6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 22.19G9
Meat Animal Evaluation
Center Termed Beneficial
Two yeais of pionecimg in saiy tour were State Socrctaiy
llic field of meat pioduction at of Agncultuie Leland H Bull.
PennsyKama’s Meat Animal Dr Thomas B King, head of the
Evaluation Cenlei was teimed Penn State Department of An
“'eiy beneficial to livestockmen imal Science, and Reno Thomas,
and consumers" by state agn- of Beaveitown. a State Repie
culluial leadeis who inspected sentative and member of the
opeiations during a recent toui House Agriculture Committee
The Centei. which began and one of the Centers execu
opeiations in January 1967. urns live committee membeis
cantiolled feeding and growth “Data obtained fiom two years
tests as well as caicass evalua- ol tests aie piouding mfoimo
tions on beef, sheep, and swine t'on previously unknown to an-
Constiucled and opeiated unal scientists and hvestock
v. th funds piovided by the men,” said Secietary Bull “The
Legislatine. the facility is vvoik is also paving the way for
undei the dnection of the Penn mcie efficient meat production
svhama Depaitment of \giicul- and impioved quality of meat,”
tme in coopeiation with the Col- he added
lege of Agncultuie at The In explaining the piogiam.
Pennsylvania State Univeisity Secietary Bull pointed out that
It is located at the Univeisity pens of animals, each from the
Leading the second anmver- same sue, are being laised un-
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tier cent tolled feeding and man
agement .systems until they
reach market weight They are
then slaughtered at the Penn
Slate Meats Laboiatoiy Special
ists conducting the studies de
teunme the animals ability to
eonveil feed to meat, daily laic
of giain, caicass quality, and
meatiness
Livestockmen who consign
pens of meat animals to the Cen
tei aie able to determine which
bulls, boars, or rams are pio
ducing offspung that measuies
up to established standards for
quality and edible meat
The evaluation program, the
Secretary said, is the only one
of its kind in the United States
and produceis and scientists
here and from other states feel
the Pennsylvania program is “a
majoi advancement in sue selec
tion and caicass evaluation ” He
pointed out that the Common
wealth’s animal industry is to be
commended for its support in
establishing this project
“We’re now operating at
capacity levels,” Secretary Bull
(noted,” and pens of beef cattle
fiom Tennessee and Virginia
ha\e paiticipated in the pio
g.am. By having limited con
signments fiom othei states, we
aie able to make geographic
compausons and at the same
time assist animal science pro
giams in othei areas ”
The Center has space for five
pens or 30 sheep, 20 pens oi
120 swine, and 10 pens oi 60
beet cattle All animals on test
lecene a self-fed pelleted la
lion and all management phases
aie exactly the same foi each
species All animals aie weigh
ed monthly
During the two year peuod,
483 head of livestock have been
tested at the Center. Of these,
350 head weie swine, 45 sheep,
and 88 cattle Fitly-five differ
ent faims weie represented in
the program and 72 sires have
been tested.
As an outgiowth of this pro
gram, Secretary Ball said, plans
aie being initiated to establish
a swine ceitification pioject in
the Commonwealth whereby
packing houses, located in the
various regions, will coopeiate
with producers in conducting
caicass evaluations
Secretary Bull pointed out the
results from all studies are avail
able to all breedeis to make
comparisons when deciding
which sires to purchase An
imals are selected foi trials dur-
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