IS— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept, 27, 1975
Youth pursues
(ContiniMd from Pan I]
The youth is currently
working toward hit Keystone
Degree.
Raises Swine
Ron has developed his
swine projects into a small
operation and is Just
beginning his herd of Duroc
and crossbred swine.
The youth, which uses the
facilities on his father’s and
grandfather’s farms near
Penn Manor, has six sows
and the same number of gilts
along with a boar.
Ron explained why he had
chosen the swine operation
over other fields of
production. “I guess I could
raise other livestock such as
beef, but it seems like such a
long time before there are
any returns.”
“In a swine operation
you’re at least able to get
some money fairly quickly
and then gradually add to
your herd.”
Ron’s herd is primarily
While the rain during the West Manor High School tried to pacify his
Lampeter Fair bothered many Durocs by offering them a little more
visitors, the pigs minded it just as feed,
much. Ron Hunt, a senior at Penn
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crossbreds but he does have
a number of Duroc animals.
“I think that the Duroc
animals are fast growing
and look like the modem hog
that everyone is growing
for.”
“I like them and think I’ll
stay with that breed.”
Last year at the West
Lampeter Fair, Ron bought
a young gilt and raised her at
his father’s farm. This year,
the sow came back to the fair
with a litter of pigs and was
entered in the “sow with a
litter” class. The young man
seemed quite proud of the
fact that the animal had done
well enough to show again.
Wants to Continue
Farming
Ron, like many youths in
southeastern Pa., had
decided that fanning is the
career he will pursue. While
the field may seem less than
appealing to many young
men his age, Ron explained
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his decision. “Without the
fanner, there would be little
to live on, he produces the
meat and food for the people
in this and other nations.”
“I feel we have a duty to do
what we can to help our
country and farming is
certainly one way to do it.”
Hopefully, it will be the
young men and women such
as Ron that will sustain our
agricultural production in
the years to come, for in
Ron’s words, “farmers have
made America what it is
today.”
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