C2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1,1981
U.S. ag secretary puts
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The
need to increase soil and water
conservation ettorts will have to be
offset by the need to balance the
federal budget.
That was the message Richard
D. Siegel, deputy assistant
secretary of agriculture tor
natural resources and the en
vironment, left with members ot
the Maryland Association of Soil
Conservation Districts at their
summer meeting held recently in
Ocean City.
The keynote speaker at Thur
sday’s banquet, Siegel said state
and local governments will have to
increase their contributions to
conservation programs it more
attention is to be given resource
problems.
“We will have to accept the tact
that there will not be enough
money and enough Soil Con
servation Service people to get
every job done,” he said.
The Administration plans to hold
the line on conservation budgets,
says Siegel, until the Agriculture
Department releases new program
strategy proposals developed after
a comprehensive study ot the
nation’s resources as well as
existing conservation programs.
The study, to be repeated every b
years, was mandated by the 1977
BEAT THE SUMMER HEAL.
SPRINKLER COOLING SYSTEM
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When the temperature goes up one of when the temperature is above 72° F
the first ways your body reacts is by even ventilation can't cure the stress that
breaking out in perspiration That’s results But a sprinkler cooling system can
nature’s way of cooling off help your hogs where nature fell short
It's different with hogs High tem giving them a chance to cool off It sprays
peratures cause them a great deal of them with coarse water droplets to reduce
stress because they can’t sweat When their body temperature The idea is
under this stress due to heat hogs will S i mp | e but extremely effective
lose their appetite weight gams droo,
there is poor feed conversion conception
rate is reduced and pens become a mess
All of this adds up to lost profits
THE SYSTEM:
The sprinkle cycle is turned on automatically
whenever the barn temperature rises above a preset
level 72° F Throughout this ‘on period the control
functions to permit sprinkling to occur for a preset time
period each hour (2 mmutes/hour is recommended for
best results ) When the barn temperature drops below
72° F the cycle is automatically interrupted
The nozzles are clamped to a plastic pipe strung over
the gutter of slatted area at the rear of the pen Each
nozzel covers a 5 6 foot diameter area which usually
means one nozzle per pen The nozzle assures a coarse
droplet spray pattern which is important for maximum
cooling A fine mist of fog is not desirable in
geographical areas of generally high summer relative
humidity
Average daily gain per hog
Average daily feed
consumption per hog
Lbs feed per
lb gram per day
Lbs feed save/hog
Days earlier to market
Research done at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology in Ontario and at the
University of California have shown these results
These figures are calculated on hogs from 100 lbs up to 200 lbs
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Resources Conservation Act.
Details ot the new proposals will
be released in September and
October and will contain "a new kit
ot tools,” according to Siegel.
Although the country has serious
resource problems that require
immediate attention, Siegel
cautioned against enacting any
new legislation too quickly. A
number ot new conservation ap
proaches are contained in Senate
and House tarm bills which, he
said, the Administration expects to
pass.
“It this happens, where is the
money going to come trom to tund
these programs’ With the current
economic situation, it’s not likely
to come from the tederal govern-
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conservation efforts
ment. It’s going to be up to you to
hnd the necessary resources,” he
told MASCO members
Siegel i eassured them, however,
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