmg flammable solids and liquids too close to wood burning equipment; -using flammable liquids to kindle a fire, -overloading the wood burning equipment; -Igniting clothing or other fabrics while loading, unloading, cleaning or using woodburmng equipment, -using defective or im proper chimneys for wood burning equipment, -allowing creosote and cai - bon deposits to collect inside of chimneys, resulting in chimney fires The study was based on 11,534 residential solid-fuel related fires in 21 states The installation of wood burning equipment too close to combustibles or the place ment of combustible material too close to the heating appliance accounted for 21 percent of the fires Japanese team studies U.S Wahmgton D.C and Las Vegas The tour, sponsored by Diamond international and the Dekalb Corporation, was arranged with the help of Japan Agri-Business Co Ltd, known in the United States as Toshoku Amenta Inc. According to Wayne Nealy, product manager of the Diamond Automation Division of Farmington, Mich , the tour served a joint purpose in that it, "helps influence and promote the poultry industry in Japan It gives them a chance to study our methods and in return we have the opportunity to further sales and trade of our equipment with them ” The group, composed of while unproper maintenance accounted for 32 percent Dennis Murphy, Penn State Extension safety specialist, also points out these woodburmng stove dangers -suffering burns by touching the surface of woodburmng equipment, -using the stove as a trash receptacle, -allowing a log to roll out of the stove; -placing ashes in a plastic bucket or trash bag, -going to bed before the fire is completely out, -positioning the stove near an exit so it blocks fire escape Don’t try to get by with a cheap stove,” Murphy cau tions A stove made of cast iron or heavy gauge steel may cost more than one made of other metals, but it will withstand higher temperatures and last longer directors of poultry co-ops, hatcheries and editors of poultry magazines, represents 259,000 breeders in Japan. These breeders operate 8 million starter pullets and 8 million layers annually bringing their production number to 95,000 tons of eggs a year, ac cording to Mitsuru Nishigon, directoi of Japan Agri-Business Shigeaki Omon, president of the same company, emphasized this statement by adding, The average size flock in Japan is 5000 birds, but the largest single operation is made up of 5 million birds ' The team, visiting since January 17, leaves for Japan Februaryl DK ipanese poultry study team visited the Martin Wenger farm Monday as just one stop during their two week visit in the Kawasaki B-g ■. jond equipment automatically gathers and packs egg. Diamond sponsored the trip along with the Dekalb corporation. • d lilt /I f 4|: United States. In this picture they are learning about a Diamond egg packer.
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