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•A Llielliffr area TARle fa&er has begun
using:the 'Al in - all oue method of raising
pigs rather than continuous. siiiPping;•With
"vel7M1'elitl3toneroptinieffig" :TvrelsioUltseinor
operation on the tenth concian'ot Ashfield
famYTebavr41871WitThPidle; tineehasthis174minethIlinsad4f.7420S5.methuslisaPills°4701:Whisr a' :1
4, among chidoinund tw'key pretties, it *sail
• relatively untried in the ranks of swine
praducet.
Thd
pounds al:104;2:4e tii;‘,3„pseitls:olt!.;t0"atrliarketnteight*50
after 14
weeks at a weight of between 210 and 220
Porind. •
disease' can: be mole effectively Cannoned
While using this =tiled 0;anieron said
because as pigs areahippedolit the barn tan
be disinfected to have a sterile environnient _
for an inconring bat& of pip,'
Cameron said sicimess m pigs can be
greatly reducedbecause the "all in - all out"
system allows a More uniform ventilation of
the barn. Since different weights of pigs
requires varying degrees of warmth m the
Spot treats per
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perennials with conventional till anyway.
"At least with no -till, 1 don't drag them all
over the field," DA* observes wryly.
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On areas ‘vhere three no -tin' crops have
been harvested the perennirds have becOme
�nntiedktstareasadareeasily and
inexpensively spot treated, notes We.
Dandelion- control has been the greatest
chanerige which he has noticed to date. -
-Crop pests for Lobb have only been
symptoms of other management errors. Fbr
example, the second generation of slugs
whichreally do damage show up in fairly well
defined areas which need more draining.
Army worm feeding ha& been noted following
rye and voluntary wheat which was killed too
late. The same is true when. cum has been
planted in late 'killed alfalfa.
--Each year Lobb has had corn variety trials
through which he could witsider variety
ar_laptability_ on no,till vs, cOnventional.
Variety response. to unusual 'stress must be
considered before choices are made.
--Agribusiness has recognized that no -till will
ataco
011ie sea
Thesitti are better lot* gain; wetor-;
Wean, of less stress on thi',ViieriSr. pgs
which results m bean' feed fflciency.
Cameron says this stress arises because �f
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When the ..0100°!Wiiia more easily
eoptr011ed.envirotiment the end iefildt is kis.
*Os* inNeh, t#eillitte e_he.*.etxterIP'be 4'4
but, under this;SYsten,
aver00:Of 99 days to bee*nittchatabie:
,Nlitg#10Av=11te4; rl be
Motet* of.:* tIORtlY •
Ca441)440te. a0CiNakelt Caleigitift elk oaf
thaOgis are spit*. the mat Maighkan,the
PP is Ivo* =mate,, • ; • "'
The outdrew back iiieSysterii, he Said,.
'is with* the 3%, Meath time fratne when the
pigs mo being raised, the market 'prices can
fluctuate month= if the firmer is sellingthe
pigs on a weekly basis. -
• Canter= said that he 'mows of farmers who
operate a farroW to finish Olieratiert who have
setnPtheir barns
an"allil" .anThtutareaean
" PigaYStem
areaofbe
down and disinfected in order to get the
desired results •
enni la
be an essenthtfact 011ie for suliniii*ertip'„
production. Ploretiffedive equittotent, a new •
generation of poet -emerge herbicides and
more stress -spec* crop variety *omen.,
dations are all coning on streatOtioW arid
the immediate Mille. Corgi these
factors will make the adoption et any fauna
conservation tillagetparlkOlarlY, :101-1110basre
practical. •
--Each year Iobb's highest and lowest yields
have been with net& 'Each tithe he has seta
new corn yield reeordforhimseif,. it has been
with no -till. -
lb summarize, no -till is not just adifferent
planting method to be treated as a short eut in
crop production. lb do so invites disaster,
says Inbb. Rather mckill is a different crop
production package whidi may work well., if
an honest effort is made to identify and apply
the necessary elements of that package.
Care must -be, taken to prodtice a -package ,----
which is econonliqdlysound as well as con-