Poultryman Builds Early Broad and Laying Houses
The subject describes starting with 68 feet of brood house and 60 feet of laying house, each one story. He adds a 39 foot and a 12 foot extension, later expanding laying yards. Features included running water with overflow pipes and central window controls, ahead of many poultry houses. About 1927 he pioneered range shelter pullets and small range nest houses, and used built up litter over two decades before Penn State researchers endorsed it.
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Poultry Leader Roy Herr Honored as 1959 Poultryman of the Year
Roy Herr, a Lancaster County poultryman, led regional efforts through Bird-In-Hand and Mt. Joy with Newcastle disease control and imports from England. He produced layers using hot water incubators, shipped eggs to New York at 1.08 per dozen, and sold Philadelphia broilers at 60 cents per pound, while maintaining 2200 to 2400 hens and striving for 75 to 80 percent laying year round. Herrera organized the Lancaster County Poultry Association for 12 years in the 1920s and 30s, chaired the Producers Exchange, and served on the Northeastern Producers Council.
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