A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1984
Goods
(Continued from Page A 22)
Kenton selected a white Duroc-
Yorkshire cross and Kurtis a red
Duroc-Yorkshire cross.
When selecting their Farm Show
entries, Kenton and Kurtis were
looking for gilts weighing between
50 and 60 pounds that would finish
out to about 220 pounds. The breed
cross was also considered.
“I like the York-Hampslure
cross and the Duroc-Hampshire
cross,” Kenton said.
According to father Ezra, these
two crosses are the most popular
breeds. “The York is a good
mother,” he said, “and the Duroc
and Hampshire adds good
muscling.”
For Ezra, who judges swine
shows himself, a meat type animal
is preferred
“When I judge shows, I try to
determine which animal will be
best on the rail after dressing,” he
said. “That’s what I’m trying to
teach my boys ”
Ezra’s teaching is working
Kenton said he looks for a quality
pig - one which doesn’t have a big
belly but has nice hams and a long
loin It’s also helpful, he said, to
have a pig that will gam about two
pounds per day.
The brothers, themselves, feed
their pigs daily. Their show entries
have a separate feeder, and feed is
weighed in buckets to determine
the average daily gain. An electric
watering system takes care of the
watering task, but the boys check
it to make sure all is working
properly.
Besides feeding, Kenton and
Kurtis work with their animals
every evening. The pigs do get
used to them from feeding, Kenton
said, but extra time is needed for
exercising.
“They (the boys) play with the
pigs in the pen and exercise them,”
Ezra said. “This way, the animals
get used to the kids.”
And getting used to pigs is
nothing new for the boys. Growing
up on the farm, Kenton said he
remembers the times he would sit
in the pens and play with the
piglets. Both boys, Ezra added,
have always liked the pigs.
Their liking to pigs comes
naturally. Ezra and his brother,
Amos, operate a 3200 swine
finishing operation. All pigs raised
through their operation are sold on
a grade yield basis to Hatfield
Packing Company for which Ezra
is a buyer.
The elder Good partners buy
most of their hogs through the Mid
Tennessee livestock market. The
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animals are on a feed contract with
Gehman Feed, of Denver w About
8,000 hogs are marketed per year.
Ezra and Amos also raise and
market about 250 feeder cattle
each year. In addition to the
livestock, they operate a small
trucking fleet and haul for Hatfield
Packing and others.
Ezra said his interest in
livestock trucking stemmed from
his father’s business. “I followed
my father’s (H Paul Good)
footsteps,” he said. “I worked for
my father and drove the livestock
trucks ”
Will Kenton and Kurtis follow
their father’s footsteps 9 At ages 11
and 10, they have a few more years
to make a final decision con
cerning their future, but both boys
say they’d like to continue their
partnership. And yes, they’d like
to be farmers.
“I would also like to be a swine
judge,” Kenton added. “I see how
my dad judges and my judging
usually matches him.”
With their experience and in
terest, the boys might just reach
their goals in a continuing part
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