MULTIPLE FARROWING is going to year and marketings are made in an order have to go with the trend toward the con- ly fashion. This system will allow the fznement raising of hogs. Under this plan, swine producer to receive the maximum the facilities receive the maximum use, return from his investment. labor is evenly distributed throughout the In Apnl 1957, dan I support purchases were 19,266 762 pounds of butter, 18,411,601 pounds of cheese, and 83. 128,634 pounds of nonfat di\ milk Mb'SSER Leghorn Chicks For Large White Egg* DONEGAL WHITE CROSS For Broiier Chicks "Direct from the Breeder* Phone Mt. Joy OL 3-4911 WELL IN VARIED ENVIRONMENTS Rank ol nationally sold chicks In 1955-S7 tests (A«t«d «a <aeo<nc feed coU Mc«pt ift N. Y. C. and Mjttotffi.) Mry Calif. If* HT 6. Tm. Otofc* Jn. *t M * ♦ *«* Kim bar K-11T Slrmin A Strata I Strain C Strmtn D Strain 6 Strain f Strom O *lncomp}ofm, tAverage of 2 anfries» $/ncom« over fmta and chick cojfj., K-137 entries ranked FIRST IN NET INCOME among all nationally sold chicks entered in three or more of the_ above tests. The average net income from Kimberchiks was 564 higher than the average of all entries. Such consistent, prof itable performance in a wide variety of environments should encourage you to order K-137 Kimberchiks this season. Longenecker’s Hatclierv 1110 South Market St. Elizabethtown, Pa. livability, matures early, flocks peak at 80 to 90%, shell* extremely strong HUBBARD’S NEW HAMPSHIRES Long favored farm flock producers of large brown eggs Low mortality, hold all time contest record for breed HUBBARD'S KIMBERCHXK K-137 letter than 250 pure white eggs a year, large size early. An idea! Leghorn for commercial production on the floor or cage. 4.7 6.0 n. 6 13.3 16. S 7.0 19.0 HIESTAND INC. MARIETTA RDI. Ph. HA 6 9301 CLARENCE RUTT NEW HOLLAND Ph. EL 4-8797 ; ra ÜBBARD CHICKS | produce 4Jiere and bigger eggs j 'ou to buy Hubbard Breed jbard blood lines you get .u a qualities you need to make profits vigor, quick sturdy growth, 1 high livability, and the needed stam ‘ ina for top production of brown or . white eggs. Every Hubbard chick is a proved leader. We’re proud of them.| . for FREE ft farms ■ (mm IANCASTH. f K Come in or rend for FREE folder*. Manheim Pike Telephone Express 22155 HUBBARD FARMS PROFIT-BRED EGG STAINS DEALERS L. H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike. Ph. Lane. EX 3-7607 Lititz RD3. 14 Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 16, 1958 Confinement Feeding of Hogs Means Added Emphasis on Management “Confinement feeding of cuv icntly attracting hog produceis attention,” says Leland Tribble. University ot Missouri swine spe cialist “However, management, disease control, building and equipment problems are involved in such operation ” He says the system is becoming popular because it allows hog feeders to intensify their opera tions without enlarging their farms In discussing confinement feed ing, Tribble stresses points m management, feeding, and dis ease control that must be given careful consideration if such a system of pork production is to be successful According to the swine specia list, .multiple farrowings should be considered as a part of a con finement feeding system Such plans allow maximum use of ex- Columbia Pike Conestoga Farm Service Park Ave.. Quarryville Ph. ST 6-2597 Denver Ph. MA 6-7766 nett >y to sew* you mm farm OUR 60TH YEAR of Quality Seed Service | ' A. H. Hoffman Seeds. Inc. LANDISVILLfi Phone TW 8-3421 j s. r. ! 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Matz pensive equipment and also pro vides a way of increasing the size of a hog-teedmg operation. ONE COMMONLY used plan for multiple farrowing involves a sow herd divided into two groups and managed to produce two lit ters a year. For example, he says, one group could be bred to far row in February and again in, August while the other group could farrow in May and Novem ber. Using this farrowing plan good feeders would have hogs on the market in August, November, February and May And sows could be bred to farrow in other months of the year if it’s more desirable When pigs are weaned at four weeks, an extra building a nursery is needed. It now ap i pears that pigs do best when j kept in small lots of 20 to 30 dur |‘ (Continued on page sixteen) Ph. EM 7-1341 Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5723 Sauder Bros. New Holland Ph. EL. 4-8731 Ph. AN 7-6502
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