Hog breeder
especially during cold
weather.
Like many progressive
hog producers, Parletl
vaccinates for i'GE, or
Transmittable Gastroen
teritis, a debilitating type of
scours that can wipe out tiny
baby pigs in epidemic
proportions
In the Midwest, they tell
stories of TGE literally
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im Parlett’s farm office is filled with trophies show winnings,
show memorabilia from his Chester White
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Paddles are tapered from 4" high at the outer tip
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traveling’ down the road
trom one tann to another,
he worries An immunity
can eventually be built up
against the disease, it you
can nurse them through it ’
But winter, with the ac
companying scours
problems, is not the only
weather-induced concern ot
hogmen Extreme heat and
humidity are equally
worrisome, with heat stress
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word for it - Ask a
neighbor who owns
Jamesway.
on sows the biggesLsuiuinei
problem
To avoid added stress on
the hogs over the hottest
penod, Parlett breeds most
of the sows to farrow from
Deccmbei to early June He
also tiles 1 > vhedule a few
Vvcsi.j between tl»e heaviest
time of deliveries when the
farrowing house can be
emptied, totally cleaned and
disinfected as another vital
part of disease prevention
management
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HENRY S.
Box 175 R.D. 1 (Cains)
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A REVERSIBLE
ENDLESS CHAIN
In addition to the quick detachable hook link barn cleaner
chain we also provide the reversible endless chain Its links
are also totally forged for strength and long life They are held
together by 5/16" thick steel side bars with alloy steel con
nector pins that are dovetail swaged under pressure to
prevent their loosening under working conditions
This endless chain moves five feet per minute when it is
used on a free access stall alley cleaner and it moves 23 feet
per minute when it is used for cleaning gutters and when it is
used on the manure stacker
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Most of the hog rations are
grown on the farm s 200
acres, cropped mainly in
corn, with some barley, hay
and double-cropped
soybeans Protein con
centrate. are the only
purchased teed components,
with a lb percent feed
maintained for the fattening
hogs and sow rations
balanced at 14 to 15 percent
Conversion rate, on average,
is a gam of one pound per
each 2 7 pounds of feed
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 10,1981—85
Through Parlett’s at
tendance at the various
shows and sales, Melody has
become a capable midwife,
often taking turns with Jim
overseeing deliveries in the
iarrowing house
Of course they generally
wait until the middle of the
night to farrow,” she admits
Attending the births includes
dipping umbilical cords,
making sure the newborns
can nurse, and sometimes
nipping teeth within the first
few hours At three days, the
piglets get further attention
with a series of shots and ear
notchings for identification
An average seven to eight
pigs are raised from each
litter
Along with the hogs, the
Parletts keep about 30 steers
on feed There’s even a
brand new baby Holstein
calf in the barn, a Christmas
gift to Gus, who Melody says
just wanted something he
could bottle feed ’
Branching out into yet
another livestock venture,
the Parletfs recentl>
acquired a small flock of
Shropshire ewes and two
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rams, and four crossed black
sheep While the sheep
business isn't likely to
replace purebred pigs at
f wm-Maples, Parletts noted
with interest a recent sale
where a prize Suffolk ram
reportedly sold for $lOO,OOO
And no story on the
Parletts would be complete
without at a least a note in
passing about the family’s
pet turkey Donated
originally to the farm’s
livestock retinue by a friend,
the lone big white turkey has
become something of a
personality,” and it’s
unlikely he’ll ever show up
on the dinner table In fact,
visitors are more apt to find
the friendly gobbler roosting
atop their car or truck
With their eleven head of
hogs on exhibit at the Farm
Show, this week promises to
be another typically busy
one for these southern York
County pork breeders It’s
farm families, like Jim,
Melody and Gus Parlett, that
makes the Farm Show
continue to be a top drawing
card in Pennsylvania
agriculture
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