o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 1966
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Boar Value Told
By Litter Size Of
Crossbred Daus.
A fanner wishing to pro
duce moie piss per litter
should crossbreed and select
boais primarily on the basis
ot litter size of their cross
-I>i cd daushters.
Research supporting this
conclusion is based on a study
by ARS geneticist, J. C Tay
lor, using straightbred and
crossbred sow s sired by the
same boar.
"Boars that helped their
straightbred daughters in
crease the size of their lit
ters somewhat,” Taylor said,
•'weren’t necessarily the ones
which helped crossbred daugh
ters have large litters You
can’t judge a boar’s value
tor ti ansnntting lit*er size in
crossbreeding by the way he
pertoims in straight breed
ing ”
T'ajlor believes that im
pioienient m litter size by
ci ossbreednig comes about
through hereditary factors
ditfeient from those involved
in straight breeding. Farmer
■wanting to mvproie litter
size, therefore, should test
boais specifically tor -heir
value in crossing with unre
lated sows
In straight breeding, he-
No Pesticide
Buildup, Latest
Study Shows
In\estigations during the
last year have failed to show
anj -widespread, overall build
up of pesticides in soil, wa
ter, or crops, according to
Hr Heibeit Cole, agriculture
'chemicals coordinator at Penn
State Univeisity
He based this encourag-
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redltary factors a boar trans
mits to his daughters are
likely to be much the same as
those contributed by the dam.
Therefore, straight breeding
makes for slow progress. But
animals of different breeds
generally differ more widely
in genetic makeup, and sows
produced from such crosses
usually have a greater poten
tial for large litters.
i’ng word mainly on a report
just released by the U.S. De
partment of Agriculture on
the first-} ear results of
UiSDA’s monitoring, farm pes
ticide use in the Mississippi
River Delta area.
In spite of many different
pesticides used, only small
amounts of a few persistent
insecticides were recovered
in USDA study. Still to be
answered, said Colo, is the
question of what these small
amounts mean and what, if
any, effect they may have
on organisms in the environ
ment.
In the USDA project, an
area of intensive agricultur
al pesticide use was moni
tored along with an area of
low use Tests were conduct
ed to detect all kinds of
pesticides, including herbi
cides, fungicides, insecticides,
soil fu'migants and growth
regulators.
Residues were searched
for in soil, sediment, water,
crops, luestock, and certain
aquatic and land animals.
Wells, small wild mammals,
livestock and poultry after
slaughter, and crops at ma
turity were some of the oth
ei sources tested More than
3,200 samples were analyzed
The chemicals detected in
cluded traces ot BHC, aldnn,
dieldnn, endnn, and DDT,
which weie recovered from
soil, sediment and water
from the heavily treated
areas as well as from areas
not treated with appreciable
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amounts of these pesticides
for Sever’s! year*.
The evidence indicates that
there was no general aceiK
mulatlon of pesticides—not
even in Helds that received
large amounts of various
•pesticides over several years.
Cole pointed out. However,
the results do confirm the
.contention that small quan
tities of certain insecticides
of the chlorinated hjdrocar
bon group persist in soils
and sediment and other parts
of the environment, he add
ed.
• Lancaster
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than Monday. Sows 50c High
er.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1-2 195-240 lbs." $29 50-
30 00, few $3O 50, (On Mon
day US 1. 200-240 lbs.
brought $31.50-32 00, with a
few at $32 50) US 1-3 190-
250 lbs. 29.00-29 50, US 2-3
230-260 lbs. $28.50-29.00.
SOWS- US 1-3 300-500 lbs.
$22.00-23.00, Few sales to
$2 | 3.'50, US 2-3 400-600 lbs.
$21.00-22 00.
SHEEP 27i5; Active, Wool
ed slaughter lambs 50-1.00
Higher Ewes scarce.
WOOLED LAMBS: Couple
small lots Prime $29.50-30 -
00, Choice 75-105 lbs. $26 -
50-28 00, Good 65-90 lbs.
$25.00-26 50.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
Cull $5.00.
FLAMES KILL 1,132
NEW YORK One of the
worst fires in, the history of
the United States occurred
Oct. 8, 1871, in Peshtigo,
Wis , and environs, killing 1,-
152 'persons, the Insurance
Information Institute reports.
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