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very little change in feed con
version. But when there were 10
pigs per pen, the Micro-Aid ground
grew 7.5 percent faster with a
three percent better conversion.
Foster also included Tylan in two
trials. The response to this was
about the same as that for Micro-
Aid. When fed in combination, he
observed a very slight im
provement (two percent) over
using Tylan alone.
Micro-Aid apparently had no
effect ort carcass merit, Kephart
notes. The final trial showed that
the product had a greater effect on
performance when pigs received a
low-protein diet.
“Unfortunately,” says Kephart,
“this boost in performance wasn’t
enough to make up for the
production lost due to the protein
deficiency.”
The work at North Carolina State
University was conducted by Dr.
Evan Jones. In one trial the
scientist observed no positive
effect with Micro-Aid. But in the
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stable and healthy. Their insistence on
offering only the highest quality milk and
dairy products sets an example for us all
and improves the quality of our lives. We
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last 28 days of his second growing
finishing trial, pigs in the Micro-
Aid group showed 11.3 percent
improvement in feed efficiency.
Jones explained: “During the first
part of this second trial, pigs in
both groups performed equally.
Then we moved them to an
overcrowded facility during a spell
of very hot weather. It was during
this period of stress that animals
receiving Micro-Aid showed a
tremendous improvement in feed
efficiency.”
So both Jones and Foster ob
served a good response to Micro-
Aid when conditions were less than
desirable, Kephart says, though so
far no one understands how the
product works.
What about cost? At the two
ounce rate, the specialist says
Micro-Aid will add about $1.50 to
the cost of a ton of feed.
“That boils down to about 45
cents per market hog,” he con
cludes. “You’d need an increase in
feed efficiency of only one percent
to pay that back.”
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McKean named assistant for CAB
MERCER Kirke McKean, 22,
of Mercer, is serving as the 1984
summer assistant in the Certified
Angus Beef (CAB) department,
reports Mick Colvin, director of the
CAB program, for the American
Angus Association.
McKean, an agricultural
business management major, will
be a senior this fall at Penn
sylvania State University,
University Park.
Kirke’s duties as CAB assistant
will be to help in educating
distributors on meat marketing,
and the monitoring of CAB sales.
The Mercer County native grew
up on his parents Angus farm,
where he runs his own herd, and
was active in the Angus world, as
well as in 4-H. He served as the
Director of the Western Penn
sylvania Junior Angus Club and
won numerous Angus showman
ship and fitting awards. At college,
Kirke is a member of the meats
judging team and active in the
Block and Bridle Club.
Kirke has also been very in
volved in meat processing. He is
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Berks County
wool pool
scheduled
LEESPORT The Berks
County extension service reports
that a wool pool will be held at the
J. Paul Leid Building on June 16,
from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. This location
is the Reading Fair Livestock
Building behind the Fairgrounds
Square Mall, Routes 61 and 222,
north of Reading.
Wool will be bought by the
Midstate Wool Growers
Association Cooperative, and the
price will be $.73 on a non-graded
basis. A handling charge of ap
proximately $.lO will be deducted
from this price.
Participants are reminded that
wet, dirty, or low quality wool, or
wool containing excessive foreign
matter will not be accepted. Also,
wool submitted in plastic feed bags
or tied with other than paper twine
will be unacceptable.
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