New Feed Additive Makes Hogs Leaner While Keeping Fast Gains AMES, lowa Swine feeding specialist at the lowa Stale Col lose hcie icport that they have learned about a posible new way to feed leaner hogs without slowing down gams The discovery is important be cause previous attempts to feed lor less fat have not woiked out Carload of CALPHOS • Now Unloading For Carload Prices Contact: ROY B. ERB LANCASTER Ph. LC 9-1580 Green Sand - Potash Rock & Colloidal Phosphate (Calphos) NATURAL SOIL BUILDERS Use in . . . Stables Poultry Houses Increases: Potash Content. Manure Value Safe Absorbent for Moisture Apply on . Lawns Gardens Grass Fields Will Not Burn Odorless BULK OR BAGS Place Your Older Today with One of These Dealers LANCASTER ROY B. ERB LO 9-1580 MILLERSVILLE MERVIN McMICHAEL . . 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K V N / ' / !V 100 well By limiting energy in take, you get learner poik. but it slows down gams too much to' suit most feedeis Boosting the protein level im proves quality but is nearly al ways an expensne process The lowa State scientists le ported that a feed additive called 3 Nitro (lull name 3-Nitro-4- Indroxyphcnyl arsonic acid) r° duced backfat seven to nine per cent in two tests with 80 pigs fimshed to 200 pounds They self-fed all the pigs a standard growing finishing ration Ihe only difleicnce is that some pigs got the chemical mixed in I heir feed fiom weaning to mark et Best results wexc obtained with 3 Nitro making up 0025 per cent ot the total lation It ieduced backfat 10 to 12 per cent at that lc\el There was no difference in late or efficiency ot gam in these COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE COMPANY DALLAS, PA. QUARRYVILLE, PA How to Measure Cow's Mothering Ability The of a bed cow’s calf at 112 davs of age is just as reliable as its weight at 210 davs in measuring the motheung abil ity ol the cow, accoicling to ani mal husbandmen at Oklahoma State Umveisity The eailier weighing time would pci mil cattlemen to iden tifv and cull poor milking cows earlici and thus increas flexibil ity in management, the Sooner scientists sav tests on conctetc The pigs gain ed 1 4 to 17 pounds per day and made a pound ol noik on 3 3 to 3 1 pounds ol feed This checks out with eailici tests when the scientists measur dd only 3-Nitro s ctlcct on late and efficiency ol gam They got lb per cent faster gains and three pei cent betel feed conveision with it in dnl drylot and a five per cent improvement in both on pastuie, but no extra help on concicte ‘lt looks like 3-Nitio impiovcs late and efficiency ol gam only | Jst Highest All-breed Highest Leghorn | | Hen Record in Pa Hen Record in the | 1 Laying Contest - 1957 Nation - 1957 | | WHY I Keystone Leghorn I | CHICKS | | WILL COST YOU LESS | H 1. 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SINGER Ronks, Pa, 2,4-D, Dinitro Okay for Weeding Sweel Corn; Both Have Advantages Two chemicals 2,4 D and watei soluble dmitio, are lecommendcd l(i weeding of sweel com R“ scaich with these hcibiciclcs by the Agucultural Expenment Sla turn at Penn Slate shows 2 4 D and dmitio can be applied at the time the field is cultivated in either pro oi post cmci gence ap plications The cheaper oi the two heibi with a high disease level But it boosts poik quality oven with a low disease level,” said Dis \ngil Hays and Damon Cation, vyho made the expel iments Reducing backfat by 13 to 17 inch in a lot considering that it takes at least two yeais to breed that much off with what we know about genetics today And this 3 Nitro improvement* apparently acids on to what you can do (mough bleeding A few feed manufacturer have 3 Nitro in then feeds now, in combination with antibiotics SEE THE GENUINE SOLD AND SERVICED BY Ph. Strasburg OV 7-3226 Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 25, 1958—13 cidcs on an acre is 2 4-D This chemical can be applied from planting lime until corn is 2 to 3 inches tall Best results in ex pen imental plots at Penn State wane obtained when the 2,4 D w'as applied at the time of corn em eigence Cultivation following a post emeigenco application of 2,- 4 D s should be delayed at least It) days as the corn stalks mav become buttle and subject to bi eakage Dmitio is moie expensive to me than 2,4-D, costing 3 to 4 limes as much This herbicide cioes not make the corn stalk brit tle thus permitting earlier ciillivation following treatment, Noll points out It is generally sal er to use on sandy or stonv soil and is easier to remove from mi ay equipment than is 2,4-D This same chemical may be used to weed other vegetables such as beans and peas YEARLY HIGH MILK PRO DUCTION, (3) LONGER PRO DUCTION LIFE, (4) CLEANER COWS, (5) MINIMUM BED DING WASTE. 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