Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1953-01-29
Poultry Program Features
Disease Control, Management


Poultry programs at the Uni
versity of Delaware Farm and
Home Week range from growth
stimulants to handling pre-pack-
aged chicken for the home eco
Monies audience. But the en-
phasis is on research in the fields
of disease and management. Mon
day, February 9, is egg production
day. Tuesday, February 10 is
broiler and turkey day.
Monday morning, T. ID. Runnels
of the Delaware staff, will talk on
antibiotics for laying flocks. Fed
ing antibiotics to broilers has been
proven valuable, but the effects on
laying flock have not been COM
pletely shown. The last three
years, Professor Runnels has been
running experiments with aureo-
mycin, terramycin, penicillin, and
streptomycin. Some definite indi-
cations of how antibiotics effect
egg production and hatchability
have been shown so far, and Run
nels will explain these.
Trying to produce top quality
Matching eggs all year created q
problem of small eggs from fall
chicks. A. E. Tomhave, of the
University, is conducting research
on how artificial lights during the
brooding period affect egg size. It
is believed, says Tomhave, that
one of the reasons for the large
number of small eggs from out-of-
season pullets is their tendency to
reach sexual maturity earlier than
spring-hatche pullets, a factor
that is affected by light.
The research provided fall-chicks
with the same light as is natural
ly available to February or March
Matched chicks.
In production so far, the lighted
bullets produced 2.6 percent more
of their eggs of hatchable size
than did the unlighted birds. TIC
find out more of the details of the
experiment, and the results, come
listen to Professor Tomhave al
11:30 am, February 9.
Monday afternoon, DR.. E. F
Waller discusses blue comb dis
ease. Blue comb is important be-
cause it affects pullets just coming
into production. Any mortality al
this time is a complete loss, and il
is usually too late to start produc
ing replacement pullets for thu
flock. DR.. Waller will summarize,
information available on blue coml
and explain how the disease affect
birds. This should help poultry
men understand what poultr.
specialists and veterinarians at
tempt to do with the various treat
: ments that are recommended.
Cher items on the egg produc
r ton program are the relative cos
j of producing Matching eggs an
: market eggs, better care of egg:
and the outlook for egg produc
e ton.
: Turning to broilers and turkey!
y the February 10th programs stal
: at 10 am. with 'TIow Floor Spac
!, Needs Affect Profits" Next Davi
= w. Francis, research assistant g
d the Georgetown Satisfaction, wi
summarize the results of the COZ
tinuous heating systems studies 6
the Satisfaction. This report wi
n be the first on a flock of CHECKER
a brooded under a Shenandoah ht
g water brooder heated by SO.
s coal stoker, and a new type hi
It water brooder, oil fred, that il
n corporates a fin-type pipe used
= heating dwellings, and factorie
s These systems will be compared
/ the coal breeders now widely use
Il in the industry.
Another report on new method
! will be that made by Karl C. Sees
err on vaccination AGAINST Ne,