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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
3
During July to September 1949 average US production per hen was 13.2 eggs, below the 15 or more eggs needed for profit. The article urges close culling of flocks, selling culls while light feed, and feeding a good laying ration to remaining hens. It warns against removing laying mash and postponing production.
North Carolina researchers C. D. Grinnell and J. G. Moore determine calves under ten months should not be kept on pasture. They urge rotating calf pastures and grazing with mature animals to lower parasite levels, noting rapid buildup on heavily grazed plots and age immunity in mature cattle.
Nationwide mix shipments of cattle and hogs show extensive damage with losses running into millions. Hog carcasses exhibit bruising from trampling by cattle, with bruised meat trimmed, compared with undamaged carcasses shown for reference.
Dick Carlisle of the Illinois College of Agriculture states that pigs under 180 pounds chew their feed so efficiently that grinding seldom saves enough feed to cover grinding costs. For hogs above 150 pounds grinding saves about five percent of the corn, and if grinding 100 pounds costs less than five pounds in value it pays to grind for hogs over 150 pounds.
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