VOL 38 No. 1
York County Farm Woman officers helped peck food and household supplies for
the county’e needy. In the photo are, left to right, Treva Stiles, treasurer; Shirley Kauff
man, 2nd vice president: Pat Palmer, secretary; Carolyn Neal, Ist vice president; and
Barbara Melehom, president. Please turn to Page B-14 for Joyce Bupp’a story. Also
see Lou Ann Good's report on the, Lancaster County Farm Women Society’s annual
meeting on Page B-4,
‘ldeal’ Rather Than Perfect Environment Possible For Layers
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
There may be no such thing as a
“perfect” environment, even for
layers, but there may be something
close.
A layer house environment with
a temperature of between 70-80
degrees Fahrenheit, relative
humidity about 40-60 percent,
ammonia levels under 2S parts per
million, and minimum ventilation
of two cubic feet per meter per bird
may be some of the most ideal con
ditions for keeping the hens happy,
according to John Schwartz.
Schwartz, Lancaster extension
director and poultry agent, spoke
to about 45 broiler and layer house
managers and industry representa
tives at the poultry management
and health seminar Monday.
Schwarz emphasized the impor
tance of keeping the environment
well ventilated and well sealed so
the ventilation, codling, and heat*
Chester County Extension Honors Volunteers
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
lancMtcr Farming Staff
GUTHRIES VILLE (Chester
Co.) Chester County Exten
sion honored its volunteers and
added two new awards for annual
recognition during its banquet
meeting held Thursday night at the
Easter Brandywine Fire Hall in
Guthriesville.
Trudy Dougherty, county exten
sion director said that 4-H leaders
and extension program volunteers
for programs such as the master
gardeners, dairy clubs, youth deve
lopment program, tractor safety.
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ing of the environment is sufficient
to layer health during the winter
months.
“We need to look for air leaks
and water leaks if we’re going to
have successful ventilation,” he
said. He said layer managers must
do the utmost to control air leaks.
“We’ve got a lot of air leaks in
chicken houses which we’re just
Gramling Is New Manager At Mid-East
HAGERSTOWN. MD
George E. Gramling of Columbus.
Ohio, has been hired as die new
manager of the Mid-East Dairy
Herd Improvement Corporation,
headquartered near Funks town,
Washington County in Maryland.
He began work on Oct 19.
Dr. Gramling had been director
of field services for the National
Dairy Herd Improvement Associ
ation. based at Columbus, for
eight yean. Before that, he was a
dairy cattle genetics Extension
horse, livestock, textiles and clo
thing chibs were responsible far
the success of the land-grant uni
versity program in the rural-urban
county.
The annual banquet-meeting is
held to review programs, honor
outstanding achievements, elect
directors to the extension board
and to build fellowship.
Two awards were added to the
list of annual recognition honors,
one is far outstanding effort by a
new 4-H leader and the other far
continued service.
Ellen Hofler, of Glenmore, was
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 14, 1992
ignoring.”
Schwartz said there are several
steps the manager can employ to
check and correct leaks, including
scaling the doors in the pit sealing
around load-out doors, caulking
around fans, tightening fan louv
ers, and looking for other leaks in
the building.
Schwartz said that air leaks rob
specialist and researcher at Clem
son University. During that time,
he also supervised the DHI prog
ram in South Carolina for 12
yean.
Gtamling succeeds Robert F.
Hope, Jr., of Libcrtytown, whc
had been interim manager since
the retirement of another Freder
ick County resident, Eugene L.
Long of Lewistown, on July 1.
Hope had been manager of a com
panion organization, Mid-East
Milk Lab Services, since its incep-
the recipient of the first new leader
appredationaward far her effort to
improve the extension program.
Two years ago, Hofler and her hus
band John and their children
moved to Chester from northern
Illinois.
In the time that she has been
here. Hofler has founded a 4-H
club called the Glenmore Go-
Getters, which is a community
club and covers topics ranging
from computers to cooking. She is
also a member of the 4-H board of
directors.
Receiving the award far con-
‘Farm Cooperator’
Chosen At
Juniata Banquet
MIFFLINTOWN (Juniata Co.)
From the first year that Ray
mond Kauffman managed the Bel
laid Farm, he was aware of the
need for conservation practices.
He asked permission of the owner,
Ruth L. Oliphant to close erosion
ditches, cut back fence rows, and
implement other conservation
practices.
The Oliphant family, which pur
chased the farm in 1942 (though it
was in the family line since 188 S),
agreed. Through the support of the
Juniata County Conservation Dis
trict, Kauffman was able to
improve the conservation efforts
of the farm and was so honored by
the district as “1992 Cooperator of
the Year” at the district’s recent
banquet
Raymond’s son. Marlin, was
graduated from Lancaster Menno
nite High School in 1975. Soon
after. Marlin began helping with
the farm.
S. Parker Oliphant Ruth’s son.
the birds of fresh air. Also, more
energy is required and less critical
circulation takes place. For
■mimiw!, a 'A inch crack in a
10-foot door equals about 60
square inches of air inlet, or about
250 cubic feet per minute of fan
capacity.
Also, controlling moisture is
critical to keep the ventilation sys
tion in 1984. y
Hope is now manager of Mid-
East DHIC Field Services, a new
position created at the Mid-East
DHIC board of directors meetings"
in early October. Stanley Stull of
Thurmont has succeeded Hope as
manager of Mid-East Milk Lak
Services. Stull is a former Freder
ick County DHI testing
supervisor.
In his new position, Hope will
work closely with DHI supervi
sors and be responsible for train
tinned service was Ruth Ann Hol
mes, who during the past seven of
her almost 20 yean volunteering
for 4-H. has been a leader with the
county 4-H small animal program
and has helped lead numerous
programs involving dogs.
She co-initialed expanded 4-H
activities for youth and adults who
participate in the Pennsylvania
4-H Dog Program. She has been
involved in at least eight different
4-H groups or programs tanging
bom bask heel and sit dog obedi
ence to training for seeing eye
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purchased the former John
Musser-Bashore farm, consisting
of 230 acres in 1984. In the spring
of 1985, Marlin moved into their
home on the Oliphant property. In
the 31 years he has lived there,
Raymond and son have made con
servation an important part of
farming practices, according to the
district. Kauffman became a
cooperator with the district on Sep
tember 10, 1965.
At Bellard Farms (the named
acquired from E. Southard Parker,
Mrs. Oliphant’s grandfather, and
derived from SouthAßD and
wife’s name IsaBEL), there are a
total 0f387 acres on three different
tracts of land. Various practices
have been employed on the farm,
including 340 acres in conserva
tion crapping, 387 in conservation
tillage, 370 in crop residue use,
350 acres on controur stripcrop
ping, 10 acres in grassed water
ways, 3.000 feet of subsurface
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tern working optimally. Other
things the manager can correct to
keep moisture and humidity down
would be to cull layers, watch the
salt intake in diet, increase the fib
er content of diet, remove dead
birds daily, prevent broken eggs in
pit, and to catch loose birds.
Bill Weaver, department of
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ing sessions to help the supervi
sors better meet changing
demands of dairy formers partici
pating in the DHI program. He
also is Charged with acting as a
liaison between DHI management
and dairy formers to help resolve
problems in a satisfactory manner.
Stull's responsibilities will
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Change For
Thanksgiving
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will be cloied Thursday, Novem
ber 26, in observance of Thanks
giving. Deadlines for the week of
Thanksgiving are as follows;
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