Bergland asks
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
retary of Agriculture Bob
■gland today called on
icultural organizations to
) expand energy con
vation programs to
ners and other rural
eneans.
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Speaking at a White House
ceremomy launching the
second phase of the
President’s energy con
servation outreach program,
Bergland said, “Energy in
fuel, fertilizer and ag
chemicals is the largest
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single production cost facing rural organizations to make
farmers today. It is almost a special effort to encourage
one-fifth of each farmer’s farmers to adopt new energy
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“This fact alone has en
couraged farmers and other
rural Americans to pioneer
the development and
adoption of energy con
servation practices. We
want to build on that ex
cellent record of
achievement in this effort
initiated by President
Carter,” Bergland said.
Bergland outlined a
program to ask farm and
STATE COLLEGE -
Pennsylvania’s swine
producers will have an
opportunity to participate in
Pennsylvania’s Third
Performance Tested Boar
Sale, August 20.
Currently, Chester, Duroc,
Hampshire, Landrace,
Spotted and Yorkshire boars
are on test at the Agriculture
Department’s Meat Animal
Evaluation Center in State
College. Approximately 75
percent of the top boars will
be sold beginning at 6 p.m.
Each boar will be indexed
at the end of the test, with
the highest indexing boars
sold first. Traits measured
in the performance test
include average daily gam,
feed conversion, and fat
thickness.
“ Performance testing is
the most important tool
available to the swine in
dustry to measure the
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Tested boar sale set for August 20
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reduce their individual
energy consumption by five
percent.
“While this reduction
seems small, it is extremely
important. It has the
potential of reducing far
mers’ expenses by $425
million in a single year.
Notwithstanding the
drought, which is extremely
serious, energy conservation
must be a priority con
genetic merit of potential
breeding animals,’’
Agnclture Secretary
Penrose Hallowell said.
“Average daily gain, feed
efficiency and fat thickness
are performance traits that
are important to buyers of
breeding stock for two
reasons. These are the
major economic traits
measured on pigs in most
performance testing
programs. And, these traits
respond most rapidly to
selection.”
According to Hallowell,
“The genetic flow of animals
that have bred-m superiority
for the economically im
portant traits, starts with the
seed stock producer. A few,
influential breeders, by
identifying the genetically
superior animals, can have a
large impact on the progress
made in the swine industry.
“This is the type of in-
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sideration in agriculture
today,” the secretary said.
Bergland told the
agricultural leaders that
many programs will be used
to promote energy con
servation and alternative
energy sources for farmers.
These include the $525
million in funds to the
Department of Agriculture
under the President’s
Energy Security Act to
finance alternative energy
development, the beginning
of a new program to permit
rural electric cooperatives
formation that will be
available on boars being sold
at Pennsylvania's Third
Performance tested Boar
Sale.”
This is an excellent op
portunity for Pennsylvania
swine producers to purchase
boars that are genetically
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States Expo
WEST SPRINGFIELD,
Mass. -- Barbara Herr, Nix
Besser Farm, Narvon, has
entered two market lambs in
competition at the 1980
Eastern States Exposition
Sheep Show scheduled at the
Big E, West Springfield,
Mass.
Herr’s entires will com
pete with other market
lambs on Wednesday,
September 10 at 8 a.m. in
Mallary Arena.
Other sheep entered in the
show will be judged by breed
according to the following
schedule: Cheviot, Wed
nesday, September 10 at 4:30
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to finance home, building,
and business weathenzation
measures by their con
sumers, and the develop
ment of an agricultural
energy information
clearinghouse by the
Department of Agriculture.
“If we take these steps and
continue to work closely
together, farmers and all
other rural Americans will
benefit, and we as a Nation
will move much closer to
becoming energy self suf
ficient,” Berglandsaid.
superior in the traits that are
important to the industry.
The testing program is
sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture in cooperation
with The Pennsylvania State
University and the Penn
sylvania Port Producers
Council.
compete
Eastern
p.m.; Dorset, Thursday,
September 11 at 8:30 a.m.;
Hampshire, Thursday,
September 11 at 1 p.m.;
Comedale, Southdown and
Suffolk, Friday, September
12 at 8 a.m.; and the Nor
theast Open Regional
Shropshire Show, Sunday,
September 14 at 2 p.m.
The Eastern States Ex
position Sheep Show will also
include shearing contests,
fleece judging, a Shropshire
decorator costume class,
handmade wool articles
judging, junior and senior
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sbeep-to-stiawi contest.