Pseudorabies (Continued from Page Al) “Due to the difficulty in con trolling the spread of this disease, improvement is needed for greater awareness of disease control in all phases of the pork industry and improved sanitation in all phases of swine production and tran sportation. “The Lancaster-Chester Swine Producers Association will be actively soliciting support of various agricultural organizations, allied industries, the Bureau of Animal Industry and the State Legislature for implementation of TIRED OF CLEANING AND REFILLING SUPPLEMENTARY FOUNTS? cilfcu SWISH WATERING SYSTEM OWIOM u THE ANSWER! catering systems Their chick-size waterer solves man-size problems. <v v <■ < New SWISH SATELLITE system waters chicks and poults from day 1 The biggest problem with founts end other supple mentary wsterers is manpower—the labor needed to clean and hand-fill them. Also, birds don’t always get clean, cool, fresh water which can cause health prob lems and poor feed conversion. 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