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ATTEND MICKLE FLOCK—Ev Van der Worp, left, and his son, Gary, look after the
10,000 layers in the large poultry operation of E. L. Mickle and son, .Bill, Hensall.
The layers, who will produce well over 1,000,000 eggs ■ this year, are housed in
two barns north of the village on No, 4 highway. —T-A Photo
Major Poultry Enterprise
■ I • I • I"" ■ I - z*Sideline For Father, Son
A father and son'team in Hen-ivided for transporting feed from
sail has launched one of the floor to floor.
conveTf ,
grain and feed business. Working on the theoiy that
E, L. Mickle and son, Bill, who chickens are lazy so feed and
' operate* the Hensall mill of Geo. ‘ water must be provided as con-
T. Mickle ajid Sons, have 10,000 veniently as possible, the Mickles
laying hens which will produce;have installed one semi-automa-
well over 1,000,000 eggs this year matic feeder for every 25 birds
and are raising broilers at the:and one^automatie waterer for
rate of 18,000 a crop. ■' nnn 1"“ ~ 41
The 10,000 .hens, housed in two
barns on Bill’s small acreage |
north of Hensall on No. 4 high
way are producing. around 200,-
000 eggs a month. They hit their
peak in July when 225,000 eggs
were shipped from the Mickle
farm. I
The Mickle’s second crop of
“biers are being jpaxkefed this
ek from barns in the village,
other crop of 18,000 will be
started near the end of the
month.
The poultry operation, started
three years ago when Bill pur
chased a house and barn on the
highway, is just getting Under,
way. Thfe Mickles have plans to
double their production capacity.
The two barns housing the lay
ers measure 96x48 and 55x35. The
smaller one, on the farm when
it was purchased in 1953, handles
2,000 birds on three floors and
houses the “hospital” where in
jured, or sick birds are treated.
The large barn, built in 1954'
and 1955, houses 8,000 layers on
its four floors. It also contains
a cooling room for eggs, a wash
ing and,packing room, an attend
ant’s room and storage facilities
for feed.
Features of the barn, designed
for the poultry project, (include
an aluminum roof which is cooler
than steel, a pressed board sid
ing which provides its own, in
splation, and 100 windows on
each floor. An elevator is pro-
.[every 200 birds throughout the j'1 building.
| The Mickles purchased 10,-
000 Rhode Island Red x Red Sus
sex birds in December and | brooded them on two floors of th?
new barn. The feed was straight
122 per.cent starter purchased
i from the Purina company, for
which the Mickles are dealers.
The birds, ‘according*- to •’•Bill,*
started production quickly. They
iiegan to lay between five and
five and one-half months and
their egg grade rose rapidly
from pee wees to A-large. The
birds are now producing 80 per
cent A-large and 15 percent A-
medium.
During the- growing season,
scratch grain composed of 50
percent‘oats, 25 percent wheat,
15 percent barley and 10 percent
corn, was balanced evenly with
grow mash, mixed at the Mickle
mill.
The grain mixture is given a
higher protein content during the
laying season. Made up of 50
percent wheat, 25 percent corn
and 25 percent oats, the grain
along with lay mash helps to
maintain body weight sol the
birds will bring a good price at
the end of the laying season.
Booster is also included in the
lading diet.
Dual-Purpose Hens
Mickles purchased the Rhode
Islland Red x Red Sussex birds,
a Roe strain, for both egg and
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meat production, Good layers,
they also dress well after their
egg season is over. They average
six and three-quarter pounds
when sold.
The birds are vaccinated for
Newcastle infectuous bronchitis
at seven days and given medi
cated feed to prevent coccidiosis.
They are also debeaked to pre
vent picking and breaking eggs.
The Mickles use a deep-litter
sytsem in the pens and -part of
the scratch grain is fed in the lit
ter so the birds will keep it loose.
Fans in each of the floors keep
the air circulating.
The barns house single, double-
and triple-deck
operators prefer
because of its
saving of labor
are gathered.
Lights, are used from 5 a.m.
to 7.30 a.m. and from 6.00 to 8,30
p.m. The 15 and one-half hour
period is governed by the long
est day of the year.
