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The consumer, as well as
the livestock producer, is
generally held accountable
for the cost of maintaining a
pleasant environment. On
this basis, some Dutch of
ficials recently made
estimates of the costs to
consumers of proposed
measures for improving the
environment. Other
estimates were made of
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reductions in pork
producers’ incomes should
the livestock sector bear the
total cost of these im
provements.
In making these estimates,
the four alternatives con
sidered for disposing of solid
waste were processing for
discharge into surface
water, disposal through the
manure bank technique,
drying of manure, and
dumping it into the sea.
The manure bank concept
was the least expensive of all
measures considered. Net
income of pork producers
would decline 30 percent if no
transfer of cost is made. On
the other hand, retail prices
would increase 3 percent if
the full cost were borne by
the consumer.' Highest cost
was associated with drying
techniques.
A consistent theme at
meetings between livestock
producers and Government
officials is that efficient
solutions for environmental
problems will be found
without seriously disrupting
current progress.
Even so, any significant
stiffening of pollution control
guidelines is expected to
hasten current trends
toward larger and fewer
livestock producers.
Livestock production
practices in the Netherlands
make the problem of waste
disposal somewhat different
from that of the United
States. With the exception of
dairy cattle and sheep,
which are normally pastured
when possible, Dutch
livestock fattening is limited
almost entirely to enclosed
sheds or bams. Therefore,
waste runoff problems are
not comparable to those in
the open feedlots of the
United States. The flat and
sandy soils throughout the
Netherlands also tend to
reduce the runoff pollution
effect.
Most Dutch livestock
fattening barns have an
impermeable tank or cellar
close by in which animal
waste is stored as liquid
manure. This means that
odor is kept to a minimum.
At various intervals, this
waste is applied to fields
with liquid manure
spreaders. The number of
spreaders is now close to
45,000, as compared with
slightly over 10,000 in 1960.
Liquid sprayers account
for most of this increase. The
general practice is to spread
early in the day when the air
is moving up and to plow
down quickly if the area is to
be planted to a crop. Efforts
are usually made to spread
manure when the wind will
blow the unpleasant odor
away from neighbors.
The use of open oxidation
pits or ditches to dispose of
livestock waste has been all
but eliminated. Termination
dates have already been
established for the small
number (reportedly now at
less than 30) of such
operations that arc major
contributors to pollution.
In the Netherlands,
statutory authority for en
vironmental control is
provided by the 1967
Nuisance Decree of the
Crown and the 1970 Water
Pollution Act. These
authorize setting,
monitoring, and enforcing
standards; research; and
technical and financial
assistance.
Broad guidelines,
established at the national
level, apply only generally to
livestock producers. They
include suggestions for
handling and disposing of
livestock waste, suggested
distance to be maintained
between livestock barns and
urban areas, schools,
churches, or recreation
areas, and guidelines for
design and construction of
livestock bams, sheds, and
waste storage facilities.
As yet, no standards are
imposed on the number of
animal units that can be
maintained on a given unit of
land or floor space.
However, general guidelines
established by the Advisory
Service of the Ministry of
Agriculture are being
foDowed by an mcreasing
number of livestock
producers. However, the
authority for setting and
enforcing standards is
usually left to munici
palities.
Lately, however, with
tremendous growth of the
livestock sector and the
growing closeness of city and
farm, new procedures are
being proposed to fill the
need for faster decision
making and to ensure that
uniform standards are ap
plied.
One drop of blood, no
bigger than the letter “a,”
contains 5,000,000 red blood
cells and about 5,000 white
blood cells, according to
World Book Encyclopedia.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 4.1975
Pig Crop
Increases
Pennsylvania’s December
1,1974 hog and pig inventory
was 633,000, up 9 percent
from a year earlier ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
Inventory value at
$29,435,000 was down 8
percent due to an $8.50 per
head decrease in value to
$46.50. Breeding stock on
hand at 82,000 was 17 percent
more than a year ago and
market hogs were up 8
percent to 551,000.
The spring (Dec. 1973-May
1974) pig crop amounted to
468,000-15 percent greater
than the previous spring
crop. There were 60,000 sows
and gilts farrowed with an
average of 7.8 pigs per litter.
The fall (June-November
1974) crop of 390,000 pigs was
9 percent above a year
earlier and came from 50,000
sows with 7.8 pigs per Utter
average. The total pig crop
for the year (Dec. 1973-Nov.
1974) was 858,000--up 12
percent from a year earlier.
Producers’ intentions to
farrow 63,000 sows during
December 1974 through May
1975 are up 5 percent from a
year ago.
Hogs and pigs on U.S.
farms December 1, 1974 are
estimated at 55.1 million, 10
percent less than a year
earlier and 7 percent below
December 1,1972. This is the
lowest .December 1 number
since 1965. The number kept
for breeding at 7.4 million, is
down 15 percent from a year
ago and 14 percent less than
two years ago. Market hogs
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and pigs at 47.6 million are 9
percent below December 1,
1973 and down 6 percent from
December 1,1972.
The U.S. pig crop from
December 1973 through
November 1974 was 84.0
million, 5 percent below a
year ago and 8 percent less
than the same period two
years earlier. The 1974 total
was the smallest annual pig
crop since 1965.
The 5.5 million sows
farrowed during June-
November 1974 was down 7
percent from the same
period a year earlier.
Average litter size during
this period was 7.11 pigs,
compared with 7.16 in June-
November 1973. This is the
lowest litter average for this
period since 1960.
Chow Mein
Chinese chefs often sprinkle a
little extra turkey on each serv
ing of this dish for more flavor.
It is one of many dishes they
make using leftover roast turkey
and chow mein only takes 15
minutes to cook once the chop
ping and slicing is done
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