OAMC - 9 MODEL 51 is one of the herd sires at Wil
low Glen Farm. High quality breeding stock like this has
helped to get the program off to a good start. Two of the
litter mate boars of this sire were shown at the 1960 York
shire Type conference at Stillwater, Oklahoma where one
waS named Grand champion and the other Reserve champ
lon One gilt from the same litter was champion August
It a t the same show. The boar was bred at the Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
w/ .ii ... When the pigs are three
® WHI weeks old, they and the sow
(From page 7) are , moved out of far .
fected, and a shot of soluble rowing crates into other cr
iron compound injected into a t es where the pigs have
Ins ham. more room and. larger feed-
The only -thing the pig ers an( j wa ter fountains,
has to do is help himself to jfere they will stay until
the sow’s milk and the start we aning time when they
er pellets in the self feed- Wl n g 0 to' the feeding bam,
ers m the crate at all times, an{ j the sow will ’return to
and lounge in the warmth the pasture,
of the gas-fired pig blanket.
The pig blankets are con- litter remains a sep
structed of two layers of arate unit on. the farm from
metal with mineral oil be- the date of birth until mar
tween The oil become heat- ket weight. In this way the
ed and spreads the warmth record of the sow can be
over the entire pig area of more complete, even though
the crates. the pigs are ear notched at
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See The New
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I. PAUL NOLT
Lincoln Hwy« Gap, Pa.
USED CRUSHERS AND CRIMPERS FOR SALE
“The building stone with the
quarried stone appearance”
HOLLAND STONE
farrowing time to identify
them.
Henkel and Little have
had to do extensive interior
remodeling of the poultry
houses which were built on
the farm by the previous
owner, but they feel fortun
ate that very little had to
be to the exterior of
the buildings.
' Willow Glen Farm has on
ly about thirty acres of land,
but the partners feel that
this will be enough for their
purpose. A commercial hog
ration will be mixed with.
corn which will be bought
on a contract basis locally.
About five acres of com will
be planted for silage to be
fed to the sows, but the rest
of the acreage will be seeded
to a mixture of Ladino clov
er and orchard grass for pas
ture.
Complete, accurate rec
ords and attention to details
along with outstanding foun
dation stock is the formula
for success beifig applied on
the farm, and John Henkel
and Joseph Little have every
right to be optimistic about
the outcome.
PAVE BARNYARDS
Paving your barnyard can
eliminate those springtime
mud problems. So say Penn
State extension agricultural
engineers. Other benefits in
clude more efficient gains by
animals fed on a paved lot 1
as compared with a muddy
lot, and saving of manure as
weU as easier cleaning of
the barnyard.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May v 28, 1960—13
SOWS IN THE SHADE on good pasture are content to
lie and relax. Self feeders and waterers are placed at a
distance from the shelters so that the bred, sows are forced
to get some exercise during the gestation period. Sows are
kept on pasture at Willow Glen during the entire year ex
cept the eight weeks they are in the farrowing crates.
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