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Market Hog: Grading: School
A Grading School to exolain
the new USD A grades of mar
ket hogs will be held in Or
angeburg on Thursday, Novem
ber 21. The USD A grades were
revised and put into effect in
Julv 1968.
Two similar sections of the
school will be held, one start
ing in the morning at 10:30 for
livestock buyers and auction
market operators and one be
ginning at 1:30 p.m. for oro-
- ducers and other peonle inter
ested in the swine industrv.
James A. Glower. Standardi
zation Branch, Livestock Divis
ion, USD A, will conduct the
school. The program will con
sist of an inside session to ex-
nlain and demonstrate the new
grades and an outside session
to give you an onnortunity to
practice grading some market
hogs.
Before the new grades went
into effect in July, approxim
ately 50 percent of the market
hogs were grading US No. 1.
With the new grades, approxi
mately 10 percent of the slau
ghter hogs are now grading
No. 1. This is the reason that
on some days you do not see
primes on US No. 1 being quot
ed from Chicago or other mar
kets where USD A graders are
reporting prices.
These new grades will allow
for more realistic grading of
slaughter hogs and should help
in putting a higher quality pro
duct on the market.
Pork Conference
The annual National Pork
Industry Conference will be
held at the Sir Walter hotel In
Raleigh N: C. on December 11-
13. This will be the 11th an
nual meeting and the first one
held out of the corn belt area.
Topics to be covered at this
year’s conference are market
ing, housing, nutrition, promo-
ijtion, waste management, re
production. disease control, sel
ection, manpower and financing
and feeder pigs.
Reserve these dates and plan
to attend this outstanding swine
meeting.
Free Seedlings For 4-H
The West Virginia Pulp and
Paper Co. is offering free pine
seedlings to 4-H individuals
and clubs. The program prov
ides 2000 slash or loblolly pine
seedlings free of charge. The
4-H club member must agree
to plant and care for these seed
lings. Applications for these
trees must be placed no later
thanNov. 9 in the Newberry
County Agents office.
Cattle Need Salt
Most people know that Ste
phen Babcock invented the test
for butterfat in milk, but few
know that he also experimented
with salt and cattle. Babcock
conducted experiments that
proved cows needed salt for
appetite and milk production.
To avoid trouble in salt feed
ing it is best to furnish it free-
choice in addition to mixing
one percent with the grain.
Cattle that want more salt can
get it without consuming ex
cess grain.
On the average, cows will
consume about twice as much
loose salt as block. However,
the cows that receive block salt
will get enough to meet their
needs. Salt can prove to be one
of your cheapest feeds and big
gest money makers. Remember,
though, don’t suddenly supply
salt free-choice to cattle that
have been without for a long
time. Otherwise, you may poi
son them. Instead, feed them
individually an ounce twice
daily. Graduallv increase this
amount until they are accust
omed to salt.
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