—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1978
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Unique swine facility begun
(Continued from Page 1)
will be turned over to the
University for research in
field applications as well as
feedstuffs substitutes. The
manure will be stored in a
Slurrystore from the Penn-
Jersey people.
According to Dr. Clifton
Bade, who is an associate
professor of nutrition in the
Department of Clinical
Studies of the Veterinary
School at the Univeristy of
Pennsylvania, the facilities
are not designed for
research. However, he in
dicated that 'research
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proposals may be for
thcoming if they are deemed
to be of benefit to all parties
involved. While Bade claims
credit for the initiation of the
project, the monetary
resources are coming from
eight Lancaster County
farmers. An agreement has
been reached to purchase 10
acres of land from the New
Bolton Center, upon which
three buddings wid be.
erected. One will be for
breeding and gestation, a
second for farrowing pur
poses, and the third will be a
nursery.
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The entire operation will
be run by two highly
qualified and well trained
managers. “That’s the key
to this whole thing,” com
mented John Hess, farmer
and feed mill oerator who
holds one of the shares in the
unique partnership.
Students at the University
of Pennsylvania will be
given the opportunity to
work with the operation for
two-week periods in order to
increase (heir knowledge of
hog management and
medical applications. Thus,
the concept is seen as being
of possible benefit to hog
producers throughout the
area since the graduating
veterinarians will have had
more exposure to pigs than
they had previously.
The feeder pigs coming out
of the facility will be sup
plying the originalinvestors
at regular intervals in
predetermined proportions.
The operation will have a
capacity of 480 sows
producing an estimated 6600
pigs per year. The first gilts
and boars are to be in the
new facility in February.
The Pig Improvement
Company, the world’s
largest supplier of gilts and
boars, will supply the
breeding stock. The young
pigs will be weaned at three
weeks of age and leave the
premises at eight weeks.
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behalf of the farmers, and
Bade, who is the appointed
faculty member to work with
the project, are optimistic
that the program will work.
Hess noted that he and his
son, John Hess IK, as well as
his herdsman, Abe Fisher,
have become familiar with
similar operations in the
Midwest. Bade pointed out
that neither of the parties
involved are going into the
venture blindly. Aside from
the information which is on
hand from the Midwest, the
University has probed into
the matter on a local level at
Hess’ hog farm near In
tercourse. Abe Fisher
manages the hog business
there, known as Jet Age
Swine Breeders.
When the facilities at New
Bolton Center are in
operation, the two managers
will work closely with two
students at a time for two
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week periods. That being the
case, the owners are looking
for capable managers" who
will also be able to relate
wed to students. Bade en
visions having the students
pick up considerable ex
perience in swine
management and handling,
including reproduction,
feeding, farrowing, and
disease control - both
preventive and surgical.
“The plan has been tested
and it has worked very
well,” he commented.
A corporation, the new
facility wdl be known simply
as PPAB Limited. There are
ten shares of stock, with six
farmers having one each and
two others having two shares
each. Each share of stock
wdl get half of the feeder
pigs every five weeks.
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The agreement between
PPAB Limited and the|
University provides that all
of the manure will be han
dled by the New Bolton
Center, The gutters in the
barns will be flushed with
water that is returned from a
separation system, ex
plained Baile. Harvestore
and the University are
cooperating in research
projects involving manure
solids which will be stored in
the Slurrystore, The ob
jective is to retain all of the
nutrient values of the hog
manure that comes out of the
new facility.
The manure will either be
applied to cropland with
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used to develop ways for
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