Farming, Saturday, October 25,1910 Agway sales group views latest swine research BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LEXINGTON, IL. - Agway swine feed salesmen got a first-hand look at the latest in swine research and facilities at the FS Research Farm of Growmark, Inc. located just north of Bloomington, H. last week. Research at the farm is centered on health and feeding programs for both swine and feedlot cattle. The study facility, which is jattemed as closely as lossible after farmer-owned commercial operations, is * <» S, __ personnel from ly gather in front of FS Research Farm sign . Gary G. Pearl, research director, right, and Charles Taylor, farm manager, second from right. I - .. p Vj » .... SEE rr -=7l BEFOI i Butler nuunAted Buildings your Ii il you b [ » ; - & $4200' 30'x50'x1 V with 16'xlO' D/S Door FARMSTED I Galvanized Walls and Galvanized Roc? as. $5300' 40x50'x14' with 20'x13' D/S Door FARMSTED I Galvanized Walls and Galvanized Roof Those Buildings Engineered for Self-Erection (Butler will furnish Erection and Foundation Drawings) a , | P. L HESS, SURER MF6. CO. • Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363 Dealer inquiries Available in; Pennsylvania Counties Arm strong, Beaver, Butler, Cameron, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Indiana, Lawrence, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mercer, McKean, Sullivan, Warren. Wyoming Maryland Counties - Baltimore, Harford New Jersey Counties - Sussex, Somerset, Morris, Passaic, Atlantic Cape May No Dealer Fees. . Name_ J Address County. | City _ part of the network of Cooperative Research Farms. Among studies the salesmen took a look at were the early weaning of pigs at three weeks, solar-heated buildings with a system of side doors which can be opened or closed according to the weather, programs to stimulate gilts to come into heat, substituting the feeding of sunflower meal for soybean meal and die feeding of stillage from a BUTLER xgri-buildeb .State. com-ethanol operation to feedlot cattle. Agway awine feed salesmen participating in the tour were John Hamer, Richard Myer, Francis Strause and Ray Wallace. Also taking part were Robert Weller and Henry Zajac, Farm Enterprise Service Managers, and Joseph Heeg, frou. U office. Host for the tour of the swine research facility was Dr. Gary G. Pearl, veterinarian, who directs FARMSTEP I - Building Engineered For Farmer Erection CAM SALES INC R.D.ffl Honesdale, Pa. 18431 PH: 717-253-1612 1 A. E. ENGEL. INC SUNNY MEAD SALES ORVILLE MACK P.0.80x215 RD#3.80x409 P.0.80x47 BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. | Martton, N.J. 08053 Altoona. PA 16601 Nazareth, Pa. 18064 Thomason P. i j PH: 609-983-4404 PH: 814-944-6045 PH; 215-759-1331 m T^SJSsB 5 h j IHt ■ii Group building. operations at the farm as Feed Research and Development and Technical Services Manager for Growmark, Inc. Growmark is the parent corporation for FS Services, Inc. and Illinois Grain, Inc.,which operates in the three-state area of Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. Also, taking part in the tour was Charles Taylor, manager of the farm. A farrow-to-finishing operation, the research farm maintains a herd of about 135 . to 140 breeding females. Only boars are brought into the herd. The females are three-way crosses of Hampshire-Yorkshire-Chester ★ BUTLER AND AGRI-BUILDERS ARE FIGHTING IN KNOXVILLE CONSTRUCTION Knoxville. Pa. 16928 PH: 814-326-4188 Whites with purebred boars; rotated from the three breeds. Pigs are weaned at three weeks and then bred in the first beat after conception. Eight farrowing groups are maintained, with 36 crates in the farrowing house. B.T. CONTRACTOR LEROY E. MYERS. INC. D. E. SMITH, INC. P.0.80x 535 Route *l, Box 163 Mifflintown, Pa. 17059 Biglerville, Pa. 17303 Clear Spring, Md. 21722 PH: 717-436-2151 PH: 717-677-6121 PH; 301-582-1552 In January, 1979, a new breeding-gestation building was opened on the farm. It is totally environmentally controlled, heating and air conditioning. A clear roof system, with no collectors, permits the solar heating of attic air, which is pulled down into the building during the winter IDEAL FOR GRAIN OR MACHINERY STORAGE and vented to the outside during the summer. . “We estimate that we’r(*} saving about 15 to 20 percent in heating costs,” Dr. Pearl said. ' The building, a modified open-front, also features a system of side doors, which can be opened or closed according to the weather. Everything except replacement gilts are confined on slatted floors. Gilts are kept outside until a two-stage selection is made at six and seven months. The final selection is made on the basis of feet, legs, con- (TurntoPageA2l) BUTLER AGRI-BUILDER * All Building F 0.8 Annvilie, Pa. * (Buildings not equipped as shown) » Prices Based on Survey of Agri-Builders * Prices Could Vary With Each Agn-Buikfe O. A. NEWTON « SON CO. Bridge. Delawa(jll'9933 PH: *2-337-8211' d t 50'x50'x with 24 , x15 , 7" D/S FARMSTE Galvanized Walls and Galvanii ss* $B5 io^so'x with 30 xl5 3" D/S FARMSTE Galvanized Walls and Galvaniz S' (Continued fi formation ani formation fror About one-foi farrowing groi gilts. A researcl conducted on v rhinitis,, whic good response vaccine. Sov cinated three farrowing. I submitted r slaughter ir determine a damage. No ol rhinitis have b pigs. Another stu two iron inject the third and compared to plication. “We found tl There are operation or Chesl PF KELI SY Lewi
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