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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1988

DURING

THE

PIGSTIES,

THE SIMPLE

ΤΟ THE EXPERIMENT ON

THE VISIT то

MODIFIED INSULATION SYSTEMS VENTILATION AND ROOF

WERE EXPLAINED CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE ALSO SHOWN THE PORKERS WHICH HAS JUST COMPLETED A ONE YEAR'S CYCLE.

OF THE

AGRICULTURE AND BRIEFED

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (AGRICULTURE) FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, DR THOMAS YIP, WHO CONDUCTED THE TOUR,

PERFORMANCE OF MEMBERS ON THE

THE ANIMALS IN THE TRIALS, WHICH COMPRISE 32 PORKERS, 12 SOWS, TWO LITTERS OF SUCKLING PIGS AND A BOAR.

ALL

DR YIP SAID THAT THE PIGS REARED WITH THIS TECHNIQUE WERE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF DISEASE OR SKIN TROUBLE,

THE CONVENTIONAL WERE FREE FROM HOOF DAMAGE WHICH WAS EXPERIENCED IN METHOD.

AND

"THEIR MEAT TASTES JUST AS GOOD AS, IF NOT BETTER

THAT THAN, METHOD AS FROM PIGS RAISED UNDER THE TRADITIONAL

EVIDENCED BY THE TASTING TESTS CONDUCTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

"IN ADDITION, THE SAWDUST LITTER MIXED WITH THE BACTERIAL PRODUCT HAS THE EFFECT OF IN-SITU COMPOSTING, RENDERING THE PIG MANURE SMELL-FREE AND RESULTING IN NO DISCHARGE OF EFFLUENT," HE SAID.

THAT

IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE VISITORS, DR YIP SAID CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED FROM THE PORKER EXPERIMENT. EVIDENCE SHOWED THAT THE EFFLUENT-FREE PIG RAISING TECHNIQUE WOULD SUITABLE FOR LOCAL PIG FARMING.

BE

TO THE

LIVESTOCK FARMERS WILL FIND IT A WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE EXISTING HUSBANDRY METHOD IF THEY FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.

MR LEO KWAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, DESCRIBED THE FINDINGS AS "VERY ENCOURAGING",

·

HR URGED LIVESTOCK FARMERS WHO INTENDED TO CONTINUE THEIR TOLO HARBOUR BUSINESS IN THE THREE CONTROL AREAS IN THE FIRST PHASE

TO VISIT THE ΤΑ KWU AND TOLO CHANNEL, MUI WO AND ANGLER'S BEACH - LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE TO SEE THIS NEW TECHNIQUE.

RAISING

THAT HE EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE

THE EFFLUENT-FREE PIG

TECHNIQUE

WELCOMED BY LIVESTOCK FARMERS THOUGH SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING FARM STRUCTURES WERE REQUIRED.

WOULD BE

THIS METHOD

AN EPD OFFICIAL SAID THAT LIVESTOCK FARMERS USING WERE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT'S CAPITAL GRANT AND LOAN TO COVER THE COST OF MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO EXISTING FARM STRUCTURES.

THE EFFLUENT-FREE PIG RAISING TECHNIQUE IS ONE OF THE FOUR LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT METHODS RECOMMENDED TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO TIE IN WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME FROM JUNE 24, THIS YEAR.

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