Another father and son, Ev
and Gary Van der Worp, _feed
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pick up the bulk of the eggs in
the morning, * ’ ’ '
noon, and the scratch grain at
night. The feeders are loaded
with lay mash checkers twice a
week.
Keep Production Records
The Van der Worps also keep
close records on the production
and feed consumption of the
birds. On a weekly chart they
record the production of each
pen, the percentage of produc
tion, number of crates of eggs
sold, feed consumed, etc. They
also keep daily temperature re
cords so they can determine ef
fects of the weather oil produc
tion.
The Mickles expect the birds
to average about 140 eggs each.
Mrs. E. Toonk, Hensail, is in
charge of the washing and pack
ing room from where the eggs
are shipped. They’re gathered in
1'1-quart baskets and packed in
half crates at a time.
Dirty eggs are placed in an
automatic washer in which -:“
is forced through hot water
keep the eggs turning. They’re
rinsed with cold water and put
in a wind tunnel to dry. The
wind tunnel saves about 20 min
utes in the washing process.
Fluorescent light is used in the
packing room because it shows
up the dirty eggs more quickly.
Three people can work at the
specially-designed table at once.
The Mickles have found their
hen “hospital” . an economy.
Seventy-five percent of the birds
which become ill or injured are
brought back into production
through special treatment in this
room.
Experiment With Broilers
The Mickles are experimenting
for better feed conversion re
sults in the broiler field. The
present crop of 18,000 is the se-
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roosts but the
the single type
advantage in
when the eggs
care for the birds. They
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WASHING. AND PACKING ROOM—Bill Mickle, Hensall,
sprays a basket of eggs in the specially-designed washing
and packing room in the Mickles’ new poultry barn near
Hensall, The tunnel is used to djfy washed eggs quickly.
List Crop Production
For Farms In Huron
Production figures for Huron | l'arrn^ value, $2.90^ per bushel,
farms in 1955 were listed recently
by the Ontario ’Department of
Agriculture. .
Dairy Products
Production oPcreamery butler:
1954, 2,700,717 pounds, 1955,
2,690,643.
Production of cheddar cheese:
1954, 639'966, 1955/ 865,764.
The area, production and farm
value of winter, wheat for 1955:
16,200 acres, 33.8 bushels per
acre, £47,600 bushels; farm val
ue, $1.37 per bushel, total, $747,-
500, per acre $46.31*.
Field Crops
The area, production and farm
value of spring wheat for 1955:
500 acres, 19.0 bushels per acre,
9,500 bushels; farm value, $1.35
per bushel, total, $12,800, per
acre, ,$25.65.-
Oats: 47,600 acres, 47.7 bushels
per acre, 2,268,500 bushels farm
value, 72 cents per bushel, total
$1,631,200, per acre, $34.34. „
Barley: 19,600 acres, 34.8 bush
els per acre, 681,200 bushels per
acre; farm value, $1,04 per
busKel, total,. $705,500, per acre
$36.10. ' '
Fall Rye: 200 acres, 21.5
bushels per acre, 4,300 bushels;
farm value, $1,12 bushels per
acre, total $4,800, per acre $24.08.
Buckwheat: 1,500 acres, 20.0
bushels per acre, 30,000 bushels;
farm Value 95 cents per bushels,
toatal $28,500, per acre, $19.00.
Flax: 1,770 bushel?. 13.8 bush
els per acre, 224,400 bushels;
farm Value, $2.83 .per bushel,
total, $69,100, per acre, $39.05.
Mixed grains: 114,000 acres,
48.2 bushels per acre, 5,490,000
bushels; farm value, 75 cents
per bushel, total, $4,147,100, per
acre, $36.63,
Dry Peas: ~ 500 acres, 12.8
bushels per acre, 6,400 bushels;
Beef Judging Prizes
Go To Huron Juniors
Huron County juniors won both
sections of the beef cattle judg
ing competition at the CNE last
week.
Murray Dawson, 'R.R. 1 Hen
sail, won the senior section, 17
years and Over, with a score:;of
196 points out of a possible 200
points.
