—Lancaster Farming, Friday, October 3, 1958 14 Research Reveals (Continued fiom page 11) lev points out Using such com Pciisons, the breeding of the sows v as the same but that of then p,gs was ditleienl In another phase of the re s'aich proiect the effect inbreed mg and line crossing systems of biceding had on sow performance \ cue studied The performance of sows from both systems of breed ing were compaied when both gamps pioduced hnecross pigs This part of the protect show ed that litters from inbred sows axcraged 20 per cent smaller than htteis fiom hnecross sows at fallowing time According to Laslej, the smal ler litters resulted from one of two causes the inbicd sows’ Mabilitj to pioduce as man\ eggs at breeding time as the hnecross sews or because a large percent age of their pigs died before birth Both factors were probably at \voik, he notes The hnectoss sows also weaned 17 pel cent more of the pigs they farrowed than did the inbred sows This suggests the hnecross rows were better mothers A slightlj smaller percentage ot non-mbred pigs from inbred sows died from weaning to 22 weeks, he adds This indicates that the inbred sows didn’t hurt the ability of their pigs to live after weaning Pigs from linecross sows were no heavier at birth than non-in -1 ied pigs from inbred sows and only a half pound heavier at V’camng, Lasley sajs Apparently inbred sows gave almost as much milk pei pig as the linecross sows but their total nulk pioduction was less because thcv suckled two fewer pigs per litter The pigs fiom linecross sows HOSE KILLS WEEDS Science has just stepped in to take a !ot of the old back-bieak mg weeding out oi gi owing to bacco and vegetable ciops Now all gioweis bate to do is to spr>nkSe beds v ith a new soil fumigant called Vapam and the weeds are hooed awav This new cnemical was de i eloped by chemists and agrono mists of Stauffer Chervcal Com pany Most farmers just add the Vapam to v'ater and amply it to the beos with any standaid spray or ungation rig Even a sprink ling can or garden hose will do the job and no expensive tarp ’ covers are needed Vi hat happens is tnat the li quid soaks into the soil and then vaporizes As the vapot spreads unde-giound it lu'ls v ecds, in serts larvae germinating weed seeds nematodes and most plant diseases leaves the sod clean and healthy Thi 1, unique soil fumigation has yielded extraoidmaiw lesults in extensive field tests John A Cox horticulturist at Louisiana State University says that the new chemical is “as easy as a shotgain to use out as ef fective as an atomic weapon” Extension Tobacco Sneciahst Ira Massie of tic Ur, ersity of Kentucky, reports good weed con trol and many countv agents say that after Vapam treatment the tobacco plan's are stronger and the m-mbtr of seedlings per sou ae yard i - often doomed The novel soil n. m morns o'Her yields and io £ -s uork lor lmi ers An 1 u, puca"K th< soil h no in t _■ T' 1 -v.nc-n Jit wctiiier rp'-i' ii'oiable- Krowti- ii«- a o’* ro sa.e time b\ iS ntv in ' tli ii te r, ‘> ar'l a’l r v ; Utii./i# i/ 1 tn- ei" i averaged 10 pounds heavier,at 22 j weeks than pigs li om inbred sows but this probably wasn’t due to the breeding of the sows, he notes The method of breeding can have great effect on litter sue and weight at market time. 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