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Take heat off hogs
NEWARK, Del. Poor
reproductive performance
this summer can add insult
to injury for pork producers
already reeling under the
impact of low hog prices.
Research shows that heat
stressed sows and boars are
less fertile and produce
fewer offspring, reports
University of Delaware
extension livestock
specialist Dr. Dick Fowler.
And right now hog fanners
seed every production ef
ficiency they can get, just to
breakeven.
Hot-weather stress on
boars causes a reduction in
ESTATE AUCTION
THE WILLIAM i. PIERCE COUNTRY STORE
Warwick, Pennsylvania
SATURDAY JUNE 28,1980
9:30 A.M.
GUNSMITHS SHOP * GUNS & EQUIPMENT *
TOOLS & STEAM ENGINES
Located on Old Rt. #23, in the Village of
Warwick, 6 miles East of Morgantown, and 18
miles Southwest of Pottstown, Pa. in Chester
County.
German Vollmer-Werk Precision Grinder, 8”
Southbend Precision M/C Lathe, Vollmer-Werk
Biberach-Riss Multi Purpote Punch, Watlker Turner
Bench Drill Press, Foley Carbine Grinder, Foley Saw
Sharpening M/C Model 51, Foley Saw Set M/C,
Autool Automatic grinding M/C, Ideal German
Welder, Duall Welder Model DBW-5, Burr-King 850-
25, File M/C, Acme Circular saw sharpener, Saturn
Sigrist & Moller AKS 600 Precision Grinder, Saturn
Precision Grinder As-4, Nelson 100 Grinder, Band Saw
Toothsetting tool, Craftsman Grinder on stand,
Acetylene Tanks etc.
Approx. 65 guns m'd; Parker D/B 20 ga shotgun, (2)
Parker 12 ga. D/B shotguns, Ithica 410 shotgun,
LeFevre 410 D/B shotgun, Ithica 12 ga. S/B shotgun,
Fox Sterlingworth 191112 ga, Fox Sterling worth 12 ga
D/B, (3) Winchester .22 ca, (2) Winchester 12 ga, (2)
Winchester 20 ga. Marlin 22, Marlin 30/30, Winchester
30/30, Winchester 45/70, Remington 22, GOLCHER
LONG RIFLE W/CURLY MAPLE STOCK, (2) U.S.
Springfield 22, Western Arms D/B 12 ga, GEW Mauser
.257, U.S. Springfield 30.06, U.S. Springfield breech
loader, Colt 22, (2) Colt 45, (3) H & R 22’s, H. Pieper 12
ga D/B hammer, H. Hamilton D/B 12 ga, Stevens 22,
PISTOLS: A. Waters Cap & Ball, Middtn, Conn 1848
Cap & Ball, pair U.S. Hasten Co. 1851 Duelling Pistols,
Middtn, Conn 1838 & 1844 Cap & Balls, U.S.R. Johnson
Cap & Ball, Colt “Camp Perry” .22, Colt “Woodsman”
22, Smith & Wesson, Colt Etc Handguns, 1846 U.S.
Hasten Muzzleloader, Civil War bayonets, (7) Civil
War power flasks, Sword with Ivory handle, etc, etc.
GUN ACCESS, PARTS & HAND TOOLS:
Gun Stocks, Ammunition, Gun Carrying cases, Gun
racks, shells and bullets, gun books of all types, pigeon
hold, boxes, chests of tools, small anvil, animal traps,
knives, scissors, elec clippers, band saws, hand saws
and hand tools of all descriptions, machinist tools, open
end wrenches, grinding wheels, saw blades, bench
vises of all sizes, nail pullers, squares, pulleys, trouble
lites, motors, belts, clamps, wire cutters, funnels, files
& hammers, planes, blacksmith forge, auto jack, oak
box of machinist tools, propane gas heater, 1913 thru
1919 Oval Penha Metal license tags, etc, etc.
Fedders 1903 Hot Air and Steam Engine, Uprite
Steam engine, miniature steam engines - gas powered,
uprite heat powered solar windmill in miniature, plus
other steam engines. (Some of these steam engines
were displayed in the Kinser Show)
ALSO: Car Parts, Packard Instrument Panel, Or
naments, Etc. 5’ Globe Lighthouse Pot Belly Stove,
Koehler Generator Power Plant Etc.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All Guns are from Pierce Private Collection and
will be sold according to Pennsylvania Rules and
Regulations. Inspection morning of sale only, since
guns are not being kept on the premises, Guns sold
approx. 1:00 p.m. followed by heavy equipment.
