Milford chronicle., 1953-07-10
GEORGETOWN

Members Of the Sussex County
Association viii make aa tour 81
poultry farms Ia Sussex on Wednes-
day, July is. The group viii
assemble ia front Of the George
town High School and the tour
win leave promptly at $40 A. M.
The first scheduled stop will be
made at the Harold Kruger sCackle
Farm 2 miles south Of Georgetown.
Mr.. Kruger, a table egg producer,
raises two flOcks OF White Leg
horns a year. Eggs are stoged in
an egg room and sold at both
Wholesale and retail markets. In-
spectiOn Of his plant. methods of
culling; litter and other factors
viii be viewed.
The second visit will be to the
farm Of Dale Short, at Stockley,
who has 10000 broiIer capacity,
recently remodeled broiIer house.
The original building, a "a foot
shed roof house has been made
90 feet deep with 10 monitor type
Ventilating system through the
center. Gas brooders are used and
special emphasis placed on sound
management practices including
good birdcomfort.
Townsends, Inc, at MillsborO,
which has the states largest hatch-
cry with capacity Of / ,625,OO will
be the next stop. Over 100000 hens
are kept for Matching egg produc-
ton. Range type shelters are used
for raising flock requirements and
a soy-bean oil processing plant is
kept in 24-hOUr-a-day operation.
Ten silos each so feet high are
used for soybean storage and
complete feed manufacturing plant
furnishes feed for the laying hens,
flock requirements and broilers. A
corn crib, one-tenth Of mile long
with q capacity Of $4,000 bushels
is located near the feed mill.
Ralph Lathbury, at Frankford,
will also receive a visit during the
tour He has just installed a one
and a half ton feed mixer and plans
TO mix his own feed for the 3S 900
brOilers he raises. He plans to use
concentrate and local grain. A
concrete broiler house Is feet wide
and 3s4 feet long will be compared
with frame buildings for growing
broileFs. He has provided three
quarters foot per bird for growing
purposes.
After lunch, at 100 o'clock the
group will visit Indian River Poul-
try Farms at Ocean View, where !
on the breeding farm, the relatively
new yet widely known Delawares
have been developed. In addition !
to a study Of the breeding program
there, observations will be made
on various types Of houses with
special attention to things done
to provide comfort for the birds.
At 2:30 the group will visit the
Swift and Company plant in George
town, one Of three units on the I
DelmarVa Peninsula, which is one 4
OF the poultry industry's most i
modern poultry processing plants
doing complete job from feeder
station operation through the COM
plete dressing Of birds, packaging
ready for shipment and sale.
The last visit of the tour will
be made at the Sub-Station near
Georgetown for the observation of
experiments in disease control in
Guiding the Chronic Respiratory
heating systems for brood
Ing, and breed comparisons will
be explained OF special interest
10 turkey growers will be turkeys
on ranges with different forage
crops. Located at the Sub-Station
is southern Delaware's disease
laboratory operated by
the State Board Of Agriculture and
and an opportunity will be given +
to see the facilities and hear a
report on important work being
done in the diagnostic center.