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Researchers kept lights on in sheep pens until 1 a.m. in De cember and January, then exposed the sheep only to natural daylight beginning in February. “That switch from long days to short days triggered breeding be havior that typically occurs na turally in the fall,” Slyter said. About 84 percent of the ewe lambs exposed to the light treatment be came pregnant in the latest year of Slyter’s study. That compares to only 57 percent of sheep that were exposed to natural light only. “That 84 percent pregnancy rate for ewe lambs is very good even for a spring lambing season,” Sly ter said. Ewes exposed to the light treat ment also gained more weight and were heavier at breeding, a factor that may also contribute to the success of the program. Slyter said, noting that a heavier weight at breeding is correlated with a higher lambing rate. “We also saw an average of 1.36 lambs bom to treated ewes compared to only 1.2 lambs for • Lsola. PA 17540 • 717- untreated sheep,” Slyter said, “That tells us that the treated sheep are also having a higher ovulation rate. Typically, we’d ex pect a lower ovulation rate than that for sheep producing fall lambs." Slyter noted that producers must use all of the management techniques that they would use in a successful spring lambing sys tem to make the most of this fall lambing system. “This system should be easy for producers to implement, but a key will be to develop a schedule and stick to it,” he said. Graduate student Dana Hanson presented the results of the re search to more than 1,000 re searchers, extension specialists, and industry representatives at the Protection Board HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) On behalf of Gov. Tom Ridge, Agriculture Secretary Charles C. Brosius announced the appoint ment of G. Warren Elliott of Chambersburg, Franklin County, to the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board. hr The board is responsible for oversight of the state Farmland Protection Program. “Mr. Elliott’s understanding of local government and the com munity, combined with his inter est in preservation, will be valu able as he serves on the board,” Brosius said. Gov. Ridge appointed Elliott to a four-year term that will end in April 2000. Elliott, 41, was appointed to the Franklin County Board of Com missioners in 1987. He was To Farmland • Fax: recent joint Midwest meeting of the American Society of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Association in Des Moines. Slyter said the fall lambing sys tem holds other benefits as well. He notes that sheep can be bred at a younger age. That means any animals that don’t become preg nant can be sold as market lambs rather than as lower priced cull sheep. Additional research is planned to fine-tune the system. Slyter says researchers also are looking at other factors that could improve fall lambing systems. “We’re also studying genetics. We should be able to select breeding stock for improved fall lambing,” he said. elected to the position in 1993 and serves as chairman. He also serves as director of the Franklin County Conservation District and the Franklin County Area Development Corporation, He is a member of the Pennsylva nia Farm Bureau and Franklin County Heritage. Elliott has served as assistant executive director of South Cen tral Community Action Programs, Inc., a $2.5 million nonprofit cor poration serving Franklin and Adams counties. From 1989 to 1993, Elliott taught state and local government at Shippensburg University. For IS years, Elliott has been a regional representative with Gen eral Code Publishers, a leading municipal legal publisher.
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