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CONTINUED FROM PAGE lAlextens'ions on the sides in 1957 i _ . ito make it 54 feet in width and m0" 13‘ I '9‘"t In the 518 I103 next year be extended the entire I bern- ‘ r to a length of 100 KINDNEBS HELPS fer . ‘ And kindness makes a differ-i The barn has a top capacity} once. even to pigs_ “1 never en- of 700 hogs and he can turn out I~ the barn. without speaking to a maximum of 2.000 each year. as l come through the though be normally runs about

he told us. If. he didn't, 050 at a time and production to;

IIlL'm d‘hr'l' M explrinad. the pigs would date has run 1,500 to scare and mill around in an ex- year, though that may be stepg cued manner. But they know:ped up, I gathered. in 1963. ‘ ‘his voice and behave in com- ~.pletely normal fashion. “AVE MORE ,VIGOR _ John who was with his dad Mr. FERSG!‘ likes the Land during our visit moved aimongjlfaﬁ'e ' 10"k5hlre 9m“ 11°76‘5- me pigs and the hihe_year old‘ I'va have more vigor. better ibn- seemed just as much at gl‘fJWth and better health, be ‘hhme with them as his father. hsaid. Asked if the Landrace- 3H3 told us he likes the pigs. A;cross grades stood up he said {younger .0". Roy. who is eight I “there are more of those cross- 1was at the house during our vi~ hes. "1 “‘9 ham uilW- than “Y- fsh. ‘thing else. and the grades are holding up.

Manure from the big hog. . H - . lnmdenially the 16.6 per cent lgsgrntOp dressesrloﬂ icarezdgg top grades he has achieved to ; phosphate fertilizer to balance ‘ “F”? comp“? twm‘ HfShtarply (I: I the plant food — after con' nIchng perm" age 0 0p gm ' tent sou testing __ and the 140 es in the provmce generally. .acreh of grain he grew hm! Nelson Ball. Canada depart- “ con vet “the Ther'e ment of agriculture livestock {:3 WO yof termini; andifieldman. reveals that grades the .fuel his big diesel tract orIfe“.Off shifgly I: t3” f‘ve‘mmu‘ burned cultivating the land. The : pen“! 9 ' er 0 “wary com'j return was an average w-bush-Ipargd Wm‘ the conespmdmg he! crop worth $5000 to m 000 period a year previously. thoughI enough to keep hh'; feed hohp‘en ihely came back fairly well in‘ ‘ 1 _; Ie ruary. tggiﬂwgédﬁde Sfﬁfsﬁﬁr¥.ff“ﬁfﬂ_g Here are the percentages of ; ruary. And there was still some If r A._f"cdal:]she s ﬁg‘t’rtigl grain in a big second - floor feed . mm reg" ere I :5 thh‘the ' minim?“ we visited the “tab Ipercentages the previous ' . ‘ bracke 5: He grew a mixture or nats.Iyear I," . barley and wheat last year on' ocmber 19:22ssg'5g)‘_mbm' th' 1"! acres The other 16 acresiember1962 ‘ ' ecem er ' ' ‘49.!) (58): January 1963 49.9

“'9” 59w” t” Her“ bg‘rley‘ (581. In February of this year

Iiivi’ncma‘géé'gheliifgyX’III 1*“? WWW WW?“ ‘° 554-5 six experimental plots by Caii- ‘ A s w ‘ch compares wmh 61' '

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BIG FRASER BARN CAN HANDLE 700 11068 AT A TIME

