E4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4, 1988
Contract Hog Farmer
(Continued from Page E 2)
baker acknowledges that the
lagoon could have been a bit larger
so that he wouldn’t have to spread
manure as frequently. Currently
the lagoon’ holds four and a half
months worth of manure, which
Brubaker spreads on 50 acres of
mostly com fields. He spreads an
average of four times each year.
The brecding/gestation rocm
contains 171 stalls and 16 boar or
gill pens in back of the breeding
stalls. This area has concrete floor
ing in the front two-thirds of the
stall with slats in the back. The
flooring in the front slopes down
ward toward the slats.
The farrowing stalls have con
crete slats where the sow lays, with
her hind quarters resting on woven
wire. Brubaker prefers the wire so
that when she urinates it doesn’t
splash onto the piglets. To either
side of the sow is plastic-coated
expanded metal for the piglets.
Immediately after birth, the piglets
lay on a black rubber mat for their
first two weeks. The mat elimi
nates drafts from underneath and
absorbs heat from the heat lamp.
The nursery floors are equipped
with woven wire.
Ventilation is controlled in Bru
baker’s bam with a neutral system.
Air is blown in to the room from
one end of the building and runs
across the length along the ceiling.
It then hits the wall, falls toward
the floor and is pulled across the
floor and out of the room by a two
speed fan. “With this system there
arc no drafts,” reported Brubaker.
“I know because we did a smoke
lest right after it was installed.”
The smoke test also showed him
that there is a draft-free space
where the piglets lay.
“Wc don’t have to run the far
rowing room as hot as some do
because of the ventilation,” Bru
baker said, “and wc only use the
heat lamps for lour to five days. I
feel ventilation definitely is a help
to production. Not everyone is
going to agree though with this
system. But if the building is
designed and insulated properly, n
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Having an insulated bam and
good ventilation prevents the bam
from having cold walls in the wint
er, which will caused condensa
tion. It also keeps the air fresh and
free of noxious gases.
Originally Brubaker had a nega
tive ventilation unit in the
breeding/gestation room. The
floor tended to be damp and slip
pery, the room was hot in summer,
and it was drafty. After he had a
neutral ventilation unit installed,
Brubaker had a 5 percent rise in his
farrowing rate.
Another later addition was a
sprinkler system to wet sows down
during extremely hot days in
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Brubaker practices very strict
biosecurily, which also contributes
to his successful production. “No
one’s allowed into the bam with
out my permission,” Brubaker
said. Entrants to the bam take a
shower, change clothing, and
change boots. Brubaker also has a
washer and dryer in the barn’s util
ity room to clean the clothing kept
there.
“It’s not in me to completely
control disease, but we do all we
can,” claimed Brubaker. “Then we
rely on higher powers, and that’s
where we want to pul the credit.”
The final reason to which Bru
baker attributed his success is hard
work. “Even if you have the right
feed company, the right breeding
stock, the right facility, and the
blessing of the Lord, you still have
to apply yourself.”
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