F" SCRIfl^ ■ voL. 9 NO. 17 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 28, 1964 $2 Per Year i ■ Ip: ns .1 , ** JIHH v I! I r '* m r* M # -* ’ # '^lHBB^aJ I f l> v ’ * - - I < ♦ < ‘am •* mßst&X v*&& S» v^aß^^^pf I , ~o* *• ' ill" '- # %4 ,V' .«Wr& "4* >Y iBHHr I - f • -fpl> ■»*.;* % '" |p|*- * V ."5 MH» 3 *' *% *y« „ *>„ - v®pß- , » ' - S EASTER AND CHICKS SEEM TO go together Dr Robert F Gentry, head of the Poultry Disease Research Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University, left, discusses hatchery sanitation with Jay R. Greider, Mount Joy R 1 Visiting the hatchery with Dr Gentry was Dr. John V. Shutze, Extension Poultry Specia list Irom PSU Dr. Gentry has developed a statewide program of hatchery sanita tion which helps hatcherymen evaluate their programs. L. F. Photo. Manor Young Farmers Like Limited Hog Feeding Members of the Manor Young Parmer classes concluded this week that feed savings with limited hog feeding more than offset the added labor and nsks The conclusions were drawn at the end of an experiment Farm Calendar Max 30 12 45 p.m. Dairy- Herd Improvement (Associa tion workshop in the Mor gantown fire hall. 7 30 p.m Adult welding class at the Bphrata High S_rool vocational agncul tine shop 7 30 p.m Central 4iH Tractor club meets at the N G Hershey farm machinery shop, Manhedm. 7 30 p.m. iEIm-Penryn 4-H Community club meets at the Penryn fue hall. si _ 7 30 p in. Kirk wood community 4-H club meets m the BarbOoleram school. pm County 4-iH trac '- 0r club to tour the (New Holland Machine Company 3O p m New Providence community 4iH club meets at t-ie'Providence School. 4-5 pca Dairy Herd Im provement Association work- ln t'he Intercourse fire hall. 'Continued on P*«e 9) conducted by a member of the class using a litter of 12 pigs in lots of four. One third of the litter was put on a self feeder at 40 pounds and full fed to slaugh ter weiighft Faux more pigsj were full fed to about 110 pounds and then limited to 70 per cent of a full ration. The third pen was put on approxi mately 80 per cent full feed ait 40 pounds and limited through out the period. The project, which Garland Gingerich, teacher of vocational agriculture, calls “-action re search” was started last fall as an outgrowth of a classroom dis cussion on the values of limited feeding of hogs Members of the class, Ging erich said, had read reports of limited feeding, -but wanted ■more local answers. Harold Herr, Millersvill-e, the State FFA treasurer and a member •of the group, agreed to divide a litter of 12 Yorkshires and conduct the research The hogs went on feed last October 20 when they averaged 40 pounds Members of the class went to the butcher shop of Ralph Frey, Conestoga K 2, to see the hog carcasses and evaluate the results. They found that both lots of limited hogs used less feed per pound of gain, had less bacfcfat thickness, and less total pounds (Continued on Page 10) Acreage Is Up For Most Crops The annual March 1 survey of planting intentions indicates Pennsylvania fanners expect to plant 2 percent more com than last year, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service Plantings of rye last fall were up 10 percent The increases for both crops reflect grain and roughage (Continued on Page 5) few ‘Easier To Read’ Type ippears In Farmer Today You might have notic ed that Lancaster Farm ing is easier to read this week. A new and larger type is being used m the printing of the news You are now reading words printed in the new Corona type face. It is larger than the old type and is also bolder and blacker, hence an added convenience to the read er You will note the dif ference if you will com pare this column of type with the one at right. The change is being made as part of the continuing policy of Lan caster Farming to im prove the newspaper. Will Control Fowl Leucosis Absolute isolation of chicks and complete sanitation can practically eliminate the prob lem of leucosis, county poultry men were told Thursday night Dr Robert F. Gentry, head of the Poultry Disease Research Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University, said, ‘1 ie commend putting the chicks out, put a padlock on the door, and keep everybody except one operator out of the bouse for the first three and a half weeks ” Speaking at a meeting in the Lancaster Poultry Center, Di Gentry said, “I have often said, poultrymen go to a neighbor’s chicken house every time his chickens come down with Limited Hog May Not Be Differing testjresi£ts lead me to believe it is "not yet time to recommend limited feeding of market hogs, a swine produc tion expert told county fanners Wednesday night At the concluding session of a three part senes of swine clinics, Dr Dairy Gobble, as sociate professoi of swine management at the Pennsyl vania State University, said experiment station tests at many colleges are conflicting in their finding on limited feeding programs. There is not enough evidence to prove that limited feeding 15 practi cal. “But it depends somewhat on how much premium a butch er is willing to pay for the type of hogs produced since you will lose in rate of gain.” Gobble said some experi ments with liquid feeding (a complete dry feed and water) You might have notic ed that Lancaster Farm ing is easier to read this week A new and larger type is being used m the printing of the news You are now reading words printed m the old type face It is smaller then the new Corona type which is also bolder and blacker, hence an added comenience to the read er You mil note the dif ference if y on will com pare this column of type with the one at left, winch is printed in Cor ona The change is be ing made as part of the continuing policy of Lan caster Farming to im prove the newspaper. something so he will recognize it when he carries it home to his own. chickens ” He said the best way to oo»- trol leucosis is absolute isola tion, and this means “service men, neighbors, and feed men”, coupled with a strict program of sanitation A complete cleanup between batches, inside and outside the houses, and disinfecting the house can practically eliminate the leucosis problem Fumiga tion of the building in severe problem cases may be necess ary, he said, -but ‘it does no good to clean the house rf you diag the diseases hack in from outside ” (Continued on Page 9) Feeding Profitable have showed gopd results, but if you use liquid feed, you have to limit feed Labor is a pioblem unless a mechanical device is used, and these are expensive since an agitator, pump and hoses are needed in addition to a meeting device. If the feed is not limited spoil age will take more feed than is saved, he said. Gobble urged all swine pro ducers to use a creep feed for young pigs “The most critical feeding time m the life of a pig is from birth to 50 pounds”. The cheapest gains a hog mak (Continued on Page 8) Farmers Plan Less Tobacco Acreage In 1964 As of March 1, Common wealth growers intended to cut their Type 41, Pennsylvania Seedleaf, acreage by 4 percent, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. This places indicated acre age for harvest in 1964 at 26,000 acres, 1,000 acres less than last year and 4,600 acres below the 5-year average Historic records show a low of 18,000 acres harvested in (Continued on Paee S) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures are expect ed to average two to nine degrees below the seasonal average of 56 in the after noon to 34 at night. Colder temperatures Saturday night and Sunday will moderate somewhat Monday or Tues day and turn slightly cooler again by Wednesday. Very tittle precipitation is expect ed during the next five days with only light showers about Tuesday night.
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