Swine Producers Urged to Support New Area Test Facility
Mark F. Nestleroth, well swine testing station in Lancas- The board of directors of the ing station being built in our
known Manheim RD3 swine pro- ter County and why he thinks Lancaster County Swine Pro- area
ducer, this week gave the fol- such a station is important to (j ucers j s pleased to announce During our discussions of the
lowing report on a proposed local swine pioducers -
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 13,1971—19
v. ere contacted by Carl Smith,
the temtory manager for Hales
and Hunter Feed Company,
makers of Pioneer Food He
suggested the building of a test
ing station for our local swine
producers, if enough interest
was expressed
No rules weie definitely made
but several generalizations were
proposed by Smith for its basic
procedure
The company would buy the
four to six pigs from the swine
producer at market price (real
lv a bargain for the information
that is obtained).
Rate of gam of feed conver
sion would be calculated and
sent to the producei upon com
pletion of marketing the pen of
pigs
Carcass w >rk would have to
be done by another source and
will be looked into when the
testing station project is finaliz
ed.
Swine producers would be
missing the boat if they don’t
take advantage of this proposal.
More emphasis in future swine
production will be placed on the
efficiency of the operation. Feed
costs are about 65 to 70 per
cent of the expense per pound
of pork.
Muscling quality was the main
emphasis during the past 20
years, but now feed efficiency
and rate of gain are becoming
as important as muscling be
cause of the improvements on
reduced cost per pound of pork.
This proposed testing station,
would be a way to check the
siring ability of their purchas
ed boars, plus the different sow
families already in the herd.
Swine producers should ex
press interest in this, proposed
testing station Send your
name and address to Carl Smith,
Myerstown KD
Mark F Np«tleroth
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