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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-08-22, Page 88—T1 UAQIN' EXPOSITQE, SEAFORTH ONT., AUG. 22, 1963 MODERN POULTRY FARMERS, Ken (on the. left) and his father Andrew, in the above picture, inspect some of .the eggs .from their caged layers. Over two million eggs are pro- duced in 14 months by the 10,000 layers. The bottom picture. shows the second batch of layers to go into the layer barn. Feed is augured into a trough running the full length of the row of cages. Water runs constantly in another trough. AVOID • • • WASHDAY WORRIES On Those Wet Fall Days! Frigidaire Flowing Heat Dryers Provide the Answer ! For Completely Carefree Washdays— Go Automatic ! With a Stury Frigidaire Flowing Heat Dryer. Beats all outdoors for getting clothes dry. And with famous Frigidaire dependability, you'll surely enjoy wash- days that are truly carefree year after year! ne 19th91fii9111"ll"IRI: II A{96lII FURNITURE Seaforth. E ig Laying lsEasyln'NewPtant It's no photographer's studio, but there's a loot of birdie watch- ing going on at Moore's Poul- try Farm, especially when al- most 19,000 birds can enter the picture at one time. Such a large scale operation, run by father Andrew and son Ken Moore, near Egmondville, on the road to Bayfield,' is divid- ed into two aspects—caged lay- ers and started chicks. The barn for the layers has a capacity of 10,240 hens, while there are approximately 9,000 of the started chicks in the other barn. While not new to poultry farming, the Moores have just sold their first lot , of layers. The layers, put in a year ago last April, laid 21 million eggs in the 14 months of laying time. At peak the layers give over 8,000 eggs per day and taper to 5,000 at the end of the 14 months. The layer barn contains four rows of double -deck cages with each row 213 feet long. Each cage, containing two Dekalb layers, has a slightly tilted floor which the eggs roll gently down to the egg trough which runs the full length of each row. The eggs are collected in about two and one-half hours and then washed for three min- utes in an air -agitated pail washer in the front room of the layer barn. The water is kept at 120° F.—warm enough for a good cleaning, but not too hot to cook the eggs. The eggs are then crated on a table in the same utility room and put in the cooler. The cold storage room, beside the utility room, is 12' by 15', and the temperature is maintained at a cool, but pleasant, 50°. Don't Need To Move The hens may not be able to move very much in their cages, but then they don't have to. In front of each row of cages are also a food trough and water trough. Only a short stretch of the hen's neck is necessary to reach the victuals. Water constantly runs through the trough from a spout at one end of the row and drains at the other. Feeding the birds is not quite so simple, but it re- quires only 16 to 20 minutes of time. A gas -propelled feed cart, equipped with two sp`buts, moves along the rows and aug- ers the feed into the two troughs. The feed is bought pre -mixed, and stored in two conical shaped bins beside the barn. Two spouts lead from each bin into the barn to auger the feed into the cart. The bins hold 18 tons of the all -mash ration. To keep the birds comfort- able during the summer months, air is constantly circulated by 16 fans. The temperature is the same inside as outside, says Ken, but they don't feel the WINCHELSEA NEWS OF THE WEEK Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clarke, Bobby and Eugene and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Knight and Linda enjoyed a trip up north on Sun- day. Mrs. Gerald Prance and baby daughter of Exeter are spend- ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Prance and fam- ily. • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dayman and family of Kippen visited on 'Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. William Walters and Danny. Mr. and Mrs. •Newton Clarke and Mr.oind Mrs. Harold Clarke, .Bobbie and Eugene attended the Clarke reunion atpoderich on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith and Penny of Crediton visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gilfillan and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Kerslake attended a picnic at Ipperwash on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Elson Lynn at- tended the funeral of the for- mer's uncle at Owen Sound on Friday. Master Bobby Clarke is visit- ing with the Morgan boys at Thames Road this week. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hern vis- ited with Mrs. Christina Hern on Friday evening at South Hu- ron Hospital in Exeter. Miss Judy Parsons of near Exeter visited last week with Janet Hern. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walters vis- ited on Thursday evening with • Remember, it takes but a moment td place an Expositor Want Ad and be money in pocket. To advertise, just Phone Seaforth 141. Mrs. Nelson Clarke at Farqu- har, who also had as her guests Mrs. W. J. Beer and Miss Mae Skinner of Grand Bend, and Mr. Maurice Quance of Exeter. 