The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-02-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hog. Raising and Pork. Packing.

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Years agone. when hogs were driven on
tbe ,lt,Df from Kentucky 70 South Caro-.
lima, aud sold for three or five. and some
times seven cents per pound in the 4nud
weighed with rusty steelyards whose
beam could easily be tipped by the bnotcd
weigher, az he shouted the number of
pounds with voice that drnwued the
-rqualling iy.<als0ae,
belly was girt with the chatting cord
spare yib8.S back! bi6lea, saussgges, flied
liver. blood puddiugs, picked feet, souse,
bgiled head, and jowl boiled with turnipa,
were The daily biiisof fare for break Gasi
aud dinner on every farm in. the laud.,
Yes, hog,kilfiRg time vas the school
boyh delight, hArTery paradise Many
Is the pound df briatiesNwe have, when an
urchin, jerked from TIE dying. bltchered
hog, tzbich va safsern- In wenl.ed.. aud
combed and cleaned and punched and
sold to the cotton gin maker for fifty,
per T pound. Bit, alas afias al all those those
hog killing days, when The A@hoop and
yeu Of The druveT rsyaAs 'cesy JOY 'itol tli6
KeosaeEaa atsp I"Ss hGss We %sfs se@%y .oIG,
wuuld!wish badget-0n his back sethfliat
for his dittant hotaS. and travel f1Ahefiin
!, day thHf hia employees, could, ride on
horseback; thoso days when Southern
bills o. fare. were mora noted for, their
grease than their variety. have al! gone,
perhaps never IN return again.
We'pity the boysthat ore buys now.a-
iuSatieR 1tihes shss extVSds aate3 sI) 9Sas.
They don't enjoy, as We did, the tramp.
ing through the sand AFTER the droves of
monstrqus svaigo Abe. ke9ESed thgough3he
streets ofail6ss villages Iasg Aago. SIISSow
we cracked onr long whip thong at the
hipdmqst, and jumped astride ,aome- lazy,
lnSbaiIyl ylfehbhetlca1 could diesar,EeApdp'
in ranks.
Those iimnenaoH droyes. Of 66gA'tsekb
only brought here, however, to supple.
,neht The supply on hand; for then. 5fetyy
farmer raised his own hogs dome ehongh
not to bay any, otheTs -bnugbt- o SIittei
aud then as now some bought ail they
ate, and, consequently, they and their
'.handa" enjoyed o meal of meat sethi.a
.tsccaaseha any z ihgost Of The farmers. boys
of to.dhy ess fresh hog meat when they
can gel # when i j. bought ggd, II Is
boight fhA Sfogl ls aeli EPrsp
the hau9.dl "a ] Ametchatit's liGh alGd isIc4-
sso;:sssss.: sso;:sss. Ssf,s::=, .'!., together, :.snsily
aggregate about IN much As the crop is
worth. Consequently "aou" eats precious
litele fresh hog smeae. bas aasibbles Away
now and thdn as ta7piesea0f Saie apork, q
genuine g. r. 8. brought from Cincinnati
ii, 81 fk1uibG AI9gG or sAinbi a Il bsf iek buzz
try Wfiefe pork 'p6ckiXg Is moro profila:.
BILE than graEing cutton. ~ .s,,
IL our farmera' sons could only see
tYhps gFe hRye sse,sI shsyA wpeed leach pie'
ones gef d pig, ana baforsH hext winter
raise enough hog meat to- IT least feed
one member Of The family without de.
fend;ng oe boughs meat. For their ben.
!, eft hsHelr aS fbf hlsa ediefktidnI of the
\ farmers themselves. we give the follow.
ihgElssorirtta, ea tgsspas,f9g tAsti4b6eAers
ling hqM jim slhs gEeaIa Nqrthyeats p,Ft
* ssi.Ty v':s=o .is.i::>;...J ooTIs =. q,
no little that IL will pay only for tife
,,tFouble of cnltivating.
| The N0rthYestern States are genaraily,
,prltilsiiISsGs q tadAlaAlig; ilssSiiaadA asG
fertile; some oefhsH blR noSIgrnw wheat
OF small grain probably, but they all
I:proadc6 c6Tn1abuhd s'Indeed, ebfti
~ 80 1'H9Afy q anhiS6heS fn, E0hie ,a6fiimts
OF Inc .NdfttiEAAt III at We We're once told
by farmer, uR. there, that his chickepS
:w0nld not eAt'it.. Ae sh6velled II dsitB
from his uncovered rail pens broadcast
aoyer the gEepS ts1liP laxSrioas porkers
thRt smelE u, ,95DIcd i anoiit. or ate Il. rs
|they rPleaAsd!io tdIiiizci 20 tIiJs SUPER:
-abundAace Of corr, cattle and. hogs fnyiat
be grown, thus sellipgths grain in lbe
shapa so q Do 6lala6 sof
/ hogs grown in most OF tho Northwestern
States 10 eqnnted By tho millions in each
alsAate.
/ Middlemen, !apecu. .sityra, visit the farms,
buy d1sss ana flits !, t6T cen EeitS. 81 4
poihts and REip! SbsaBjd ,tS sa 4 ip:lck:
,Ins I1p y, I q !, s;ss, Y
'id0hhia iSDked2s.OF ytagoL, Atogyg cars . II
abe hoes arc very large or yerys Ias, slslti "a
is 0 ssy1,ssssS lily aask from each car
g. few al Sc Heaa. ,hoEs will, be
td7sgged when tltA ttafn reaches eitbi tdis.. dies..
fAnatioa. Weninnal hess. ia stiIl felt In
lthe esveasp. e q atalhs nn9 gpld ta jtliS
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