TERMS:CMh LUCY PIERCE
WILLIAM FEMELL
Executor
James Cunningham - Attorney
Auctioneers
Clay C. Hess 489-7127
Richard J. Moyer 948-8050
sperm concentration,
motility, and quality. Sperm
production completely stops
in some heat-stressed boars.
Others may suffer only
slight reductions. To
maintain peak reproductive
performance, keep boars
cool.
This means keeping them
at 86 degrees F or less,
twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week. It can
take from 3 to 12 weeks for a
heat-stressed boar to regain
normal fertility.
To keep animals com
fortable, Fowler recom
mends providing them with
HEAVY EQUIPMENT;
GUNS:
STEAM ENGINES:
Summer comfort, hog-style, keeps young boar
cool under small trickle of water. This and other
evaporative cooling systems help keep pigs
comfortable and improve hot weather
reproductive performance.
heavy shade and cross
ventilation. Also, use a
concrete wallow or sprinkler
system. A sprinkler can be
operated 2-5 minutes every
30 minutes.
This allows time for
evaporation to take place.
Water evaporating from the
pig’s skin provides the
cooling. Evaporative cooling
pads, fans, and air con
ditioners are other ways to
keep boars cool.
In a pen mating system,
breed only during evening
hours. Stress of breeding
during the warmest part of
the day can reduce a boar’s
fertility.
Recent research suggests
that day length may have an
effect on esims in sows, but
until more evidence is
available, emphasis should
wiaaow— mnia
PUBLIC SALE
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
The undersigned will sell in Culbertson, 1 mi.
west of Rt 11 along 997 on:
SATURDAY, JULY 21
12x15 round metal com crib to be moved, Farmall H
tractor and loader, one owner; cultivators with tractor
mower, 7” cultipackers, farm wagon with flats, 2
bottom pull plow, saw mandrell, 30” endless belt,
broad axe, Stewart clippers, wagon jades, bench vise,
anvil, barshare plow, David Bradley garden tractor
and equipment, large winch, 2 rope and tackles,
Dectecto scales, gear reduction box, deepwell pump,
lawn sweeper, power driver, drill press with motor,,
building jacks, platform scales, metal chicken nests
and feeders, brooder, miscellaneous hand tools, new
and used bolts and nuts, copper apple butter kettle and
stirer, 5 gallon and 50 gallon drums, clipper windmill,
metal and wood cabinets, riding lawn mowers, electric
Myers, marble top coffee table, new air conditioner,
full set of National Geographies, encyclopedias, pic
tures and frames, lot of books, some dishes, 2 plank
bottom chairs, floor lights, typewriter, can opener and
knife sharpener, apple peeler, canning jars, jugs and
erodes, Wilton 9x12 rug, ink wells, wall telephone,
electric fans, lawn chairs, oil heater, 2 gallon milk
bucket, Dutch cupboard, 2 mortars and pestles, old
projectors, lot of fence posts, lot of used lumber, big
pile of junk iron, lots of small items too numerous to
mention. 1967 GMC pickup truck, excellent condition.
TERMS: Cash.
GRACE R.SNOKE
Kenneth M. Upperman and Pete. Aucts.
be on sow comfort Keep
sows at 86 degrees or less
during and for two weeks
after breeding. This will help
assure conception and im
platation of the embryo to
the wall of the uterus.
First litter sows do not
rebreed as quickly as those
that have had two or more
litters. To compensate for
this, maintain a larger gilt
pool during summer months
and cull females that are
over 10 days returning to
estrus after weaning.