Jim Cudmore tells me that Mr. Fraser plays a valuable

soil laboratory. ‘er. H. C. Hearts. and saw forl Mr. Fraser was first in area .myself just what is required.” to operate modern grain clean- Mr. Fraser explained. . . ing equipment which he does on Previously he shipped hogs at '3’”? 1" w°rthWhu° °°mmumty custom basis. 176 pounds liveweight because |lCthi¢Y- HE W3! 8 I0W1! 601m- Normally r e p a i r bills are I he believes that the greatest pro- 1 culor {or two terms_ among 0th. heavy but Charlie does all his fit is available from the hogs be- or things, and is one of the own normal repairs. fore they reach greater weights. Has a 1927 Model A Ford ; But. he changed to 190 pounds leading wmke" in “5 ChurCh‘ which garagemen told him ran 1 alive when new media! “"L’H- I “'5‘ to”- only about 2.000 miles which he ' Iations a few years ago made 1th

ntends to restore this year. It easier to get A grades on car- Now Tgmvgs casses over 150 pounds.

Hermitage. V rom 135 to 150 pounds. for: The American bison dropped All farmers should visit the example. only one and one - ‘Ifrom 503003001“ the early 19th Canada Packers plant to s ee, quarter inches of fat is allowed i cent", t l m 1h 1900 h t their hogs graded. said Mr. Fra- f on the loin. Over that amount,.‘ y _° my ‘1 ser. "I used to fight over grad- though. one and one - half inch- "‘0‘" “WW3 0“ Fromm-ed Pas- es until I talked with the grad- es is allowed. ’tures.

was owned by Janie A c o r n.

‘breeders in recent

A 24-year old Nnrtzh Wiltshire; farmer. Cecil Godfrey. produces‘ approximately 600 pigs a year.’ with his 38 sow battery in the' modern bog barn he built a. year ago. .

He started when he was 17 with a pure bred Yorkshire S’iw’ given to him by his uncle. Al-i mon Boswell, Dunstaffn'aizc. one‘

e most successful swine years. and} has developed from that small start.

Cecil was looking after the. farm and stock when the Bos.I

supplement the mother's milk, ‘ grain last year. He has

The Guardian -'l'he Evening Patriot Page 11-1

North Wiltshire man starts early . now produces 600 hogs per year

walls were away at the Royal, lamps. .arately in future Winter Fair and the young gilt‘ The North Wiltshire man sells 3 that is best, booms-Se was given in appilriation for his‘ most of his pigs as weanlings: mix the grain in work. at six to eight weeks of age I proportion. Wins Mn Godhrey uses a dozen pens when they run 30 to 35 pounds, I mixed pain, thee no and nhree gnawing crates to. though he keeps some of the} indication what the palpation handle the mothers when they ,‘ best gilts for breeding stock. and . is. he explains. a“. {En-Owing and naming their; usually sells eight to 10 boars He grew two acres of he!“ liners. He leaves the sow in the each year for breeding purposes. ; barley last year and expectant) farrowing crate for a week on Mr. Godfrey feeds his own fmw :bmlt 10 mes 0‘ W M- an average. though sometimes a ' ' - - ‘ Y9“ e “Odth bit longer. foi‘ahi: “th giain concentratrethttha‘ Canada Packm _

_ e sows for the most pa . mm The litters are creep fed to as he grew some 40 acres 9362’“ ' planned experiment in all

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been growing mixed grain but intends . to grow oats and barley sep—‘

The sows run outside

and the creeps are heated by ul-l CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

