B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 28, 1964 • Swine Clinic (Continued liom Pase 1) es ate duung the fust eight weeks of life, and for this rea son, a producer can allord to pay more for the pig starter. TJje extra gam is worth moie than the creep feed, he said. Other cutical feeding peri ods, during which a high level of high quality ration should he used, are two weeks before and three weeks after breeding the sow, the last four weeks of gestation and during the lactation period. Dr. Grant Sherntt, also of the swine management staff at PSU, said crossbreeding of bogs can be a valuable tool in swine management, but a crossbreeding program will be only as good as the purebred foundation stock selected. He said theie is some feel ing that hybrid vigor dies out in a few generations, but m 16 years of experiments at Worth Dakota, the crossbred bogs have increased in quality •ach year. About 73 per cent of the hogs m lowa and 69 per cent •f the hogs in Illinois are cross ings, Sherntt said, because feeders have found that the crossbreds gain about 0.2 lbs. a day more and reach market about two weeks sooner on less feed per hundredweight of pork than do purebred pigs from the same parents. Fur thermore, he said the ciossbred gilts have an, 11 per cent bet ter conception rate, farrow an average of 15 more pigs per litter and wean litters that are 25 pounds heavier than pure breds However, he said, the only real opportunity to make any extra money on a crossbreed ing program is to buy a sire with certification iccords. L t Tobacco (Comtmaed from Page 1) 1984 and a record high of 49,009 acres harvested m 101* In the past 15 years acreage has ranged from a low of 23,- 7H in 1552 to a high of 37,- 3M acres in 1050 Based on the 1958-62 aver age yield of 1,770 pounds, a crop of about 46 million pounds ®f Pennsylvania Seedleaf will he produced This would be 8 percent below the 1963 crop The acreage actually plant ed in 1964 may tuin out to be larger or smaller than indicat ed by reason of weather condi tions at planting time, the availability of plants, and the effect of this lepoit itself, the PCRC said Tobacco Acreage If intentions expiessed by producers to set 1,075,900 acres of all tobaccos aie followed, 18g4 acreage will be the lowest since i9OB Such an acieage is 8.5 percent below 1963 and neaily 7 peicent below the 1958-62 average Decreases from last yeai aie expected in all major classes of tobacco except cigai bindei and cigar wrapper Howevei, South ern Maryland, a type within the air cured class is up signi fies!'tly from 1963 when acre age was sharply curtailed by drought All major types of tobbacco, except Pennsylvania Seedleaf and cigar wrapper, are under quotas this year Of the types under quotas, basic allotments were cut 10 percent from last year for flue-cured, hurley, and Kentucky and Tennessee fire-cured and dark air-cured types Basic allotments i 'for Other types were not changed Based on an average yield per acre with an allowance for trend, production of all types of tobacco liom this year’s intended acreage would be 2108 million pounds In 1963 production was about County Men On Grassland Committees Three county men were na med to committees today by the Pennsylvania Grassland Council. The committees will be char ged with direction of a program of research and education aim ed at i mprovmg the state’s grassland agriculture Chris M Nissley, Landisville, council president, said Floyd Imes, 'Mariherm, will serve on the committee along with Dr. Eugene (Love, State College, former teacher of vocational agriculture at Maytown. Chair ma« of the committee is Ellis Checkerboard News COMPLETE NUTRITION GROWS RABBITS FAST--- PURINA RABBIT CHOW! Common sense tells you, it takes complete nutrition to grow rabbits fast. . . build top show condition. The Puiina Rabbit Program, pioved by 36 years of constant research, helps you accomplish these two big goals! There’s complete nutrition in every Purina Rabbit Chow Checker. Here’s why: Purina's exclusive Micro-Mixing piocess makes it possible to thor oughly and completely mix “thimble fuls of essential growth ingredients evenly through a whole ton of feed.” That’s why thousands of rabbit raisers who want top condition feed Purina Rabbit Chow for the nutrition needed to grow solid rabbits with even finish .. . lor show or meat. Order Rabbit Chow at our store. LOW COST PRODUCTION... the reason why more farmers feed PURINA John J. Hess Kmzers - Vintage Warren Sickman Pequea John B. Kurtz Cedar Lane James High Gordonville John B. Kurtz Ephi ata M. Peters, Port Matilda. J. Carlton Schuldt, Elizabeth town is a member of a support ing committee m charge of fi nances Raymond 'F. Difley, Lancaster, will serve on the membership committee State Secretary of Agricul ture Leland H. Bull, honorary member of the council, said lorage crops are an important part of the state’s farm pro giam and that research affords an effective appioach to their further development. 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