From the March 4, 1982 edition of The Wayne Herald:
Swine Days program draws 100
Of the 10 Swine Days programs held in Nebraska, Wayne's drew the largest crowd. Nearly 100 persons attended the Swine Days program Thursday at the Wayne city auditorium.
The crowd heard five specialists talk on swine health, copper in swine diets, crossbreeding systems for better sows, energy efficient swine housing and starter diets for pigs.
Mike Brumm, a Northeast Station agent and local representative of the Swine Days program, said the Wayne program drew the largest turnout in the state.
Persons from Wayne, Dixon, Cedar, Thurston, Pierce, Cuming, Dakota and Dodge Counties were in attendance. The program was sponsored by the Wayne County Pork Producers and Wayne County Extension Service.
The State National Bank of Wayne paid for the dinner and the Wayne Chamber of Commerce furnished coffee and donuts. Galen Wiser, agriculture representative at State National Bank, was emcee for the program.
Speakers were Dr. Alex Hogg, extension veterinarian at the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Dr. Ernest R. Peo Jr., professor of animal science at the UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Dr. Rodger K. Johnson, professor of animal
science at UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources; David Shelton, research associate in the UNL agricultural engineering department and Austin Lewis Shelton, associate professor of animal science at UNL.
The Wayne County Pork Producers organization was formed in January 1981. Pork Producers President Gene Lutt, Wayne County Extension Agent Don Spitze and Northeast State Agent Stan Starling all agreed that the swine program was successful.
The purpose of the program was to provide farmers with information about swine production and new innovations.
Questions were directed at the five specialists during a noon break and following the program which ended at about 2:30 Thursday afternoon.
Among the topics discussed was the use of solar collectors on farrowing facilities. Supplemental heating or cooling for a swine building depends upon air temperature inside the building, the outside building temperature, the amount and placement of insulation, the quantity of air moved through the building, orientation and location
of the building and heat production of the pigs.
