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L. Arnold (Continued From Page 1)
sows, four herd boars, and prevention of anemia,
three-hundred head of young Needle teeth arc cut If
stock is kept on his father’s necessary. Hog starter,
small farm just outside of mixed with sow feed, is
Lebanon. With no farming provided to them until they
ground available to him, reach a weight of about 70
Leon has been purchasing all lbs. Weaning usually takes
of his feed. A list of equip- Place at M weeks of age,
ment therefore includes depending largely on the
nothing other than a tractor, schedule of the sow.
loader, manure spreader Once the l“t*rs are
and a pick-up truck. That removed from their duns,
may change when the 39- they are housed and fed in a
year-old Lebanon Countian remodeled barn containing
moves his animals to his own seven spacious pens, each of
farm this spring. which can accomodate
Individual farrowing between 25 and 30 large pigs.
shelters are the center of the ® m “ rtul !f-£!
Leann hog operation. Each is 1500 lbs. shelled com and 500
a small “house” measuring pounds of a 37-percent
6’x7’, with a 6’x6’ porch concentrate especially
added on. This is where a formulated for swine. In
sow gives birth to her young addition to vitamins and
when her 114-day gestation minerals, it consists of all
period is complete. The goal vegetable protein, made
is to farrow 60 litters per mostly from soybeans and
year. alfalfa.
Leon says keeping a Gestatmg sows receive
farrowing schedule is very five pounds of shelled com
important o him as well as and fwo pounds of con
other purebred breeders centrate every other day.
because most of their Leon explains that the timid
youngstock has to be ready s °w can get her feed better
at certain times of the year by only feeding every other
for various breeders club’s day- Lactating sows, on the
sales. Weaning weights and other hand, are fed daily and
ages are consequently have their feed ground up.
secondary considerations so Sows are kept outside
that sows may come in heat because Leon has observed
again and produce the next that his animals are
Utter on schedule. The healthier in outdoor con
majority of Leon’s boars and ditions. He points out that up
open gilts are sold for until last fall he did not have
breeding purposes through any scour problems fa six
the Pennsylvania Yorkshire years. Gilts go outside at
Club sales. A few animals breeding age, which is
are sold privately. normaUy 7-8 months. They
Leon raises an average of are mated every 24 hours
9.2 pigs from each Utter, dunng their heat period to
“Ten to twelve is most increase chances of con
desirable”, he says, “and ception.
I’ve had as many as 17 in one Leon, the second oldest of
Utter. One of his most out- I 3 cMdren, graduated from
standing sows has had 8 SouUi Lebanon High School
Utters for a total of 141 off- “ 2 - H «l" 38 a member of
spring, of which 94 were' the lona PFA chapter and
raised. Most sows fa his herd beld the office of president
have only two or three Utters during his senior year. Upon
before they’re sold to make graduation he became more
room for younger animals, fayolved with his pigs and
The baby pigs are ear- i° in fd tb® American
notched for identification Yorkshire Club. Other
shortly after they’re bom. organizations of which he is
Each receives one-quarter 3 member are: Penn
c c of Tylan 200 for sylvama Pork Producers;
prevention of navel in- Lancaster County Swine
fections and 1 c.c. of iron for Producers; Cedar Crest
Lebanon County’s Leon Arnold was honored with a
Pork All American Award by the Pennsylvania Pork
Producers Council at their annual meeting last
Saturday in Lancaster.
Young Farmers; Penn
sylvania Farmers
Association; and Tri-County
Pork Producers, of which he
is serving as vice president.
Among the many awards
and special recognition
bestowed on Leann
Yorkshires are: Excellent
Meat Sire, 1969; and Sire of
the Year Award from the
Pennsylvania State
Evaluation Center. The herd
was recognized in 1972 for
recording over 100
registered Yorkshires. Last
year Leon produced three
champion and three reserve
champion bred gilts. At this
year’s Farm Show he took
first and second in the junior
class, and 4tb and 7th in the
senior class. The champion
carcass hog at last October’s
Lancaster County Swine
Producers Show also came
out of the Leann herd.
More recognition has come
to JLeon as a result of his
DHIA work. He is the
recipient of a plaque award
(1965) and 13 awards of
merit. He is presently
supervising 42 DHIA and
owner-sampler herds in
Lebanon County. Organizers
of the Lebanon Area Fair
frequently tap his knowledge
and experience, and he has
served 17 years as a 4-H
leader. He serves as swine
chairman of that
organization.
Leon, his wife, Ann, and
their five children: -
Michael, 17; Patricia, 16;
Kathleen, 15; Bonita, 11; and
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FFA
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could visit Sperry New
Holland, one of the oldest
sponsors of the FFA foun
dation. The local farm
equipment manufacturer
has been a sponsor for the
past 25 years.
This year, the firm has
increased its support of the
organization by co
sponsoring a |14,000 beef
production proficiency
award program,
Another stop on the tour
was the vo-ag department at
Garden Spot High School.
The local department offers
one of the most com
prehensive programs in the
country, and is possibly
unique in offering
agricultural instruction
beginning in kindergarten
and continuing on through
grade school, high school
Thomas, 9, live at 1245 E.
Cumberland St. in Lebanon.
Son Thomas is showing an
early interest in hogs and is
often included among names
of advertisers, showmen,
and consigners of the Penn
sylvania Yorkshire Co-op
Association, Inc., of which
his father serves as
secretary-treasurer. The
entire family worships at St.
Gertrude’s Catholic Church,
where Leon is a member of
the Holy Name Society.
Leon believes that the hog
business has a good future.
He cites the scarcity of
really good boars as his only
concern at the present time.
He is encouraged by the
demand for boars. “A prime
hesitation of buyers used to
be price,” he says, “but
they’re getting away
from that.”
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md the young farmer
program. The officers ex
pressed special interest in
the expansion of FFA ac
tivities down into grade
school levels.
The group came to Lan
caster County from
Philadelphia, where they
visited the Insurance
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and left Wednesday evening
for New York City.
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