The Rural Voice, 1978-08, Page 40Perth
farm
news
By: Barry Sinclair & Alan Scott
Cover the past tew years,
Ridgetown College has been
doing research on the benefits of
spray cooling feeder hogs. Pigs
that are sprayed with water for
two minutes every half hour when
the barn temperature exceeds 24
C' or 75 F have shown improved
feed utilization, better average
daily gain. better housekeeping
habits and a reduction in the
labour necessary to scrape pens.
The research also indicates that
the spray cooling did not
contribute to any disease or
health problems.
Standard brass or stainless
steel field sprayer nozzles have
proved quite satisfactory for
spray cooling. Hardened steel
nozzles should be avoided
because of potential corrosion
problems. The recommended
water application rate is
approximately .1 imperial gallon
per pig per hour in a coarse spray
rather than a fine mist.
Spray kits are available from
farm supply outlets or a factsheet
is available from the Ag office
which contains further details on
spray cooling.
UNITED KINGDOM
DELEGATES VISIT PERTH
COUNTY
touring the period of July 10 -
241 Eunice Holdcroft of Stafford-
shire England and Margaret
Dorman of Drumbo, N. Ireland,
visited, with several Perth
Cojrnty Junior Farmers. Eunice
and Margaret are among a group
of 10 members representing
Young Farmer clubs from
England, Wales, Ulster and
Scotland, who are visiting
Ontario.
While in Perth, the girls
staying with Richard and Mary
Lichty, R. 2, Wellesley; Sheila
Armstrong, R. 2 St. Pauls; Cathy
Innes, R. 2, St. Pauls and Bill and
Agnes Denham, R. 1, St. Marys.
SOIL AND CROP
(Continued on page 42]
PG. 40 THE RURAL VOICE/AUGUST
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