Charolais Breeders to Consider
How Size-Profit Go Together
How far docs increasing si/c
go hand-in-hand with inci cas
ing profits of beef cattle'’
This question and many
others of vital impoi lance to
Charolais brcedcis will be ans
wered at an industrywide Beef
Cattle Size and Profit Confei
ence June 19 20 at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin at Madison
Sponsored jointly by the
University and the American-
International Charolais Assn .
the conference will repoit the
second year’s results of a con
tinuing study bv the University
delving into the animal sizo
efficiency-profilabihty i elation
ship.
“A year ago, when the fust
phase of this four-year study
was completed on another
breed, the results astounded
many peisons within that bi ecd
and caused the breed to change
what it considered it’s ideal
type," explained William Dui
fey, performance and research
director of AICA. “The change
was to the longer, taller and
heavier animal, more similar to
the Charolais type.”
“In that study, the lai ger ani
mals were shown to be the most
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Six Regional Meetings
Are Set on Hog Cholera
"Closing in on Hog Choleia"
is the theme of six regional
meetings on hog choleia ciadi
cation to be held in late May
and caily June, the U S Depait
ment of Agnculture announced
lecently
The meetings aie cosponsoicd
by LivestocK Conservation, Inc
(Lei) an oiganization lep
lesenting the livestock incluM.iy
the National Poik Pioduceis
Council and affiliated Stall'
poik pioduceis organizations
and the Animal Health Division
of USDA’s Agncultuial Re
search Service Afternoon scs
sions, fiom 1 to 5 p m . ai o sche
cluled as follows May 20, Chi
cago, June 3, Omaha Jane 4
San Francisco. June 9, Dallas
June 10, Atlanta, and June 11
Boston.
Dr E E Saulmon, Dnectoi
of the ARS Animal Health Divi
sion, points out that the hog
choleia eradication picgiam
has reached a critical <=tage
“Incidence of the disease is low
The hog population is incieas
ingly susceptible to hog cholei a
Now is the time to apply the
knockout blow,” he says
“These regional meetings t re
designed so we can get together
with the swine industry to exa
mine the pioblems still fac.ng
us and see what we can do to
solve them ”
Topics to be discussed at the
meetings are (1) providing
State indemnity funds for
emeigency situations, (2; mak
ing quarantines fore effective,
(3) problems connected with
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. May 23. l ( )7fl 21
“We have enjoyed excellent
coopci.ition between indu.liy
and go\ eminent in om .itl.uk
on hog choleia. sacs Di Saul
mon 'This continued coopeia
lion and dedicated clloit on the
part oi all concerned is <s
sential to the success ol tlie
dedication piogiam”
Cuiiontlv. all but (hie* 1 States
Amona Maine, md New
Yoik aie in the linal stamp
ing out” phases ol the dedica
tion piogiam This imnhcs
piompl and complete disposal
ot all infected heids with in
demnities to help leimbui'O
faimeis foi their losses Tlm
teen States have been oil.cially
declaied “hog choleia fiee"
Five states aie celebiatmg
“May Is Beef Month” Illinois,
lowa, Kansas, Missouu Nebias
ka And Louisiana just wound up
Beef Week, May 3-9
The emphasis is on the impor
tance of beef to both human and
economic health The piomotion
is a joint effort of beef pioduc
eis, state officials and education
al institutions in coopeiation
with maiketing, piocessing and
letaihng segments o c the live
stock and meat industiy in par
ticipating states
The Beef Industiy Council pio
vides piomotion mateuals for
food stoies, lestauiants, pi ess,
ladio, and TV
gaibage feeding; and endin''
salvage, and (4) the "Voliml ny
Isolation Plan" (VIP) foi swine
held health
May Is Beef Month