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
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Gary G. Pearl, research director, right, and Charles Taylor, farm manager,
second from right.
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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
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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,
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office.
Host for the tour of the
swine research facility was
Dr. Gary G. Pearl,
veterinarian, who directs
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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
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In January, 1979, a new
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A clear roof system, with
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which is pulled down into the
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“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
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at six and seven months. The
final selection is made on the
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