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Show From the day of birth right up to the time they ship to market, two Uintah county Farm Bureau members give their hogs the best of care. On the day of shipment, though, the hogs repay all the attention, grading high and usually bringing top dollar for the day. Dee Curfew and his smooth-runnin- g Lyn Morrill, operate a partnership just outside Jensen, east of Vernal. It even extends to their church work, where they are both counsellors in their L.D.S. bishopric. The partners have been expanding ever since the day in 1965 when they bought 40 acres of land with a small house on it and started out with 17 brood sows and one boar. Up to that time, Lyn had son-in-la- lune 1974 Utah Farm Bureau News Smooth partnership spells success in Uintah hog operation w, The Curfew-Morri- ll Hog Farm now has 130 sows and four boars, Yorkshires Hampshires, including and Durocs. Theyre aiming for 180 sows and 16 pigs per year per sow. They feed about 1,800 pigs a year he quit never lived on a farm his construction job to go into the hog business with Dee. Today he is vice president of the Uintah county Farm Bureau and wouldnt go back to the city. Our breeding program is the root of our operation, says Lyn. If you dont have the quality of animal or the number of pigs farrowed, you cant get them to now. We buy our boars from pure- bred breeders, and we like to have a test of ancestry. Weve bought several state fair champion boars, We raise our own Lyn explains. replacement brood sows. We keep careful production records and cull according to what they tell us. Number of pigs farrowed and weaned, milking ability of the sow, how well the sow and pigs do, and type as well as feed conversions are factors that weigh in cull- inS- - They cull a sow whenever she quits producing. For some, thats after one litter, some after 9 or 10. The top sows produce about 15 litters. When it comes to keeping the production records, its Lyns wife Tamara who gets the credit. With from Lynette, help their oldest daughter, and the other youngsters, who relay information on ear tag numbers and performance from the men at the buildings to Tamara at the house nearby, she notes the results of the breeding and culling practices. Dee and his wife Ora have always fed cattle and kept a few pigs around, so their daughter Ta- - where the market hogs get their start WatchThis new farrowing house-i- s ing the young pigs are (from left) three Morrills Tonja (6), her mother and Ora Curfew. Tamara, and Lynette Lyn (left) and Dee keep a close eye on the brood sows during feeding. mara grew up in farming. She married Lyn in 1958 and lived in Salt Lake City until they moved their family to the farm 7 years later. In any livestock enterprise, feeding is a vital program. Dee and Lyn mix their own feed in a grinder-mixer and raise much of it in their farming operation. From the time a sow is bred, she gets half hay and half grain either home-grow- n barley or purchased barley, wheat or corn, depending on the best, price the partners find at the time. When the sow farrows, she goes onto a lactation formula of 10 per- - FACTS ABOUT EMERGENCY POWER UNITS tractor-drive- n ic and how the alternator can protect you during power failures Ag-Tron- Farmers and ranchers with electrical feeding, milking, cooling and other equipment know what it means to try to get along without power during a failure. On a dairy farm, for instance, you may lose the milk in the tank. But you also lose production if the cows go very long past milking time without being milked the stress reduces their output for the rest of the lactation. Some dairymen have suffered thousands of dollars in losses during a prolonged power failure due to ice, high winds, equipment breakdown and other causes. AG-TRON- TRACTOR-DRIVE- N IC With ALTERNATORS Parts and service available engine-drive- n also available. tractor-drive- n ic alternator place at the main power pole on your farm, all you need to do, in case of a power failure, is throw the master switch to in Salt City. Small Ag-Tron- in F.O.B. your farm or ranch. Includes canvas ver. an Vacationer units co- Lake isolate your farm from the lines and connect it to the emergency unit, back your tractor up to the alternator, and connect the power takeoff shaft. You're ready to go back into operation. 55 or more. Smaller alternaalso call for about twice the kilowatt output in horsepower on the tractor. horsepower tors When figuring power needs on the farm, remember that one horsepower output for a motor requires one kilowatt from the power unit. To check your needs, add the motor horsepower ratings for your milk vacuum cooler, feed conveying pump, equipment and other items. Add the ratings for the barn lights and other lighting. Figure the power required at the house, if it's located on the farm. Remember that some household appliances can be turned off during feeding and milking operations and other peaks of power demand. Motors require more power when they start than during normal operation. The higher surge rating of alternators allows for this. Ag-Tron- too late to plan for an emergency after it happens. Get more facts now about the alternator. Be prepared when the next power failure brings your farming operations to a halt. It s . The unit (with a surge rating of 40 kw) will handle the needs of most farms. Smaller units are available. The unit requires a tractor rated at about Ag-Tron- ic 27-kilow- att ic Ag-Tron- ic For more details, write or phone UTAH FARM BUREAU SERVICE COMPANY 629 East Fourth South Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Phone (801) 521-36- 90 |