Check sows and gilts for
estrus activity- early in the
day. Pregnancy check those
not showing estrus 30 days
after breeding.
Reproductive per
formance is heritable in
pigs, says the specialist
Unfortunately, little
research is presently being
done regarding this trait.
But selection and good
management are effective
ways to achieve more than
the 7.4 pigs per litter and the
annual 1.6 litters per sow
which are current national
averages.
At 10:00 A.M
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1980—A39
Swaffar honored
by livestock association
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The
National Society of
Livestock Records
Association has announced
the election of Paul Swaffar
to honorary membership in
the organization.
“This honor isparticularly
significant since Paul
Swaffar is only the second
recipient of honorary
membership in the 69-year
old organization,” said
Harold Boucher, secretary
ofNSLRA.
Swaffar, former executive
secretary of the American
Hereford Association,
served as president of
NSLRA from 1958 to 1965. He
was instrumental in
enlarging the organization to
include all the livestock
registry organizations.
Current membership in
NSLRA totals 53 breed
associations including dairy,
beef, swine, sheep, goats and
horses. Virtually all U.S.
breed registry organizations
are current members.
Serving the American
Hereford Association for 13
years, from 1954 to 1967,
Swaffar was recognized
internationally as a leader in
breed association activities.
In 1961, the AHA installed a
computer system for
processing registrations,
transfers and the business
affairs of the Association,
becoming the first breed
association to utilize com
puterprocessing.
A native of Oklahoma and
graduate of Oklahoma State
University where he was a
member of the livestock
judging teams, Swaffar was
the high individual in the
EPA to examine
impact of sewer
plant on farms
LEOLA - The En
vironmental Protection
Agency will prepare an
Environmental Impact
Statement in conjunction
with municipal planning of
wastewater treatment
facilities for Leola, Lan
caster County.
In the planning study,
Leola will consider the
technical feasibility and cost
of various treatment options.
EPA’s analysis will cover
the environmental, social
and economic impact of each
alternative.
In particular, EPA will
determine the affects on the
local Amish community and
prime agricultural land and
' how to avoid or reduce any
negative impact that may
result.
Both studies are expected
to be completed within a
year.
Chicago and Fort Worth
Contests, and second high in
Kansas City.
He received his Master’s
degree from, and served on
the staff, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. He
served as Virginia’s Beef
Cattle Extension Specialist,
was secretary of the Virginia
Hereford Association, and
was the first manager of the
Atlantic Rural Exposition.
In 1947, Swaffar became
the American Hereford
Association fieldman in the
Southeast and in 1949
became director of the
AHA’s field staff. In 1952, he
was elevated to the post of
assistant secretary and then
became the AHA’s seventh
executive secretary in 1954.
In making the an
nouncement, H.K.
Dickenson, current NSLRA
president and American
Hereford Association
executive vice president,
said, “It is particularly
gratifying to me to see the
many contributions of Paul
Swaffar recognized in'this
manner. While his principal
role was that of secretary of
the AHA, his dedication to
the purebred concept and
principles that guide it was
never more evident than in
the leadership exhibited in
this organization.
“Those contributions
established the basis on
which this organization
functions today. I hope the
entire livestock industry will
be made award of this
recognition to a man who
meant so much to all species
of purebred livestock.”
The EPA then can provide
the Leola Sewer Authority
with 75 to 85 percent of the
funds for planning,
designing and constructing
the wastewater treatment
facility approved through
the Facilities Planning/EIS
Process. *
EPA invites public par
ticipation in the study
processes. In order to ex
plain the Facilities Planning
and EIS Process, gather
citizen input, and answer
questions, a meeting will be
held on Tuesday, July 15th at
7:30 p.m. in the Leola War
Memorial Building, 54 West
Main Street, Leola, Pa.
For further information,
contact Jim Webb, EIS
Preparation Section, U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency, 6th and Walnut
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
19106. Telephone: 215/597-
8333.
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