—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31, 1976 30 Largest hog farm has unique [Continued from Page 24| prior to the time they’re due, sows move into the well insulated and ventilated farrowing house. Built three years ago, the six-room facility is like a giant lineup of incubators. Each room contains 18 crates, giving the farrowing house a total capacity for 108 sows at a cime. But one of the rooms is always empty as their use is rotated for complete Four additions put on Paraquat labeling SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Four new additions to OR THO Paraquat CLR labeling have been announced by Chevron Chemical Com pany. The additions are: Paraquat on potatoes after planting as a pre emergence treatment, ground application only and the addition of aerial ap plication for North Dakota only; Paraquat as a tank mix with AATREX SOW and PRINCEP SOW for com; Affluence WASHINGTON - There’s a direct relationship between a nation’s agricultural productivity and its affluence. In other words, the less time people spend producing food, the' more time they have to acquire the other things that ordinarily measure wealth and affluence. _ The United States is an excellent example of this relationship at work. Only four percent of Americans are engaged in agriculture, Remove Mold If mold appears on Ched dar cheese you are storing you can safely scrape off the mold and enjoy the rest of the cheese Dill Pickles Pickles with dill seed were being produced in the 17th century TRY A CLASSIFIED HAY FEEDERS r~~ These feeders are built of heavy gauge tensil 1” square tubmg 40 percent stronger than round tubmg. Rugged construction, light enough for one man to easily drop over a large bale or load. Pays for itself with just a few bales use, rugged all welded con struction. Feeds up to 30 head at one tune. Versatile - use for big round bales, conventional bales or other roughage. Keeps hay and other roughages out of mud and snow, used by cattlemen nationwide. These feeders are 48” high and 8’ radius weighing 100 lbs. They sell for $l2O each delivered, completely assembled and painted, ready for immediate use. 5 percent discount on 2 or more. Other heights on special order. Call; 215-689-9896 cleaning and disinfection. A new room is emptied each week. Variable speed fans, along with insulation and a sub floor heating system maintain an even tem perature of about 70 degrees 365 days a year. Strategically located ducts insure that the air flow is complete and non-drafting. Odors from the bam and underlying manure pits are Paraquat as a post emergence directed spray used either alone or in combination with Atrazine as a tank mix on com; and labeling updated or amended from previous labeling. Paraquat as a soybean harvest aid on soybeans when plants are mature with beans fully developed and at least % of the leaves have dropped, and leaves left on plants are turning yellow. explained leaving 96 percent free to produce something else. In India, 68 percent of the people are in agriculture; in Brazil, 53 percent. This relationship is ex plained in detail in “The Secret of Affluence,” a USDA Office of Com munication publication prepared for the USDA Pavillion at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30 through Sept. 6. Primitive Pig The pig is one of the most primitive forms of domestic mammals It dates back nearly 40 million years Storing Stuff After jellies, jams and preserves have been opened store them covered in the refrigerator ) w drawn out along with stale air. Special louvres and doors can be opened to draw air from either outside or the interior walkways. The sub floor heating tubes are only under the areas used by baby pigs. For supplementary heat, Kephart has catalytic gas heaters available. Until recently, Kephart allowed piglets to stay with their mothers for as Jong as six weeks. But a period of experimentation has con vinced him that just four and even three weeks-'is suf ficient. The goal is to have sows produce an average of Vk litters per year. He reports no significant problems so far. Once removed from the farrowing crates, the young pigs are raised outside until they reach a weight of ap proximately 60 pounds. Kephart explained that -they’re off to a better start that way, compared to bringing them straight to one of the feeder houses. The feeder houses, which are cooled down 10 degrees Special Prices on Cattle Dust Bags, Fly Sprays, Jet Foggers, Golden Malm Sugar Bait 5 lbs $5.95, Sticky Fly Ribbons $9.95 per box 100 Farm Fencers 12 Volts & Electric models BAYMIX CATTLE WORMER Why Not Try Our Livestock Medication Program & Special Prices Today. ZIMMERMAN'S ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLY ALSO AVAILABLE AT DAVID GOOD’S FARM MACHINERY SALE, WED., AUG. 4. Home Store Phone: 717-733-4466 RD4, Lititz, PA 17543 “Customers if interested” in black plastic silage covers, we can bring along to Good's Sale if you order. • Made of 14 Gauge Steel • Longer Taper for Easier Flow • All welded seams which make it water proof and rodent proof • Can be installed inside or outside building • Most installations can be made without auger. WILL DELIVER AND INSTALL ANYWHERE FOR FREE ESTIMATE CALL STOLTZFUS WELDING 717-345-4854 Also see us for all your grain handling needs. with evaporative coolers, are separated into two divisions - one area for those animals weighing between 60 and 150 pounds, the other for putting on the last 60 to 70 pounds until a market weight of 210 to 230 pounds has been' reached. Aside from the variation in size of the animals, the main reason for the separation of the pigs is the difference in feed. The pre-finish feed is a meal containing 13 to 14 per cent protein, while the final finishing feed tests 11 to 12 per cent protein.'ln either case, feed is moved automatically and the pigs are allowed to eat as much as they want. They reach their marketng weight at approximately five to six months of age. In assessing the operation, Kephart cites no major problems and he notes that once the pigs are weaned, the period of maximum stress is over. It’s a down-hill battle when pigs come out of the crate, he said. As in most hog operations, 'ATTENTION manure is handled through pits and liquid manure spreaders. BDM has slatted floors and pits in each of its barns. The material is removed and hauled in a 3200-gallon spreader powered by a 4020 John Deere. Loading time is just four minutes, but Kephart is quick to add that it takes a six-inch pipe and a 1000-rpm shaft to do it. Market hogs leaving BDM' Farms are sold through the Pennsylvania Farmers Association’s grade and M.H. 30 M.H. 30 Royal -for tobacco suckers Cygon for aphids on tobacco Applicators Available for Both Materials JONAS S.EBERSOL ELI S. EBERSOL 1 >/2 Miles North of Bird in Hand R J S? 1 * ideas yield program. Being just a year out of college, Kephart was asked to sum up' his experiences and observations since becoming herdsman. “I feel that everything I know now I learned after I came here,” he responded. SEE CFH's "SAVINGS TIME" SPECIAL TAGS AD FARM EQUIPMENT SECTION CLASSIFIED PAGE'
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