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animals- in the park within' the next tWo years.
"Hopefully it will be park with animals for
people to look at and vialk through for their
enjoyment," says Burgsma. '
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Harry Burgsma owns an extensive poultry operation on the second
concession ofQI/Lafteld 'Brom le -Lt. At present he raises 22,000 !eying
hens and 65,000 broilers. No farm is a farm without animals, says Harry
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who is creating a seven acre sanetuaryen his break, intdiade water fowl,
deer and sheep. (Moto by Alan Rivett)
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1972, henapanded-,the10546g hen operation -
with mother barn at the mune' locatibri, -
Fbr the first seven to eight yeam-he was
raising 'broileas, Burgsma warted. on jobs in
the construction business because of the poor
market for thickens at the time. He said the
introduction of the marketing hoards for
broilers and eggs has helped eliminate most
of the "ups and downs" in connnodity,Prices
for producess. - '
The farm. has one barn which has a
completely., automated systemofegg °Alec-
dons- while the egg collection, in the other, -
hernia done hy hand. The automatedsystem"
uses a conveyer belt which rens underneath
the cages taking thoeggs to the end of the
bam, In all, six diidren brans, an automatic
feeding system allows feed to filter into the .
bins, controlled by a time dock •
laying hens are shipped into the bans at
20 -weeks cild and shipped out after one year
as the quality, of the eggs-deterieates after a
year. The broiler chithens are raised for six to
seven weeks until their weight is four.pounds
or better.
Research into medical and breeding habits
has provided. the market •with bigger,
healthier broiler. chickens, says Burgsma.
When he first started in the broiler business;
it took 10 weeks to raise a three pound
chicken.
Disease in thickens was once a real
problem but medication mimed in with the
feed has decreased the chicken mortality rate
to a low levd.
Hop are another ?watch of fanning WWI
holds great interest for Burgsma. In 1975 he....
purchased a swine operation on the fourth
concession of Ashfield, near Port Albert. The
farm which contains 440 farrow to finish hogs
is run by his eldest son, Ron. Burgs= says
hog fanning is "definitly an exciting type of
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