David Kirkland, R.R. 3 Luck
now, placed second in this class
and Murray Gaunt, R.R, 1 Luck
now, won sixth prize.
Barry McQuillih, R.R. 1 Luck
now, won the junior sectibn of
the beef class with a score of
192 out Of a possible 200. He also
placed ninth, in grain-and roots,
' Murray Gaunt w.on first place
In the senior grain and roots
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to-
tai, $18,600, $37.29 per acre.
! Dry beans: 21,000 acres, 12.3
i bushel per acre, 258,300 bushels;
farm value, $4.20 per bushel to
tal $1,084,900, $51.66 per acre.
Corn for shelling: ’8,300 acres,
56.8 bushels per acre, 471,400 bushels; farm value, $1.09 per
bushel, total, $513,800, $61.19 per
acre.
Corn for’ fodder: 8,200 acres,
9.24 bushels per acre, 75,800
bushels; farm value, $4.81 per
bushel,. $364,300, $44.44 per acre.
Potatoes: 510 acres; 157.6 bush
els per acre, 80,400 bushels;
farm value, $1.35 per bushel,
total, $108,200, $212.67 per acre.
Field roots: 1,930 acres, 426
bushels per acre, 822,000 bushels;
farm value, 53 cents per bushel,
total, $438,700, $225.78 per acre.
Soy beans: 500 acres, 16.6,bush
els per acre, 8,300 bushels; farm
value, $2.08 per bushel, total
$17,000, $34.53 per acre,
Hay and seeded pasture: 122,-
600 acres, 1.83 Jons per acre,
224,200 tons; farm value, $14.76
per ton, total, $3,309,200, $27.01
per acre.
AJ1 field crops: total acreage,
364,910, value per acre, $36.18,
total value, $13,201,500.
Horses, Cattle
Horses on farms: 4,900, value,
$541,600.
Cattle on farms: number:
I bulls for breeding, 2,150; cows
for milk purposes, 33,700; cows
for beef purposes, 28,200; year
lings for milk purposes,- 8,900;
yearlings for beef purposes, 18,-
100; calves, 39,700; steers one
year and over,, 49,000.
ORDER NOW!
1 Hensall, placed third,
Bruce Coleman, R.R. 4 Sea- j
forth, won seventh in the farm
machinery competition and eighth
in the swine class. Bob firoad-
foot, R.R. Brltceficld, placed
eighth in the tractor ‘safe driv
ing competition.
The eight juniors from Huron,
competing against boys from On
tario and other provinces, won a
total of $70 in prize money.
Following the competition On
Wednesday those taking part
wore guests of the Ontario De
partment of Agriculture and the j
Canadian National Exhibition for
a banquet supper and the grand
stand show.
Agricultural Representatives G.
Curtai
Destroy Tops
Although the weather in re
cent. weeks has been favorable
for the development of the pota
to crop, which so far is of.excel
lent quality, there is grave dan
ger that much of the crop may
still be lost due to late blight
disease. The Field Crops Branch
of the Ontario Department of
Agricultural advises that action
should be taken at once to pre
vent large scale losses from the
disease. *
;rfLat.e blight disease is caused
by a ,ilK-us 'toat ^irst invades
the leaves afi^^iems \'ie po"
tato plants. Spores,* seeds, are
produced on these irifel&C,^1’,638
which may be carried by ralk’ nr
wind to other potato plants
they start new infections, A
whole field may be blighted in
a few days if the weather is copl
with‘high humidity. The invested
plants turn from lush green to
cond raised in the two barns in
the village rented from A. W.
Kerslake.
Their first crop of birds, which
averaged 3.32 pounds, produced
a pound of gain from 2.5 pounds
of feed. In the second crop, the
father and spn hope to get the
conversion down to 2.3.
Each floor of the broiler barns
has a different set-up to deter
mine the most economical
method of raising the birds.
The present crop is composed
of 15,000 Arbor Acre White
Rocks and 3,000 Aybor Acres
crossed with ‘Vantress, a new
strain which is suposed tQ give
heavier thighs and fuller breasts
for better consumer appeal. The
feed conversion is expected to
improve, too.
