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he Hog as a “Money Crop.”
lie South has never grown hogs
jtensively as a money crop, because
lias never been a producer of can
abated live stock feeds. Until re
f iitly we have not generally devoted
’noli attention to the growing of
r ru - Without corn we have coo¬
pt'd ie hog growing was unprofitable,
average southern farmer has la
:Wd under the impression, express¬
ly a friend of ours recently, that
jferowing pgion hogs without corn is like
without charity, you have
jssentials p e have all but one of the four
for large corn production,
I™ tials can acquire that. These four
r eD are: Moisture, heat, a long
fc'ung season, and a fertile soil well
applied with humus. That we are
'lie "Corn Belt” has been abund
W proven during the last few
,-ars by tlie large yields made by
f Corn-Club boys and good farmers
°'er the south on single or prize
rfes.
^ if the south is to grow hogs
4 moi ^y crop, we must do it on
i
infeeds than corn. This means
w development of a different sys
m of hog raising from that which
as developed the American type of
i It Is a well known fact that
L ' 3 raisin e is made profitable with
Ut torn Dur Canadian friends have
-
l*®onstrated that. A different type
°g, the bacon or lean meat type,
; resulted from the different class
1 te eds used.
JHowever, we must study the hog
f Wl “ g Propositions, rather than fol
, llle ^tem of any other section,
v
ear mU °k the necessity of
rod 0Ur
own meat supply. The
T 1161(1 out to is the saving
)f , us
; .Y rgP SUIas now paid out for pork
lets by our farmers. This is
a
it J 1- 6 j S ° ° n not for P r °d uci ng more hogs,
he re S ar( t it as indicating
( !ef or true purpose of the
og ,' Mmr southern
: B( j farms. We wish
ill J! " 11 ’^ e southern farmer
< ome to look upon the hog
:S 0n * the
arm mone y crops of the
argp„, ae 11088 which go to the
,'“ irliets ,
"-rgest °t this country, the
'iisen market * in the world, are
v y the
ers a verage or small far-
111 lllr loa( i lots, less, and
or
n ° reason why south
irjj every
lQfit ^ mer *" shou P ro ^ ld not also find it
he l, ce hogs as one of
o
of , he (arm
.
U * ^ ear ^ It stated
hiptm that the
1)1 hogs by the southern
un practicable because of
^ ul Packing-housea
fMS eSVINOtON NEWS, WEDNESDAY APRIL i£ idfl.
ly near at hand and the excessive!
freight rates which we must pay. I
These are serious obstacles to the
development, of the industry, and
neither is likely to be removed un¬
til more hogs are grown. When hogs
are grown in larger numbers lower
freight rates can and will be demand¬
ed by the southern, farmer and will
be granted by the transportation com¬
panies. Packing-houses will not come
in advance of the production of hogs,
or if they do, they will be financial
fa ; lures and our conditions will be
worse than if they had not been es¬
tablished at all. A packing-house can¬
not afford to ship the greater num¬
ber of hogs too great distances, or
to depend on an uncertain supply.
We must, therefore, grow the hogs
as the first step towards obtaining
life packing-houses. But the difficul¬
ties are merely hindrances, and will
not render hog growing unprofitable
under our specially favorable condi¬
tions for the cheap production of
good feeds. We need the hog on the
southern farm to consume catch crop
and feeds grown for soil improvement
aud turn them into a high-priced,
profitable product, while leaving on
tne soil the plant foods used in their
growth.
We must, however, give up two
or three ideas to which we have been
thoroughly wedded. One is, that the
man who raises hogs for meat does
not need a purc-bred boar. If the
pork producer does not need a pure¬
bred sire, who does? Is not the final
object of all hog-raising and the end
of all hogs the pork barrel? Not on¬
ly do the growers of hogs for pork
production need pure-bred sires, but
they need good ones. No grade boar
is good enough to use as a sire for
the production of hogs grown for
meat making. mania
We must also get rid of our
for “crossing.” Any practical feeder
knows the advantages of feeding a
lot of hogs of the same age, size and
type, and any man who will study
the markets will also soon learn the
value of uniformity in color and type,
in any bunch of hogs when put on
the market.