tra-vioiet and infra-red heat

Supplying

ada Packers. and produced just Iyear pr_e’]°u51y’ , under an average of 60 bushels ‘_ Resmcmd “399"” Is becom' per acre. Mr. Fraser hopes to Ting WWI“ “"th hogmen . how about 100 acres of the some areas and the usual thing Herta barley this year. he. said. :1? I“ “5? 3" expenswe amoma‘ He has 30 acres at homes md'tic feeding system .that only grows the rest on other farms. I supplies feed ‘1 “mlted 93” 9f pmdudlon of so much feed at h the time. Mr. Fraser gets simi- ‘home is a major factor in his . 13" results “’m‘ his limit“! |oppraﬁnn‘ ‘ amount or hopper space on the “'5 amazing to see how much “10”” 0’ 93““ 99"- nianuai labor modern develop-I He has to watch carefully. iments have taken out of th e ._ of course. 7ii (use a smaller pig‘ -large operation. Mr. Fraser has ; is getting forced away from the one man working with him and lvbcpper too much. and he. moves 'it takes them less than t w o the animal or animals into a pen hours - they have done it inof smaller pigs \vliere tlicyi one — twice a week to fill the I can fight thetr food battles on large feed hoppers that distri—Ia more competitive basis. bute the mixture to the smallerE A pig that looks off color gets feed hoppers on the floor below. iimmediate attention. and a shot The pigs feed from automatic :of penicillin. for example. usual- water bowls. hly clears up the difficulty be- The feed is hoisted to the se- I fore it gets serious. . cond floor by an electrically-f A skilled mechanic. he says driven elevator and on." m a n .cvei‘y farmer should be able to dumps llie b"gs into the near- do his own minor machinery re- est feed hoppers as he receives ‘pairs. it. saves money and time the bags. The rest is stored for iwhich is also worth money. he; later feeding. There's no waste observes. The Montague ma n} motion in the Fraser hog barn. Edoes all his own electric weld-5 The hogs were given dry feed ing and. he observes. any far-i because of the labor it saves. mer can learn to weld with a Mr. Fraser said he believes wet ‘minimum of instruction. feed may bring them along fcs- ‘ I ‘ er.

but "it would take a tie 5T0? CONDITION; ‘ mendous amount of labor to: He bought m 1938 a m ' foo"

{slop 650 hogs" —- that's the num- ‘ 5°” '. propeu‘id combine .3 n d I ,ber in the barn now — and that the Mg .maChme “um We a ‘ ‘would add greatly to expenses happy k'tten‘ because .31" which have to be watched close- . waist? e e I” it in top runmng I ly in an n oration of this kind. 5C0" ‘mn' . " , Mr. Finger buys weanling Mr. Fraser bought a Jeep in:

‘1956. put an 85 gallon asst».

I I. "‘ . “Eh; ﬁeggunﬁ. IE]: plane tank on the back of it and ‘;

'mately four and one-half mon- "IggEd It 0.1” as a grain Spray" tbs. When he started back er- TW‘" “‘5 “WW “‘9 Spray 1952 he could ‘ over a 50 - foot width —— there

around 1951 or I . . clear $14 on a hog. The week 3 13 "0 boom "' and It has the ad'

.bqt’ore i visited him he barely "image 0‘ Speedy “WWW”-

bmhe even abut next wfck'n “You. can head for a brook at hairexplained‘ ..hhihgs mhv he 30 miles per hour. for example. much better" “(1 I added mhsh when the spray. runs out. in- ye‘ Iwas one of my best years... §stead of lumbering along at 10 Y «gs reached a top price of tMRI-l. on a tractor. he said. .340 per 100 pounds in t'Ic earlyl He had been "SIM! the jeep ¢_ but that was bet-0m the 4 several years for his own grain

Fraser hog development started ‘ and cpsmm spraylng When he read in a national farm maga-

In Inked “How did you get Tine about a retired armv officer n ~t ' ‘ ?" - ' ” ‘0‘ e "0g busmess the re "who had thought up the new

pig‘siyas straightforward and in- i idea of using a Jeep for Spray e in : I. ,, .' ' .3 was in the feed husimss:ing whichtglavehthe Montague from 1952 to '54 and was trying I ma" a qu‘e “3 -

The Jeep also pulls a manure Ispreadsr which spreads the ma- nure from the big hog barn. All land used is soil tested —- he has Names of his own and grows the rest on other farms -—

applies the manure and fertiliz-

toh'e‘talk farmers into feeding bogs. Why not build a small hog barn and feed 101 to 1 ‘.lnstesd of five or six. 11 em. One farmer told= MH‘d lose my shirt.‘ Finally I in and and went into it my- *

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