The day-old chicks were start
ed on krumbles until they were
21 days old; krumbles and pel
lets were mixed until they reach
ed 28 days, and then pellets were
fed’ exclusively.
A 23 percent starter was fed
until the crop reached 35 days,
and then, a 22 percent finisher
is provided until the birds are
marketed.
With the broilers, as with the
layers, feed, is kept as close to
the birds as possible. Hundreds
of semi-automatic feeders .are
provided in the harns.
Bill Van der Worp, a member
of the family which looks after
the layers, cares for the broilers.
Although Huron is the largest
poultry-producing county in On
tario, it hasn’t yet swung into
the mushrooming broiler game.
The Mickle experiments, how
ever may encourage others into
the field.
< 'In the quizz, Barry Pipe, ot
j Londesboro, tied for thirteenth (with 21 as did Ivan Howatt,
I R.R. 1 Belgrave. Donald Thomp
son and Doreen Howatt placed,
twenty-first with a score of 20,
" There were 48 contestants in
the senior section and 88 in the
junior division.
: Preston Dearing and son,
Gerald, swept champion and
; reserve champion awards and
j all first and second prizes in the j Dorset Horned sheep competition
cow-; at Western Fair.
" • One hundred and thirty girls
-------- ------ . L. .. I competed, in the 4-H Homemak-
Each of the boys who nailed mg Club program at Western
a calf received a certificate, for Fair. For intercounty demonstra*
$100, donated by 4°hn l>abatt, ■ lions, _$12 prizes were^won bjr
of a purebred Angus. The win-I
ners’ calves are -supposed, to be
shown at next year’s Western
Fair.One other Huron county boy,
Leslie Campbell, R.R. 1 Sea
forth, also received $100, Others
who won included Ross Watson,
R.R, 3 Denfield; and Hugh Ken
nedy, R.R.' 4 Ilderton,
Compete* In Judging
. Eighteen juniors' from Huron
county competed in the live
stock judging competition Tues
day at Western Fair. Sixty orig-.'
inally entered the .contest but
weather prevented’ most of them
from participating.
Top Huron yoiith in the senior
section was Donald Pullen, R.R,
'IGrantoit, who placed eighth
(■tith a score of 353. Other com-
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Fdurteen-year-old Bill Ether-
ington, R.R, 1 Hensall, waa one
of 10 boys from Western On
tario to win a $100 certificate
towards purchase of an Aber
deen Angus calf in the featured
calf scramble at Western Fair
on Tuesday.
Twenty-one boys, ranging in
age front 12 to 17 years, pitted:
their prowess against 10 frisky,
four-months - old calves which
outweighed them about three to
one.Bill, was one of the 10 c:
boys” to halter and lead a .balk
ing calf across the finish line.
a calf received a certificate, for Fair. For intercounty demonstra'
of London, towards the purchase:
of a purebred Angus. The win-1
ners’ calves are -supposed, to be <
shown at next year’s Western ’
Fair.One other Huron county boy,
Leslie Campbell, R.R. 1 Sea-
who won included Ross Watson,
Glen Gowrie Club, in Perth, of
which Mrs. Sterling Graham, of
Cromarty, is leader; and the
Thrifty Kippenettes, of which
Mrs. AV. J. F. Bell of Kippen is
leader. Individual awards went
to Miss Marie Jarrott, Kippen,
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Huron County
Crop Report
By G, W. MONTGOMERY
In spite of the occasional show*'
er and very heavy dewfall, some
progress was made with harvest
operations this past week. Farm
ers are threshing and combin
ing grain despite the fact that
the crop is far from dry, realiz
ing that .it is now orjiever if
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in the Matter of the Estate of
Margaret Doig Ketchen,
late of the Village of Hensall, in the County .of Huron,
Widow, deceased.
ALL PERSONS having . claims against the Estate of the late
Margaret Doig Ketchen, who died on or about the. 1st day of August,
1956, are hereby notified to send
them to the undersigned, duly
verified, on or before the 29th day of September, 1956.
AFTER the last-named date, the assets of the said Estate will be distributed among the persons en
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to claims of which the undersigned
shall then have notice.
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Exeter, Ontario,
Solicitor for the Estate
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