Friday, May 16, 1958 16—Lancaster Farming, Farmers Supply Use BFIMM for COHN To help assme top vields and quality fiom corn crops, make sure that jou hate SWIFTS BRIMM plant food on hand when jou aie leady to plant FREE DELIVERY On our tegular routes 01 dei Mail \our In cries made approxi mately in three dats Hybrid Corn Muncy Chief =rH 780 Produced outstanding fields duung last tears di ought conditions Long season growing corn has stilt stalks, long eais that husk east Has excellent stand- ing ability Bushel Sll.OO, Muncy Chief f=H-3 98 110 Day Maturity, Bu SHOO Muncy Chief -H-520 100 Day Maturity, Bu SHOO Muncy Chief -H306 90 Day Maturity Bu Sll 00 U. S. 13 115 Day Matin lU Bu S 9 25 EARLY SILO BU. Sll.OO LATE SILO 81. $ll.OO Field Seeds Wabash Yellow &o„>. Beans Black Amber Soighum Began Sorghum Atlas Sorgo Sorghum Sweet Sudan Cert Piper Sudan Domestic Rye Glass Orchaid Grass S 37 Orchard Grass Pasture Mixture Pasture Mixture with Ladino Timothy Grow Better Tobacco Plants TRANSPLANTONE 1 LB. .. $4.00 Promotes root growth Makes stronger plants Put in water when transplanting VHPF 30 LB. CASE .. $7.50 Insures rapid growth and better stands. ISOTOX . PINT . $1.85 Tiansplanting solution. Use to control wireworms, cab bage magots and other in sects on tomatoes, celery and tobacco at transplanting time. NUTRI LEAF “60” 5 LBS. $1.75 Feeds plants thru the leaves. Four applications during giowing season FARMERS SUPPLY CO. 137 E. KING ST. Open daily 8:30 to 5:30 Friday until 9.00 Confinement Feeding of Hogs Means Added Emphasis oi other production systems, major taole high in en ergya n d contain emphasis is placed on the brood a high-quality P r ° lcin > mmeraL, sows’ ration as the number of vitamins, and antibiotics. Pl gs weaned per litter has a direct The creep ration can be fed to bearing on profits,,he says. How- the pigs until they weigh from 40 ever, the confinement system pre- to 50 pounds. At that time, tn - sents no new problems in feeding protein level can be dropped from the brood sow. 18 to 16 per cent. , THE BABY PIG represents the For pigs in the growing-iatten profit potential and it’s at a cnti- mg state, or from 50 pounds to cal stage in life until it becomes maiket, the nutritional require eight to 10 weeks old ments aren’t as exacting as they Supplying a source of iron and are in earlier stages of life. How copper to control anemia is es- ever, a well-balanced ration is sential in the confinement system essential for fast and economical Injectable iron compounds do gains an effective job in this respect. As pigs become heavier, the Other methods work, but atten- protein level can be lowered. A tion must be given their apphea- ration with 12 per cent protein t lon appears to be adequate from the Pigs should have a good creep time a pig weighs 125 pounds un ration available by the time they .til he is sold are two weeks It should be pala-) RESULTS AT THE University (Continued from page fourteen) mg the six weeks they’re in the nursery. Sanitation, temperature and ventilation are all important during this phase of production and while in the nurseiy, pigs need eight to 10 square feet of floor space each. WHEN WEANED AT eight weeks, pigs are generally moved d'tectly to growing and finishing shed. Ease and convenience of tilling feeders and removing ma mue and pigs’ comfort are im ; portant items to consider when building a finishing shed. At present, 50 pigs are consider ed an optimum number per pen in the feeding phase Twelve to 15 squaie feet of floor space are needed for each fattening hog In confinement rearing, as in ALL-CROP HARVESTER 7Vz FOOT MODEL FIELD TESTED and APPROVED ON LANCASTER COUNTY FARMS. READ THIS STATEMENT BY AN De- OWNER OF THE NEW ALLIS CHALMERS VA 90 ALL-CROP. A , ♦ * New Bigger Capacity —7 1/2 Foot Header. —Larger Wider Strawrack and Cleaning Shoe. —Larger Tires for Better Flota tion. The Model "90" is new in every respect... not just a wider header on a former 6 foot machine. Each unit has been increased in size to handle greater volumes of higher yielding crops. Nissley Farm Service Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv. Washington Boro, Pa. Quarryville, Pa. I. H. Lancaster, Pa. 4 * V , Above are Willis Esbenshade (left) and Ed Stambaugh, Allis-Chalmers blockman, checking the New No. 90 All-Crop on Willis’ farm Let Us Show 1 on The Advantages of The New No. 90 All-Crop w FOOT P.T.O. * NEW CONVENIENCE and OPERATING FEATURES —lndustrial Type Controls from Tractor Seat to control gear box, bin, and swinging tongue with lock for transport or field position. (See insert photo showing controls and operation from tractor seat). —Retractable Finger Auger Feed. —Quick Adjustable, Variable Speed Reel. See It At Your Local Allis - Chalmers Dealer R, S. Weaver N. G. Myers & Son L. H. Brubaker Stevens, Pa, Rheems. Pa. Lititz, Pa. NO. Willis Esbenshade, 1631 Es.-nshade Road, Lancaster, Pa, says; -With my No. 90 All-Crop I have harvested many acres of grain on my farms Using my WD 45 tractor, I found I can operate at the SAME FOR WARD SPEED, cutting 7 1/2 feet with my No 90 All Crop, as I did with the smaller machine I previously owned Of course, this means big savings in labor and operating costs No wonder I like my new No. 90 All - Crop so much. * Confinement rearing can result; in the production of healthier hogs when compared to raising hogs on dirt lots as soil is a good cnviornment for many disease producing organisms On the other hand, disease could well be the biggest problem, in this type of operation unless pioper sanitation is maintaned as a large number of hogs en hance the spread of any dsease •' • * W-Nk 'ife ,■ ■•<.. iP', Snavely Farm Service Management of Missouri and in ither states indicate that, in most cases, free choice feeding is more profitable than feeding a complete mixed ration. The level of antibioitics in the ration can be lowered and pos sibly removed after pigs reach 125 pounds without seriously at ferting performance New Holland, Pa. . V t'Z - J „*r
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