ZZ— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 11.1970
Oklahoma Ups Pork Output
(Continued fiom Page 29)
"We’ve sold .mti elected 13
complete einnonmeiual units,
and ue getting upeat business,
which convinces me and those
who aie using confinement hosts
facilities that iheie is money to
be made in the hog business."
Lindsey said
Envnonmental facilities aie
not cheap and when the puce of
say, 532.000 is quoted for a 24-
head sow capacity fan owing and
nursing house, fanners tend to
flinch That is until they undei
stand what thev can do with the
equipment.
‘ It’s possible by using this fa
cility 10 months of the yeai to
farrow and wean 2.400 pigs but
■with a moie icalist.c figuie of
say, 2,000 ovei a 10 year penod
this would amount to about 16
cents building charge against
each pig,” Lindsey said
„ . T u u einors Confeience Other mem-
Environmental buildings aie be , s are Governors Wllham T
n ? . new ' ds h ey sa ' d ’ but use Cahill of New Jersey, Raymond
of them in Oklahoma for swine is £ f f Pennsy^ ania , Rus .
a recent innovation and those Peterson of Delaware and
who aie using them find such Mandel of Maiyland
buildings are a great aid in man- J
agement 4 sixth goveinoi, Arch A
“For one thing httei sizes aie Moore Jr -of West Virginia may
increased because it is easiei to as ° ■ lom lbe ° rOU P’ aS P
save pigs Another is that sow said
upkeep is cheapei But incieas- The gioup was foimed at the
ed feed efficiency on feeding winter meeting of the National
floors is wheie hog produce*s oovernois Confeience
leally cash in ” Lindsey said
By conti oiling tempeiatuie
‘Tetter Power Pays”
WORLD LEADERS IN
DIESEL ENGINE DESIGN
MAKE US PROVE IT!
Over 1,000 Amish farmers al
ready have. They have found
that Fetter delivers all it pro
mises. Our diesels provide long
working life, dependability and
good cold starting characteris
tics.
Foi Piompt and Efficien'
YOUR AUTHORIZED FETTER DISTRIBUTOR
GEHMAN BROS.
Gas and Diesel Engines Sales and Service
1 Mile North of Terre Hill on Route 897
East Earl. R D 1, Pa. Phone 215 445-6272
WE ARE AS CLOSE AS YOUR TELEPHONE
* * *
Sunset Valley Electrical Service
JOHN M. ALLGYER, Prop.
(Yz mile northwest of Bard’s Crossing, on Hunsecker
Road, 4 miles east of Lancaster, off Route 23)
Bird-in-Hand/ R. 1, Pa. 17505
hogs can concert to meat energy
many tunes needed to keep wann
0‘ cool as thi ease mav be “Wo
icceiuly figaud a swine setup foi
one produce!, using OSU figmes.
foi a 300-sow complete emnon
mental facility fallowing.
Gov. Shafer Joins
Mid-Atlantic Group
The Goveinors of five Mid At
lantic states have agieed to col
laboiate m a iegion.il attack on
problems of pollution, crime and
transportation
Govei nor Nelson \ Rockefell
ei of New Yoik was named chair
man of the new unit, to be
known as the Mid-Atlantic Gov-
Similai regional goveinoi s
gioups set up in the past in oth-
V/2 to 45 H.P.
Continuous Rating
Phone: 397-4081
IT GOES
MUCH BETTER
POWERED
BY FETTER
Service Call
musing and feeding costing
in the neighboi hood of 5255.000
But the farmei flguied over a
10 veai peiiod he'd save in feed
costs alone SI. 180.000" Lindsey
said
So fai hogpioducei and build
ei parts of the country have been
largely social, but the Rockefell
er aid said the new Mid Atlantic
unit would not follow that pat
tem
“We aie going to be shanng
data and exchange staff and real
ly working on these pioblems,”
the spokesman said
Tentative plans call for two
staff members and two goveinois
meetings each year, with the fiist
meeting of governors to take
place this spring
GET MORE
FOR YOUR MONEY
With A Big Dutchman
Automatic Poultry
Feeding System
You get more eggs from your feed dol
lar because our exclusive, patented re
mixing intake wheel in the feed hopper
re-mixes uneaten feed returning from
trough with fresh feed. That means
all of the feed is used. Your birds get the
full ration, and feed is not wasted. The
result is better feed conversion.
The Big Dutchman chain-in-trough feed
ing circuit strengthens this benefit by
BIG DUTCHMAN
Diller Aye., New Hollond, Pa.
in- conluclor Lnulsev has been faiiow .md wean 20 pigs a year,
.ible to ollei a complete package Many gioweis aie weaning 40 to
includin'* financing "nowevei, 50 pound pigs in 8 weeks and
"1 'S.fic'ml that llie Fa. mm soiling them to finishers for $25
Home Xdmimstiation has money each That’s a gioss income of
available 10. such facilities foi $5OO pei sow pci year OK, so
n 40-\eai loan pel iod at 6 pel maybe that s too hiyh Rcdltce it
ant iiiteiesl.” Lindsey Mid to $4OO Todav 400 to 600 pound
lust how fai the swine business sows aie selling for as high as
Oklahoma will go ua the en 525 a«S “
Mionmental facility ionic dc- woilh fiom $lOO to $l5O, _
pends upon seveial faclois. one
being favoiablc puce Those who
aie in the hog business me con
vinced that if puces decline, it
will be the efficient managei who
will weathei the stoim. and they
believe efficient managcis aie
those who use the latest techni
ques and cnvii onnienlal facilit
ies
With such facilities and pios
pects of advantages because of
wateiway tianspoitalion. a glow
ing numbei of Oklahomans aie
leady to challenge lowa hog pio
duceis for a giowmg share of
the nation’s pork pioouction
Lindsey explained, “Well, look
at it this way. It's not unrealistic
today to expect a good sow to
v'V
V ''''-H.
■"* % -
Z 1
■v^m
'''-**&]%
** *%
“carrying” the whole feed to the birds.
Feed is not dragged or forced by apy
mechanism that has a grinding, separa
ting action. j
These are real advantages that give ypu
more out of the feed you buy, and mope
out of the hens you feed. For more In
formation on money-saving layer
and feeding systems see your nearest
Big Dutchman representative or write:
A Division of U.S. Industries, Inc.
“Where aie you going to buy
a beef cow foi $l5O that’ll wean
oil a $4OO calf’ Today mothers
have fiom $1,200 to $1,500 in
vested per beef cowf uhit; and
thcy’ie not too unhappy t with
puces and prospects, whert you
look at the future, from this
angle, hogs begin to look better
all the time,” Lindsey said.
This makes investment in en
vnonmental housing allthe.moie
atti active. “This equipment’s
leally big ledeeming feature is
laboi-saving One farmer can
handle sevoial time 3 the number
of hogs he could pievioufily
and in many cases, with less
time,” Lindsey said. I
■'SSfc
'S
v- ’4
* 1
PATENTED RE-MIXING
INTAKE WHEEL
Phone 354-516$
sj-p' " s’'
vV.v.’V9v >■
% ?'■'■'/
? > -3
; ", ,
>^ll