—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 29, 1957
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SPECIAL REPORT
High Pork Production Per Man
Possible Using New System
By Bob Best 1 the principles of mass broiler
1 production and the open stable
mg of livestock, is really no
thing new. What is new about
it is that these principles seem
to apply to swine.
The house, which measures 40
feet across by 36 feet deep, will
accommodate 100 head of hogs
And of the 36 foot depth, 14 feet
is an open cement slab. This,
at first thought, is pretty crowd
ed, but these appears to'be suffi
cient room even when the hogs
are market Size.
The house is designed for
one man operation. On both sides
are 16 hole self feeders and
four float controlled waterers
A six foot alleyway at the rear
of. the building is provided as
a storage and work area for the
operator.
The buildings are nothing elab
orate. Of wood and concrete
block construction, the esti
mated cost, including all hard
ware and appliances, is $1,752
The largest costs are for the
blocks, aluminum roofing, self
feeders and waterers
'The house is open to the south
Twenty years ago, a pork pro
ducer would have been consid
ered foolish for attempting to
raise market hogs under such
conditions. The sanitation prob
'ems were too great, the hogs
would g’t too hot m summer and
the feed would be too difficult
to handle
Howei !°r many things have
chanced in the nast 20 vears. In
secticides now effectively destroy
most disease carrying insects
and parasites. Anti-biotics take
care of those on the inside, and
new wormers such as piperazine
keen internal parasites under
control.
Another thing that has changed
is that most farms now have wa
In recent months a new meth
od of raising pigs 'to market
size under a system of restricted
sipace and open housing has been
adopted by about hail a dozen
farmers in the County
The plan, which is an adapta
tion to hog raising or some of
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Healthy Chicks Make Great Layers!
* Catching The Measles?
Monroe C. Babcock
Probably not" How about upset stomach’ Mumps’ Chicken
Pox Colds etc’ Why do they get all these diseases’ So they can
live’in their environment They have to build immunity.
Now how about coccidiosis? It’s not such a bad disease for
chicks if they can catch it gradually while they are young and build
their own immunity. At Babcock Poultry Farm we never treat for
cocci No medicine in the mash, none in the drinking water, no
antibiotics. Sure they get a little little cocci but what of it’ We
think it’s better than ruining them as future layers by medication.
But here’s the trick to it We use hot water heat which helps
keep the floor dry. We feed scratch gram in the litter every after
noon, day-old to maturity We allow 1 sq. ft. of floor space to
eight weeks, 2 sq. ft after that.
Gas and electric brooders are more conducive to cocci than
coal and hot water.
250 chicks are plenty for any hover, even if the manufacturer
says it will accommodate 1000 The manufacturer probably never
heard of coccidiosis
You raised nice pullets
ed mashes. Why not again’
Jf you raise chicks under coal stoves or hot water heat, don’t let
the fire go out, no matter how warm the weather, until they are 8
weeks old. Open the windows and let the heat keep the litter dry
to prevent a sudden outbreak of cocci. A little heat is “strong
prevention” against cocci.
Babcock Bossies are in your future. Why not try them and
enjoy their performance on your farm. You’re probably paying for
the quality that Bessies offer you anyway, so why not order Bessies
and see what they’ll do for you’
BABCOCK HATCHERY
Lancaster County Branch
Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Phone MAdison 6-5872
Russell Mease Bob Decker
Route 4 R. D. #1
Manheim, Pa Milford, New Jersey
Phone MO-5 4705 Phone Milford 4-4909
Bqb<o<k Poultry Ferny Inc. Box 286}
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THIS HOUSE IS DESIGNED to handle 50
head of market hogs. The large structure
in the center is a 16 head capacity sell
feeder. Automatic heated water fountains
are also supplied. Aluminum roofing is
ter systems Now in the summer
a fine mist or spray can be
iolayed over the concrete slab.
Producers who have tried this
say that hogs will he under this
snray without minding the sun.
Thus tha hogs are kept cool and
(be spray also aids m keeping
down insects and removes manure
accumulations i
Bu'lk feed handling bv blowers
has removed the most backbreak
ing job on the farm. The self
feeders m the new set-urn w'U
handle a ton of feed each. Al
though this is not much when
100 hungry market barrows are
working on it at free choice, re
filling the feeder is just a mat
fer of hooking on the blower
hose
But most important of all.
iust how efficient is this type of
feeding’ The proof hes in the
feed cost per nound of gain.
Trials have shown that on the
average, a nound of gain can be
nut on with 12 cents worth of
fee'!
JWr in Lancaster County, only
ope batch of hoes have been mar
keted under the system. The cost
urn* pound of gain for theso was
fa cents The operators said that
the cost would have been lowered
if he had not made some of the
mistakes now corrected.
One of these mistakes was that
hogs were not nut on anti-ido.
lies when moved to combat the
stress of movement and a chance
of feed Four hogs were lost this
wav
Another nractice recommended
bv a ll| l users is that all pigs he
vaccinated noon arrival on the
farm noth modified vtrus and
serum for oholera
'ctill another /procedure heme
followed >s the Tiso of wormar
and a eoUownn on the first appli
cation The follo'Viin IS n°ceosanv
*0 kdl any woras that pi'vht
have been in the egg stave
when ttye niag first wormed
This nlap of Viocf nrndyyofinn
was oryvnated with the Ralston
p "nna rnmpany. Although nro
duoers here are contracting hogs
with fo°d dealers, this is not
nart of the nlan suggested bv the
eomnanv Anv of th a svsteyns
o’ans and assistance offered bv
f he eomnanv mav be obtained
tw any independent swine pro
dlioay
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vary in scone from full
dealer ownershin of the hoes to
a guarantee of the fe»d cost ner
mound of gain on the finished
nroduct.
World Corn Crop Big,
Feed Grains Down
Preliminary information avail
able to the Foreign Agricultural
Service indicated a 1957 world
corn crop of about 6.4 billion
bushels, a little less than the rec
ord 6% billion bushel crop pro
duced in 1956.
World production of barley and
oats in 1957 is now estimated at
about 140 million short tons,
about six per cent below the large
1956 harvest
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Produces 514 lb. Fat
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registered Guernsey cow, Willow
Bends Ellen, owned by John A.
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used to give greater heat reflection in the
summer. The south end of the house is
never closed, although the other sides are
made wind proof. (LF Photo)
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BALER TWINE
UNICO “PREMIUM” TWINE
231 Feet Per Pound
UNICO “EXTRA - LENGTH” TWINE
257 Feet Per Pound
UNICO “BLACK STALLION” TWINE
225 Feet Per Pound
UNICO BALER TWINE
Strength Uniformity Free Feeding
Guaranteed Length Rodent Resistance
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Breneman, Willow Street, has
completed an official production
record in the Herd Improvement
Registry division of the American
Guernsey Cattle Club.
This record was for 9,190 lbs.
of milk and 514 lbs of fat.
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