roster Farming Saturday, July 21,1990 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) — Pennsylvania’s official boar testing program is under way. There are 19 pens of four boars each, which are placed on test from swine producers throughout the state of Pennsylvania. This year there are nine pens of Yorkshires: four pens of Hamp shires; two pens of Durocs; and one pen each of Berkshires, Ches ter Whites, Landrace and Spotted boars. The four boars in a pen must be by one sire and out of one or two litters. The small boars must be delivered between 40 and 65 pounds and prior to reaching 80 days of age. They are given either a 7- or 14-day adjustment period, depending on their size and then they arc weighed on official test. Boar Testing Program Under Way Once on lest, the pigs have unlimited access to a self-feeder. The boars are weighed every 14 days and a progress report is generated for average daily gain, lifetime weight per day of age, and pen feed efficiency. When the pen average weight reaches 230 pounds, the pen is taken off test and the boars are hand-fed and exercised daily. The boars will have their final average daily gain calculated and ratioed, the days to 230 pounds will be computed, and a final pen feed efficiency and ratio will be determined. The boars will all be ultrasoni cally scanned to determine their backfat thickness and loin eye area. A percent lean cuts value will be determined for each boar and they will have to meet mini mum requirements for soundness, underline, and scrotal devel opment. Each boar will have his final index calculated for his average daily gain, feed efficiency, and backfat thickness. After all the evaluations, the top 40 to 50 boars will be selected to be sold in Penn sylvania’s 13th performance Coolalr CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT SYSTEMS FOR FARM SPECIAL PRICES ON FAN MOTORS - . . _ .. .. -r- _, ~ ” I ..< , ._ * ■ - ■* * . tested boar sale. The sale is sche duled for the Wednesday evening of Ag Progress Days, August 15, 1990 at 6:00 p.m. The-sale will be held in the Ag Arena on the Penn State Campus. The boars are gaining at a record pace so far on test. The 32 boars that have completed their testing period have come off test maintaining an outstanding aver age ADG of 2.25 pounds per day. VENTILATION EQUIPMENT SALE Vi HP, 1 Phase Vi HP, 3 Phase 1 HP, 1 Phase 1 HP, 3 Phase A pen of Yorkshire boars have already completed the test and set a new record for pen average daily gain. The average for this pen’s daily gain through the entire test was 2.50 pounds per day. For more information on the boars on test or the boar sale, con tacfGlenn Eberly, director, Meat Animal Evaluation Center, 651 Fox Hollow Road, State College, PA 16803, (814) 238-2527. BUILDINGS 36” FAN w '/ ; HP Motor NBF36J $228.00 36” SHUTTER Aluminum LRW39 $76.00 Part lumber 1343.636 1341.256 1343.556 ~ 1341.456 SPECIAL SALE PRICE $74.00 $BO.OO $105.00 $93.00
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