Keep Out Disease and Hog Production in Williamsburg
Evan Piersol, a 15 year hog producer from Williamsburg, underscores disease fears prompting rare vet calls. He keeps 60 to 70 brood sows, raises 20 sows every two months, and sells fat hogs from a yearly turnover of 900 to 1,000 hogs. He feeds corn milo mix, rejects only milo due to Vitamin A concerns, and uses Yorkshire Hampshire Duroc crossstock with tested low-back-fat boars. He has 20 farrowing crates, a boiler, heated floors, and a new feeder-pig pen but plans no expansion, considering retirement due to age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Piersol
Williamsburg
Piersol
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Duroc Cross
Slaughter Cattle Finishing Choices for Farmers and Feedlots
Kansas State University extension warns that finishing cattle on the farm or in a commercial feedlot depends on individual costs and marketing ability. On-farm options hinge on facilities, volume, and lower fixed costs, while feedlots offer scale, efficient equipment, and marketing advantages. Farmers must compare finishing prices per cwt and marketing costs to decide, as younger feeders face stiff competition and must invest in efficient facilities to match costs.
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Bob Bozworth
Kansas
Wilton Thomas
Kansas State University Extension
Thomas
Dairymen urged to advertise and improve dairy management
Franklin County dairy leaders at the Pougles Franklin and Franklin DHIA meeting hear praise for record use and rising production per cow amid declining cow numbers. Experts urge dairymen to adopt management changes, AI breeding, careful culling, mineral balances, and supply management while adapting to low fat and butterfat demand, diseases, and virus risks.
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Joanistas
Franklin County
Bob Bozworth
the Pougles Franklin
Bozworth
Ralph Bonewitz
Bonowitz
Bonewitz
Gong
Hairpin lace class notes and club meeting report
N E W S depicts a Jan 26 meeting at Mrs Tom Dawson’s home where instructor Mrs Winired demonstrates hairpin lace loops and joining techniques. Evelyn Bennett becomes a member as the group notes nursing home favors and plans continued mementos. FAIRMOUNT gathers at Mrs Gene Ward’s home with roll call and district chairmen appointments and a vote to donate to the scholarship fund.
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Winired
Marks
Tom Dawson
Evelyn Bennett
Fairmount
Gene Ward
Fred Glanville
K.E.H.C. News
New Northwest District
Family Life
Everett Yoxall
George Graves
Larry Dunn
Ralph Overstreet
Ralph Hodgden
Russell Wray
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London
Franklin Dhia
ED Freight
Oshelying
Burlington
Kan
Lawrence Strawder
Farm Bureau Mutual KansAs Farm Life
KFB Insurance Cos
Bob Robbins
Duane Roush
Farr
Farm Bureau Insurance
Ottawa
EHU
Kansas City Power & Light Company
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