Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03


buyer or transferee who pur
chases or acquires any wheat
prior to the time the wheat SO
purchased or acquired has been
marketed to a warehouseman,
elevator, feeder, or professor, or
any other grain dealer who con.
ducts his business in a manner
substantially the same as these
buyers.
Those buyers who purchase
wheat from anyone other than a
producer or intermediate buyer
will not be held responsible since
the first purchaser of the wheat
is liable for the total amount of
the penalty unless a marketing
certificate, or an intermediate
buyers record and report show
ing satisfaction of the penalty
is presented at the time of pur.
chase.
Hot Hogs
Hot hogs don't put on much
weight In fact, if hogs get too
overheated, they may even lose
weight
Boyd T. White, University of
Maryland Extension animal hus-
bandman says that when temper
atures get around IS F above it
will pay farmers to provide hogs
with some protection against
heat.
There are several things
farmer can do to keep hogs COM
Portable, Whittle says. Zone
cheap and effective practice is
to build shelters out of scrap
lumber and put woven-wire and
straw tops on them. These shell
tiers can be placed in the pasture
so hogs won't have to go far for
shade while they are grazing"
The livestock specialist says
hog wallows are also beneficial
if properly constructed and kept
sanitary. He cites experiments in
Louisiana which show the value
of wallows. 'Hogs in these ex-
periments that had access to wal
lows required 35 pounds less
feed per 100 pounds of gain, and
they gained 1/3 pound per day
more than hogs that were not
provided with wallows."
Whittle points out that hog
wallows constructed of concrete
are most desirable, and they must
be cleaned frequently to prevent
stagnation. About two square
feet of wallow per hog is con-
adequate.
Wallows work best if they are
in the, sunshine and near a shady
area, 'Whittle explains. with
this arrangement, the hog goes
into the wallow and gets wet,
then seeks shade where evapora-
ton takes place and has a cool
ing effect. Wallows should not
be in shade, because hogs would
want to stay in them continu.
ously and this would make a
sanitation problem"
To keep hogs comfortable in
buildings, it is recommended
that the floor be sprayed occa-
sionally, or the hogs themselves
can be sprayed. 'This is best done
in houses or shades with concrete
floors" Whittle adds.
Alfalfa
The quality of alfalfa feed
Maryland livestock eats next win
ter will largely be determined by
how fast farmers get the alfalfa
into storage after the crop is cut.
Specialists in the agronomy,
animal husbandry and dairy de-
partments at the University of
Maryland say that cutting the
time lag between harvesting and
storing is the key to nutritious,
high quality winter feed.
Many Maryland farmers are
still following the method of let.
ting alfalfa cure in the swath
after it is cut, and storing it dry.
This method is cheapest from a
labor and equipment standpoint"
the specialists agree, "but it inn
possible to make good feed by
this method unless the weather
is favorable. Even if weather is
good during harvest, faster
can be used to make bet
ter quality feed.
Three methods of making good
quality alfalfa feed which have
proved popular on Maryland
farms are: ID Making wilted
silage, (2) barn curing with
forced air, and go using a stem
crushing machine to hasten dry
ing if the crop is cured in the
field.
U. S. Department of Agricul.
ture scientists found in one ex.
pertinent that elapsed time from
cutting to storage was 4S.5 hours
for field-cured hay, 24.S hours
when barn-drying with forced
unheated air and 7.S hours when
ensiling.