In the feeding of hogs we have
much to learn. No hog grown for
lork has any business living to over
a year old or weighing over 300
pounds. The reason is plain: The lar
ger the hog. the more it takes to
maintain him, and he must provide
for himself before he can work for
his owner—that is, make pork. We
need, too, to learn that pork cannot
be profitably made on corn alone, or
ou pasture alone, but that a combi¬
Reciprocity And Popular Elections. 1
The house of representatives should
lose no time in ratifying the Cana¬
dian reciprocity agreement, the sole
measure urged by President Taft in
his message to the special session of
congress.
The democracy in both house and
senate is committed to the pact; in
the house by direct favorable vote,
and in the senate by pledges and
expressions and party policy, as de¬
clared at the recent caucus.
No reason exists for paltering, hes¬
itation or amendment.
If the provisions of the treaty were
worthy of democratic support during
the regular session, they are no less
so now that democracy is in the as¬
cendency in the lower branch.
The consistent course for the party
therefore, is to forthwith put. the
measure through the house and then
let the responsibility rest with the
republicans in the senate.
At the last analysis, the fate of
the measure would then rest with the
republican “insurgents” in the sen¬
ate.
It is a bona fide opportunity for
that tariff revision for which they
h eV e loudly clamored, and their de
n.and for which split the republican
party in twain.
if > as i s variously rumored, they
have receded from their position so
! far as Canadian tariff revision is con
'cerned, the sooner they are unmask
ed to the country Che better.
I 11 is at least the duty ot the de ‘ n<>
cracy to place itself unequivocally on
record. If, then, there is any at
tempt to “double-cross the people,
the skirts of the party will be clean.
—Atlanta Constitution.
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EGGS FOR SALE—FROM BEST
strain of S. C. Rhode Island Reds.
Good, rich red in color and splen¬
did layers. $1 per fifteen. R. L.
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\ Stowers, Conyers, Ga., Route 3. «.
nation of concentrates and succulent
feeds is necessary. We can produce
pork at less cost than the “Corn
Belt” farmers; but to do so, we must
know how to breed, feed and care
for hogs, and most of us have these
things yet to learn.—N. C. Progress-,
ive Farmer.
A Moderate Crop Worth More Than
A Large One.
The present prosperity and inde¬
pendence of the south are due more
than anything else to diversification,
which, of course, has been at the
expense of the cotton, acreage. It is
a staggering fact, but a fact never¬
theless, that a 11,000,000 bale crop
at 15 cents per pound will bring
£825,000,000, while a 13,000,000 bale
crop at 12 cents per pound will bring
only $780,000,000. Every farmer
knows that it will cost fully $80,000,
000 more to produce the extra 2,000,
000 bales, which would further reduc
the net price received for a 13,000,
000 bale crop to even $700,000,000.
Not only this enormous sum would
ue lost, but a corresponding reduction
in grain, potatoes, vegetables and
other agricultural products must give
way for a 13,000,000 bale crop, and
would therefore be lost, entirely. Cot
ton planters: Ponder these figures
and diversify.—Cotton and Cotton
Oil News.
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The Imp. I. O. R. M. Suwanee
Tribe No. 62, meet at their Hail on
every Mat and third Wednesday
eleeps of each month. Qualified mem
bersand visiting brothers are
invited.
E. R. GUNN, Sachem.
LOUIS ZETLIN, C. of R.
Notice, Odd Fellows.
Regular meetings held every second
and fourth Thursday night of each
month. All members in good stand¬
ing cordially invited to meet with us.
C. A. SOCKWELL, N. G.
A. H. MILNER. Sect’y.—1 yr.
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The kind built on the right principle; sup¬
plied moisture and the proven way to give
the egg the same natural condition as if it
were placed under a hen. Built in sizes
from 1 00 eggs up. For furthor information
see PRESS WORSHAM
Covington, Ga.
