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Three Reasons for Early Marketing Hogs.
The \ ounger Meat in Juicier am] Hotter, it i* {'helper to Make Than Oh]
M. at. and There i« I*** ltl«k of lw •«.-Start With Vigorous Fairly
Maturing S*«rk. Fees] 1UIn need Ration*. ami Make Money on Tour
llogs.
Messrs Kdltors Radical change*
are constantly taking place and mi
where is this fact more evident than
in H'c stock circles. Only a fern
years ago. comparatively speaking,
ail classes of live stock were market
ed late in life. For example, the
steer from three to five years, hog*
from twelve to eighteen months, and
even longer, while aheep were class
ed In the same category, and to-day
we find the younger thing* com
manding the very highest price on
th« market In some place*, depend
ing altogether on the condition*, the
growing of the winter lamb 1* prov
ing to he a v«*ry profitable line of
work There is reason for this
change. el*e it would not have been
made and with the hog in que*tlon
it can be answered from three view
point#
M«*re »n<l Ik’Mcr I /can Meat.
First, the general tendency to da'
b for a hog of n^ore lean meat and
less fat in proportion to lean lly
keeping a hog for a longer period
there comes a time when the growth
stop*, that Is the accumulation of
bone and muscle All additional
weight Is In the nature of fat If
an animal Is kept unduly long he
loads up with thi# material and a*
a result for direct consumption, the
carcass Is very undesirable This Is
especially true In the South where
the animal 1» butchered on the farm
t..r home use or Wild to the dealer to
U- v tallest from the city mark-t#
Wr are not granting the fact that
*ome fat S# not desired f«»r such
would l*e an erroneous conclusion
An animal which Is all lean down not
have A succulent, Juicy flavor In the
meat like one that has Just the right
right amount of fat The undesir
able animal I* the one which has
been e % *■**•«* * 1» e I y loaded with fat
making the rarraae very gre#*y and
undesirable for direct rv.naumptlon
Hence we *ay In conclusion from
the first assertion, that we muai al
aan cater to the demand* of the
market If we rtpect the highest
prk#. for our product#
Meat Made thirty Is «1*caprr.
Rerun d, conclusive evidence from
every college and ctperlmenf station
and practical farmers who hao
I.L . ii I ItatMsajal UMw V Cl k Cf*!i
record# <» valuable practice! ihowi
tha* a# the ho* |nrre*#*-a In •!#*•
tad as*- the ror t of prodlirticin III
trr*tr« Tht# l* true not only In
the hor hot In * rery cla»* of farm
talma l* If> keeping the ho* for a
kmrer period there rom<*« a time
*h* n the r i.fi of produrtion l» *r
Hull) more than *»e ♦ an ever e I
peet to r«ap In return ThU ha«
referejjf** nf rritlfw, to the added
•ejfh* In the later f*erlo<i» of Ilf**
la •u« h f aft*-u our profit come* not
from the added weight In the latfet
period of * ton* fattening proceaa
hat from th* rheapar r»»at of produc
'ton early in life We really gall
during the third or fattening period
°f in animal * life by adding valu«
'o the a hole rurraaa; that |», addlm
’he right pro|*ortlon of fat to leaf
lad not by Increased pounda of g»l*
** 'hi* period * hi* h talll *el! at i
«re*tiy *d vaneed price.
Itbk *.f by
T*hird * bar,* •-» of dleeaiMt an«l arrl
wdt are much lea* )ri a younger ant
| smaller animal. The first question
is an Imjsirtant one as a drove of
hog* due on the market three weeks
or a month previous may he destroy
ed during this time by the ravage*
of some disease The writer has
seen several case* 0f this kind, and
it seem* evident that It doe* not pay
to risk While a hog should not be
marketed until he t* in condition, we
should select an early maturing kind
and push them rapidly from the
start A day * set-hark means even
more In the end from the standpoint
of satisfaction and profit
!«***• bKo by ioMrriik If |f«»g* \re
\of Too Heavjr.
A* to the last question, nrrldent*
often happen to large and over-grown
hogs This may not bo so true In
the South where considerable nnm
tM-r* of the products are butchered
on the farm, yet there are many
chances for It to happen In the
West. however, as an example where
all class-* of hog* are transported
alive to a central market, the dan
ger* of loss are evident to those who
have watched the unloading of a
train filled with porkers Some are
• mothered. Others killed by eire*»f\e
k..» I > kll. .till ..Ik... _ - -1 . ..t «
*1 that they cannot walk arm** the
arale* to the alaughtrr pen TheM*
are at! nerlou* hi**e* and *uch car
nwi are ron»igned to the tankage
*at where they gtre little or no profit
to the *h)pper One dead hog In .a
• mall drote will rau*e a «*er|ou* *et
l*ar k on the credit aide of ’he ledger
What k <•«•»«! Weight f«*r a Markrl
H«nr
A* to the weight of a hog. our
standard »hould he from one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred
pntmda at *ls month* of age. from
iwo hundred to two hundred and fiftv
at eight m«nth* of age Thl* I* the
handy weight wnlmal and the larg>
number* which go to market at thl*
•l*e and age prote ronctu*lrr!y that
It ran be done Starting with *tmng
vlgorou* early maturing *t*»rk and
feeding balanced ration*, are the *«
rret of aucrew.* In thl* bu*lne**
!( f Cl RTI8
The IUl**r-tUck-IMan* »l»d *»i»e-r|fl*
raUunt,
Is Teiaa they have the rawr-bark
hog He ta made up of K» laa cottage
arrhlterttjre The highest jveak «»f
hi* corrugated bark I* alt Inrhea
above hi* tall. Hla tall hang* like
a diahrag from a hark window. He j
leave# the Jmpre**lon of a man atari- I
Ing late to hi* other* In the morning ’
He live# on r«»ot* and peanut* He
will help hi* neighbor gather the
crop by rr*wling under the fence at J
night. CriHtidng him with blue blood
given little Improvement. The only
Effective way to rroa# him I* with a
railroad train He ran hide htm»elf In
a hay atack where the hay knife ha*
' jbeen rammed 1n and pulled out Ml*
aide meat l* *018*11 me* u*ed f«*r win
dow glawa He I* imperUhalde and
| ran be uaed for a poathol* digger -
K II. Coburn, addreaa to Knife and
[ fork date
"Head me #lx hundred men who
‘ know how to die" -Charlea Jean
llarbarouX
* Meat1 Shall I not have all eter
I nity to real In?" Antoine Arnauld.
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