4-H Dairy Beef Club Prepares For Fair Here v• The -fourth regular meeting of the Seaforth 4-H Dairy Beef Club was held at the farm of Gordan Papple Wednesday. eve- ning. The . meeting was opened by the members repeating the 4-H Pledge. The members answer- ed the roll call. Bill Strong demonstrated clipping on a beef animal, and Ken Papple showed the members how to clip a dairy calf. Don Pullen spoke to the group on preparing the 4-H Calf Club for the show on Sept. 20 at Seaforth Fall Fair. Dean- na Dale and George Townsend showed the members how to lead a dairy calf, and Janet Fal- coner and Gordon Moylan dem- onstrated leading a beef calf. Ken Papple and Wilma Dale gave a demonstration on the production of high quality milk. Mr. Pullen showed a film on good pastures. Jim Papple thanked Mr. and Mrs. Papple. Amy Stewart thanked the executive; Wilma Dale thanked the club leaders, and Linda Papple thanked Mr. Pullen. The meeting adjourned and lunch was served. SPECIALS FOR Thursday, Friday and Saturday Maple Leaf CHEESE SLICES 8 -oz. Pkg. 25¢ Club House PEANUT BUTTER 16 -oz. Jar 37¢ Maxwell House INSTANT COFFEE -6 -oz. Jar, Only 83¢ Stokeley's Fancy TOMATO JUICE • • • • 2 20 -oz. Paramount SOCKEYE SALMON • • 73/ -oz. Fortuna , Crushed PINEAPPLE 2 20 -oz. Tins Sunkist LEMONS Large Size CUCUMBERS CARROTS 3 20 -oz. Bags for Tips 27¢ Tins 59¢ 45¢ 6fm' 29¢ 2for13¢ 29¢ SEE LONDON FREE PRESS THURSDAY FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIALS Open 'til 10 p.m. Friday — 6 p.m. Saturday Smith's Phone 12 J heat because the aids- always moving. The air ex a'usts with- out force through a few small screened windows. As there are few window's, the barn is artificially lit. This, explains Ken, allows for con- trol of the lighting program. He noted with a practical touch that the lack of windows also makes for cheaper construction of the barn. In the winter, when sunlight is sporadic and inconsistent, the artificial lighting comes into its own. The length -of time, as well as the density, can easily be controlled. The modern poul- try farmer does not have to de- pend on his luck for good con- ditions. A flick of the switch can result in ideal conditions being created. Thorough Cleaning A shelf above the bottom row of cages catches the waste of the top rows of hens. It is scraped every other day with a home-made scraper onto the dirt fill below the rowes of cages. Three times a year, Alex Boyes, next door neighbor of the Moores, carts the manure away for his fields. The barn undergoes a thor- ough cleaning during the per- iod when the old layers have been shipped out and the barn is empty, waiting for the new layers. The manure is cleaned out; the water troughs are scraped, and the whole barn is• soaked by pressure hose. The 240' by 32' barn is con- structed in such a -way as to provide for easy cleaning, good heat retention in the summer and accessibility, so that, work of tending the birds is cut to a minimum. The corrugated steel walls are easily hosed down. The fibre glass between the steel sheeting acts as an insulator, and the feed cart moves easily down the concrete floor between the rows of cages. Under the cages is sand fill to simplify and aid drainage. The roof is also corrugated sheeting. The Moores are no strangers to poultry farming. Andrew Moore has been in the business for 30 years with various breeds. Steadily they have be- come more specialized. Eight years ago started chicks were brought in, and the broilers have been dropped. "They don't work together too well," says Ken, referring to the broilers and layers. Mechanical Feeding At the moment the Moores have 9,000 started chicks. The day-old chicks come from Mc- Kinley Farm & Hatchery Ltd. in Zurich. They are raised un- til 20 weeks old. Every third lot is used by the Moores for their own layers, and the other two are marketed. The started chicks are hous- ed in a two-storey barn with a one -storey wing. Each storey of the main barn holds .3,000 chicks; the addition houses 1600; a room in the upper storey contains another 900, and one small building shelters 600. In the main barn the chicks are fis'ii by an endless chain from a feed ,storage room, hold- ing nine tons of feed. Water - THE CAGED LAYER BARN on the poultry farm of An- drew and Ken Moore houses 10,000 layers at one time. The farm, just south of Eg- mondville on the Brucefield Road, takes day-old chicks and raises them until ready for the layer barn. The lay- ers produce for 14 months in highly automated conditions .. where the chick never has to move more than a foot. ing is made automatic. by float control. The barn is ventilated by forced air. In the winter the building is kept warm by the -body heat of the birds. When they first ar- rive, oil brooders maintain the warmth for the day-old chicks. Just as the hot weather bothers us and we tend to ex- change sharp words among our- selves, the chicks do the same, except they use sharp beaks. The chicks are debeaked to stop cannibalism. As in the laying house, after every lot of chicks the barn is completely cleaned in readiness for the next lot. The farm is small compared to dairy and crop farms—only 12 acres. Highly specialized, other crops produced include strawberries and raspberries. DUBLIN Paul Horn is church organist while Mrs. John Nagle is at- tending a musical conference. Mrs. Paddy Woods and chil- dren visited with Mr. and Mrs. F. Horan over the weekend. Miss Mary Jordan, Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jor- dan. MOORE'S POULTRY FA' MS COUNT • ON THE FAMOUS �'G \-7 ,tel s,sBfed... FOR livability ... fo start strong and stay strong. FOR layability ... *produce early and lay longer. 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