RESE'ARCH STATION TRIES EXPERIMENT

Nicotine streamlines pigs

No. the pigs at (‘DA'K \appan. N S re>earch branch haven't taken to Shitth’lllﬂ. but they are gettin: a little lltt't‘lll‘lf‘ in then- feerl lt's to make them leaner and to save on the cost ol food

Dr. Hugh \1, ('uuuir‘ﬂiam of Nap-ran lwznii smeu years ago

to \IllfIY ways o“ illilklll: pig<

leaner. Non he has touiul that nicotine. by stimulating the re- lease ol a hormonp from the animals adrenal glands. helps I” decrease lllf‘ll' fai and iii- i-icase the mouth of lean tis» ﬁll?

The i'memt'hcr ’_‘I\P‘~ the suits of tests to shun that 3

re-

ppm

nicotine sulfate mixed in feed for pigs led to the increases.

a to l7 per cent in the ratio

Pare ISA The Guardian

nl S to it per cent in Record of Poi'loi‘inauce score

1' to a per cent in teed effi- cicnt y

\ ~l 'iht uii'i'cme iii dressing pcrcotitaze. ‘

. tpai'ts per million

lollou in:

of protein to tat in carcass 1’": not prntil per pi: was It) to '10 per cent In number ti .iu to st 7n more than profit. . pigs re—

of Grade A carcasses,

on the ‘coiitiulV'

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ceiving the same teed but with- out nicotine.

Dr. Cunningham heuan his studies with the knowledge that the hormone adrenalin moves body fat into the blood stream to be used for enemy.

Energy equals protein which is the desirable lean

in DIES.

flesh.

CORN OII. HELPED

But adrenalin inieoted into

pigs was only active for a few

minutes. By mixmg it with corn oil and injecting the mixture under the skin of pigs he found he could prolong the effects of the hormone for several hours.

Daily injections over a period t six to nine weeks not only

greatly reduced the fat content.

of the body bill. for the first

time with any animal. en-

couraged the formation of pro“ tent.

Since tarnicrs could not hr ex

pected to inject pigs every day.

a search was made for a com-

pound that could be added to the feed to bring about the release

of the adrenalin within the body.

.\'u-otine has been found to do

this job.

Dr. Cunningham has complet-

ed four experiments with chick-

atid six with sniiie. AI-

thouph the differences between

the livestock tested and those

used as controls in the tests

“011’ not always large. the

chemical had a beneficial effect

in all cases.

Forty pigs were individually

fed at different levels of nico—

hot weight The group receiv< in: It ppm. netted $7.03 more per ton of feed than the con. trols. This resulted from a com- bination of 10 per cent increase in Grade A carcasses and a 5 per cent increase in feed ef«

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as producer-starters.

ﬁrlency.

from the provincial

|eral $3 premium paid on each profit and savings 0 I A carcass. Nova Scotia t tine fed group amounted to $5.71: products receive an extra dollar per ton of feed. Since it costs] govern- ; only about 3 cents per ton of}

fin addition to the fed- to: in teed efficiency. the net ' _“So what can you lose?" is Dr. l tiny amounts are “my me"

,should be lihle difiiculty lii ob. taming permissmn [or its use In feeds.

Dr. Cull’lllllglift'n

{ the nice-3 Cunningham‘s comment.

The researcher hastens toy add howaver. that oft nicotine as a feed additive must 3 Mid

nicotine sulfatel first be cleared with the Food‘

menti. ‘feed to add I I D. . y f h D I m n he MORE “Mpg A-s ; (which may be supplied by 1m l and Drug lVlSIonO t e epar_- v won i'e to sm- numnh. ,[ W In “th. mm recon, 9x. I ounce of "‘Blackleaf 40" per ton. ment of Health and Welfare 1 in other labhrntnrnu, (In. a mum perimem. 20 pigs were individu_;the cost of the supplement| Nicotine is rapidly eliminated . (‘tlnll‘t‘t‘Lieli‘H't’ appruml “t tn

any seamed a comm] ration i scarcely has to be considered.‘ from the body and. since very value. . ‘_

while their litter mates werei self-fed the same ration con-‘ taininp 5 ppm. nicotine. Eigh-‘ teen of the latter graded compared with only 14 of IJhEi controls. When the premiums: were added to a 2-per-cent smv- :

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to support eggs

Support price for eggs will" continue unchanged at 34 cents. 1 Agriculture Minister Harryi Hays announced

The minister said the fedEraIJ Agricultural Stabilization Board} has been authorized to support; the price of Grade A Large size ‘ egos by a deficiency payment program for the period Oct. 1, ; limit to Sept 30. I964_ at a national weighted average price: of 34 cents per down to produca ers

This support price represents 92 per cent of the 10-year aver— aL'c. while last year 34 cents “as 90.7 per cent of the 10-year averaze. - i

Durin: the support year end ed Sept. 30, the. national weight- ed avei'aze market price was 36R cents per dozen and no de~ ficiency payment was made.

.\'o chance has been made in the claim procedure for defic- iency payment.

It a deficiency payment is marle Ill ltttil ll will he pald up to a maxuniim of dozen was per producer. the quota iti- t'luditit: Grade A Large. Grade I-thrn I.v'lt'L't" and Grade A Medium. To be eligible for such payment. producers must be registered With the. Board and must have marketed their eggs either through registered grad- ing: stations. or to retail outlets

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