The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-01
Becomes States 9Th u. S.
Certified Hatchery; All FIocks
Headed By R.O.P, Cockere|s

Another Matching season has
arrived and again the Hilbert
Hatchery has taken steps to i'm
prove the poultry industry in our
community for you poultry rails
erS.
Many poultry raisers last year
discovered that there is big diff
ference in poultry and appreciat-
ed that Mr.. Hilbert was helping
them. For that reason the hatch
cry has again joined forces with
national and state regulations on
poultry improving. Hilbert's is
again operating under the Nat
ional Poultry Improvement Plan
and is now working under the
third breeding stage-The U. S.
Certified. ~.
U. S. CERTIFIED STAGE
Minnesota had only seven U.
5. Certified hatcheries. The
Hilbert Hatchery is the eighth.
Hilbert'S, however, is the only
hatchery in Minnesota carry
ing five different u. S. Certi-
fled breeds. This is quite a
distinction and an honor. Fol-
lowing as some of the rules and
! regulations: -
l. Our breeding flocks have
Wing-banded U. S. Record of Per-
Torrance (USR.OP) males in
them, females of which have laid
200 or more eggs under official
trap-nest supervision. These
males must have the standards
of their breeds.
2. The females are selected by
our flock selecting agent and are
leg-banded. Our females come
direct from R.O.P. breeders.
3. Eggs must weigh at least "a
ounces per dozen. They must
have good size, shape, color and
shell texture.
4. All flocks are inspected and
certified by a state inspector.
5. Flock owners and the hatch
cry receive certificates from the
state giving the owners the right
to sell Matching eggs to the hatch
cry and the hatchery the right to
sell certified baby chicks.
6. All breeding flocks are strict
ly culled for size, shape, and lay
ing qualities and are blood-test-
ed for pullorum.
PJLLORIJM CONTROL,
Many chick losses occur each
year from pullorum. 1t is the on
ly disease that can be carried
through the egg as well as the
birds carrying the disease them
selves and infect the poultry
grounds.
The Hilbert Hatchery has
during its entire existence
blood tested for Pullorum, but
this is the first year we are
blood testing under the Nation
al Improvement Plan and The
State Livestock Sanitary Board.
The hatchery is blood testing
under the u. S. PulIorum Test
ed Class. This is described as
follows:
/. All birds used are tested, by
a licensed pullorum testing agent.
2. All birds that react to the
tests are removed at once. FlockS
that have more than 10 percent
reactors must be retested until
there are fewer than 10 percent.
8. The poultry house must be
completely disinfected after the
testing and O.K''d by a licensed
agent.
Benefits Go to Raiser
The benefits from this breed
ing stage and pullorum class are
for you poultry raisers. Egg pro-
duction will be much more than
you are now getting unless you
have such flocks yourselves. Eggs
are larger and better quality. The
birds have more vigor and vitali-
" when pullorum is reduced. The
birds themselves have better body
size and shape and weight.
The two emblems printed at the
OPP of this page signify our breed
ing stage and our pullorum con-
.rol class.
THE I;I11a,+ faaf,,raI fo,,n4o;r