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N. Church Street
Quarryville, Pa.
786-7361
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An Editorial:
Milk: The Best Buy For Don’t Neglect Swine
Your Food Dollar Breeding Herds
When food prices move from the grocery ads up
front to the headlines, you know they are the focus
of nationwide concern. And it’s not enough to say that
high prices are merely a reflection of higher salaries.
For the mass of buyers on low or fixed incomes, that
rationale doesn’t apply. Help is needed.
Meat purchases lap up the lion’s share of most
food budgets. Even such standbys as hamburger and
chicken are moving up the price spiral. It’s becoming
essential for shoppers at every income level to find
economical substitutes for the meat of the meal.
Milk and milk products offer low-cost protein for
the diet Milk as a beverage and as an ingredient, and
all the products made with milk such as cheese and
ice cream, offer low cost alternatives.
Today’s shopper is getting used to figuring cost
per-ounce or finding ounce labeling at the store. Milk
isn’t sold by the pound, but at approximately 30c per
quart it is a bargain by any standard. But beyond that,
consider protein per serving. One glass of milk gives
9 grams of protein. Two glasses contribute almost as
much protein as a serving of meat!
Tn addition to the protein, milk provides calcium
which the body must have for healthy growth and
maintenance. Calcium can’t be stored m the body, but
must be supplied daily. Vitamins A and D are among
the other nutrients supplied by milk.
Milk represents another big saving in that it in
volves no waste. Bones, skin and peels from other food
all cost money, every bit of milk is useable.
The way to adjust to the higher cost of food is to
adjust our way of eating. Less dependence upon high
priced items, and more imaginative use of alternative
foods, particularly among proteins, will go a long way
toward holding food costs down.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 9,1973
GRAIN
ELEVATOR
New Providence
786-3427
BUCK, PA.
284-4464
The productivity of a breeding
herd is the often-forgotten-but-all
important factor in the
economical production of swine,
according to Dr Marv Wastell,
Swine Research Specialist for the
Feeds Division of Central Soya.
According to Dr. Wastell, there
can be “no production without
reproduction” and the very best
starter feeds or finishing feeds
are of no value unless there is a
young pig to feed.
How to increase breeding herd
productivity?
Management-including proper
nutrition-plays the important
role in establishing maximum
sow productivity. The need for a
sound feeding program is
especially critical during
ovulation and pregnancy Here’s
why:
Overweight gilts or sows are
likely to have problems
throughout the pig production
cycle Fat sows and gilts tend to
produce smaller pigs, crush more
of them and have a shorter
productive life in the herd They
also eat more.
Breeding animals in poor
condition are more susceptible to
all disease conditions They have
increased infertility problems
and give birth to a larger number
of runty pigs.
Sound sow nutrition is also
critical at farrowing time.
Adequate colostrum is vital to the
future welfare of the newborn
pigs Baby pigs lacking an
tibodies at birth cannot syn
thesize these antibodies in ef
fective quantities for several
weeks. Disease resistance during
the suckling period is therefore
entirely dependent on the an
tibodies received through the
sow’s colostrum milk The best
nutrition is needed to insure that
these young pigs will have plenty
of colostrum
Proper nutrition of breeding
animals involves providing the
correct levels of energy, amino
acids (protein), minerals and
vitamins during each stage of
reproduction Even non-pregnant
sows and non-working boars
require certain levels of nutrients
just to maintain healthy bodies.
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