Type Certification, Swine Assn.
Discussed at Producers Meeting
The Meat Type Certification
program for purebred swine pro
ducers was outlined by Dwight
Younkin at a countywide meeting
Friday night at the Farm Bureau
Cooperative in Lancaster.
The piogram, supervised by
t),-» ; breed organizations, is de
signed to give production records
on an individual litter basis.
The producer first has the lit
ter production registered by. the
breed association. Two pigs from
the litter are fed out for six
months. They are taken to a co
operating slaughterhouse where
they are killed and the backfat,
length of carcass and loin eye
area are measured.
t'This report goes to the breed
association and the producer is
notified that the litter is or is not
certified for meat type.
Younkin said that, certification
for meat type has added as .much
as $75 to $2OO to sales of breed
ing stock.
cooperating slaughter in
Lancaster County is Kunzler
Packing Co., Manor Street, Lan
caster. ,
'Younkin and Agent
Max M. Smith also proposed or
ganization of a swine producers
association in the county.
The county agent reminded the
producers that Lancaster County
has the largest swine population
in Pennsylvania and that a large
number of purebred breeders are
in the county.
The organization would be of
v-alue to producers in promotion
Oi the swine industry and in edu
cation, Smith said. As projects of
the association, a spring barrow
show and a bred gilt sale were
mentioned.
The proposed association will
include commercial producers
purebred breeders and other in
terested swine producers. A com
mittee of swine producers will he
formed to meet and discuss the
to/ganization of the association.
Younkin said that the swine
brucellosis testing program in the
Using Limestone Means
state is underway. He said that
any breeding herd owner may
have his herd tested free by con
tacting the state Department of
Agriculture in Harrisburg.
He also urged all swine produc
ers to vaccinate all pigs each
spring against cholera and follow
with vaccination of pigs only in
the fall. Live virus will soon be
ruled out in Pennsylvania, he
said. Attenuated or partially
filled virus vaccine is recom-
mended.
A mixture of one pound of sod
ium fluoride to 100 pounds of dry
feed is recommended for control
of internal parasites of hogs.
Younkin warned that-this mixture
must be kept absolutely dry and
fed for one day only It is highly
toxic if handled or fed improper
ly, he said.
Piperazine, which can be fed
wet or dry or added to the water
is recommended as the safest and
best way for worming. However
it is more expensive, 16 to 17
cents per animal as compared to
the 3 to 4 cents an animal for
sodium fluoride treatment.
A good pasture can save swine
growers as much as $147 an acre
in six months, Younkin said. An
acre will support 10 brood sows
for a summer. He also recom
mends carrying bred sows on a
corn silage ration. Tests at Penn
State show that they do as well
on this ration as grain fed sows,
he said.
Penetrating Sealer Is
Best For Wood Floors
Penetrating sealer used to fin
ish wood floors will bring back
color and beauty to faded flag
stone floors, says Miss Gena
Thames, extension home furnish
ing specialist at Rutgers Univer-
Sityc.
A thin type floor sealer will dry
quickly and does not collect dust
as varnish does. For outdoor
floors or" shore areas, she recom
mends a sealer designed to be
moisture resistant.
12 New Farmers
Join County
Soil District
Twelve new farmer cooperators
in the Lancaster -County Soil Con
servation District were approved
Monday night at a meeting held
at the Courthouse.
New cooperators are D. S.
Ficher, R 2 Narvon, 94 acres,
Charles W Haug, R 4 Manheim, 5
acres, Rufus Bollinger, R 1 Stev
ens, 33 acres, Lester M. Brubak
er, R 2 Manheim, 124 acres; Guy
Wanner, R 2 Narvon, 43 acres
Ethan Mast, R 2 Narvon, 120
acres, John K Stoltzfus, R 2 Nar
von, 32 acres, Jonas Jlartm, R 1
Gap, 116 acres, D. Arthur Charles,
R 2 Lancaster, 83 acres; Robert H.
Barr, R 1 Millersville, 26 acres;
Lloyd Skiles, R 2 Narvon, 30 acres;
and a farmer in Salisbury Town-"
ship whose name was not given,
148 acres.
Water Limiting
Resource Factor,
Sec. Benson Says
In a speech prepared for de
livery March 19, Secretary Ben
son refers to water as perhaps the
greatest limiting resource factor
in the further development of
this nation. We must deal with
this problem promptly, effective
ly, and cooperatively, he stated.
“The best programs are pro
grams of self-help —programs
imtated and developed by local
people and managed by them,
with the help of both State and
Federal Governments where
needed. Soil Conservation Dis
tricts and the small watershed
program are kinds of manage
ment go hand in hand soil man
agement,,water manage ment, and
local management. Jt is undeni
able one of the great conserva
tion developments of our time,”
he said in part.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 22, 1957—!
A HYBRID DEVELOPED at the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, Pa 807, helped these young farmers win the 1956
Corn Club championship by yielding 160 bushels an acre.
The proud growers are Robert W. and Charles Happel,
Jr., Chambersburg. Pa 807 is noted for good water utiliza
tion. In 13 tests in two successive dry summers, it yielded
10 to 15 bushels more an acre than standard U.S. 13, L. L.
Huber, station corn breeder, reports. (Penn State Photo)
Plowing Meeting
A demonstration to show farm
ers how to properly hitch and
adjust (flows is planned for to
morrow along with a plowing con
test for 4-H Tractor Club mem
bers by the Chester County ex
tension service.
The demonstration will be held
at the Pusey L. Moore farm locat
ed on Street Road (Route 926)
1% miles west of London Grove,
one-half mile east of Route 841.
A test at a Midwestern experiment
station shows the effect of complete
liming on alfalfa yield
NO Lime
HALF Limed
FULL limed
The above test proves you will profit by testing
your soil and applying the amount of Limestone need
ed to bring your soil up to near neutral! -
You save cold cash when you lime properly!
Ivan H. Martin Limestone
Blue Ball, Pa*
To Be Tomorrow
The demonstration will start at
1 15 p. m.
Burton S. Horne, extension
agricultural engineer from Penn
State will speak.
The importance of bovine lep
tospirosis (Weil’s disease in man)
is exceeded only by mastitis, tu
berculosis and brucellosis, vet
erinary authorities report.
(Soil limed to-neutral)
Now is the time to order
New Holland ELgin 4-2112
Terre Hill HlUcrest 5-3455
-s
522 lbs.
. 2339 lbs.
. 5818 lbs.