12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, October 17, 1958 Multiple Farrowing System Confinement Hog CAYUGA, NY The first multiple farrowing, confinement iearing hog unit in the East was center of an Oct 11 open house here. More than 200 pork producers and other interested agriculturists, including several from Lancaster County, attended the open house program. Multiple farrowing is a pro gram for the use of a 30 to 36 sow unit in a rotation breeding system Willard D Lashbrook, manager of the Beacon Milling Company research faim where the unit is located, told visitors that such a system enables feed ers to market more than 500 pigs per year at intervals from six to eight weeks. By getting away from the tra ditional two farrowing periods per year, continuous use of all facilities, greater labor efficiency, steadier income and higher sell ing prices for pigs are achieved. A sow colony. farrowing hut, nursery and finishing shelter make up the unit The sow col ony consists of three 12 ft by 22 ft shed type resting shelters for 10 to 12 sows each A similar three-sided shed for two boars, and a shade area where feed and water are pro vided completes the colony The 18 ft x 36 ft farrowing hut is fully insulated on all walls, ceiling and floor. Farrowing and nursing facilities for ten sows and litters are provided in this STRONG' STALKS^ NW e - t t* S'WOKETOWV, PA. Ph. L-VXC. EX 2-2659 earing Shown building. Electric floor heating provides heat, with higher temperatures maintained under the pigs than under sows This helps keep the pigs away from sows except when nursing, decreasing danger of injury and speeding weaning. Sows are exercised twice daily on a concrete platform on one end of the building. Intake and exhaust fans ventilate the build ing Eighty pigs, four to eight weeks old, can be housed in the nurs ery This building is 16 ft. x 30 ft] plus the 12 ft x 30 ft. out side cement feeding floor. At eight weeks, market pigs move to the finishing porch, a 77 ft. x 28 ft shed with a concrete floor, but no heat. An outside-fill, bulk self feed er runs the length of the build ing, and the building is con structed for mechanical cleaning. Professor Ellis Pierce, Cornell University, conducted several live hog grading demonstrations dur mg the open house to emphasize the importance of meat type hogs Further emphasis of the desir ability of meat type hogs was provided by a display of dress carcasses. i Home Improvements I Storm Doors, Windows, Jalousies, mi^ZZ l Awnings, Roofing, Siding, Carpentery, Roof Coating Authorized Huberoid Applicator I Ralph F. Kline 1 405 S. Broad St. Ph. MA 6-7474 LITITZ, PA. , VISIT OUR STAND AT ROOT’S COMMUNITY MARKET 20 years experience in Home Improvement field Our experience is your safeguard. Why take chances?. McCulloch MAC D3O $ 149 95 Chain Saw! A saw you can afford! Xew McCulloch Mac D3O pio fesnonal-Quahty chain nm lightweight, dependable, but tough. Built for haid woik under nigged conditions. Ask For A Demonstration A. B. C. GROFF NEW HOLLAND Tobacco Supports Up From *57 Level The U S. Department of Agriculture today announced the average price support loan levels for 1958 crop Burley, tire-cured, dark air-cured, Virginia sun-cured, Maryland, cigar binder, and cigar filler and binder tobaccos. f The average levels of support are shown below, with compar able levels for 1957: 1 TV PE OF TOBACCO Burley, Type 31 Virginia Fire-cnied, Type 21 Kentucky-Tennessee Fire-cured, Types 22-23 Dark Air-cured, Types 35-36 Virginia Sun-Cured, Type 37 Maryland Type 32 Cigar binder: Conn. Broadleaf, Type 51 Conn. Havana Seed, Type 52 Cigar filler and binder: Ohio filler, Types 42-44 N. Y. & Pa Havana Seed, Type 53 Souhtern Wisconsin, Type 54 Northern Wisconsin, Type 55 (The loan level for Puerto Rican cigar filler tobacco will b“ announced later) In its announcement April 7 giving the minimum average leves at which 1958 crops of these tobaccos would be supported, the Department stated that the actual level of support would be the mini mum then announced on the basis of April, 1958, parity prices or the level computed on the basis of parity prices as of the beginning of the marketing year (Oct. 1 lor these types), whichever was higher Levels of support for most types are slightly highe than the minimum levels announced, the increases ranging up to one-half of a cent per pound. Growers of Pennsylvania Seedleaf, Type 41, tobacco will not receive price support, as they disapproved marketing quotas on the 1958 cion. For those kinds of tobacco marketing quotas, puce support parity, except for fue-cured and sun cured) o **\^ c - u u&fy) costs L'mef Weighs only 17 pounds Direct drive "Light touch” cutting LUBRI MAC automatic oiling PINTAIL chain Ph. ELqin 4-8001 1958 Average Loan Level Cents per lb 53.4 38.8 38 8 34.5 34 5 50 8 56.2 48.0 23 4 25.5 25.5 31 0 for which growers have approved is mandatory at 90 per cent of dark air-cured (including Virginia FLORIN FLORIN FARMS H & N .Nick Cluck Leghoins were ranked In the FIRST QUARTER more times than any other breeder in the test foi nine ditterent traits at the 1958 Pennsylvania Random Sample Laving lest with 48 top U 8 breeders competing FLORIN FARMS H &. N’s were ranked in the lirst quaiter ior 8 out ol 9 traits being tested PROOF AGAIN that H & N s will produce consistently higher poultry piohts tor YOU Now is the time this \ear, to put H <1 N s to work lor you on >our tarm GET THE FAC IS about H& N “NicK Chick .Leghorns Write lor free booklet and price list toda\ Farm Show Deadline (Conttmuea -«m page one; show to be presented Thursday; night ot Farm Show Week. Rid ers will be members of 4-H Light Horse and Pony Clubs through out the Commonwealth An ini tial try-out of this type of show proved successful at the 1958, Farm Show 1957 X\ erage Loan Level Cents per lb. 517 38.8 388 34.5 34.5 480 Entry blanks for any depart ment in the Farm Show are pro vided within each copy of the 1959 Farm Show premium list. Premium lists will be available m early October from John B. McCool, Farm Show Director, oi; from any one of the State's 67 county agricultural agents. 53 8 48.3 Show r the Commission has sane-; tioned a light horse and pony 232 23 3 23.3 29 9 A good plowing job at the nghti soil moisture is all tillage needed for corn, states Michigan State University Soil Scientist 'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfillllllllllllitlllllllllllllllHt HEAD ANIMALS REMOVED PROMPTLY Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING = WORKS | Prop., John Fiy = 2114 Bollinger RD. | Lancaster =• Ph. fcX ~-4515 If No Answer 5 Phone EX 1-OiTi S r .IIIIMIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllf FARMS BALANCED BREEDING Pays Off Again! FLORIN FARMS, INC. Mt. Joy 2 Loncoster County Pa. Phone. Mr. Joy OLdfield 3-9891 Will Pay Full Value = For Dead Animals =§
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