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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1957
Page
13
Special Report on a 40 by 36 foot hog house that holds 100 hogs in a one man operation. Open south facing shed, 14 feet of open space, 16 hog feeders per side, four waterers and a rear 6 foot work alley. Construction costs about 1752 dollars with wood concrete blocks aluminum roofing and hardware.
Lancaster County hog operations adopt summer spray cooling over concrete slabs to reduce sun exposure and insects while bulk feed blowers ease handling. New self feeders handle a ton of feed. cost per pound of gain averages 12 cents, with one batch yielding 42 cents per pound. Producers stress vaccination, stress reduction, and worming protocols originated by the Ralston Purina Company to improve efficiency and animal health.
Preliminary data from the Foreign Agricultural Service show a 1957 world corn crop of about 6.4 billion bushels, slightly below the 1956 record of 6.8 billion. Barley and oats 1957 output is estimated at about 140 million short tons, roughly six percent under the 1956 harvest.
A registered Guernsey cow named Willow Bends Ellen, owned by John A Breneman of Willow Street in Peterborough New Hampshire, completed an official Herd Improvement Registry record with 9 190 pounds of milk and 514 pounds of fat.
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