, 1882-06-16
Pork Keeps Its Place,

Great alarm was manifested q
few months ago by the raIsers ana
shippers of pork when the news was
received that American pork products
were excluded from several European
countries. 1t was thought that TINS
action hv itself would result IN lower
inc the price of pork very consider
abIv. and that it would 50 prejudice
people in this country that there
would be less pork consumed at home.
some farmers who had raised many
hogs concluded that it was time to
substitute cattle and sheep for them,
az hereafter beef and mutton would
take the place Of pork ON American
tables. For some time sensational
reports were circulated in our own
papers about the injurious effects OF
eating pork. But the alarm they ex-
cited was soon over, The market,
too. very quickly adjusted itself, and
nork. hams, bacon and lard We're
higher than before. 1t must be eyl,
dent to every careful observer that
pork raising will be profitable in the
future as it has been in the past. The
foreign outlet for pork may be closed
and remain closed for all time, but
the vast outlet for it at home will re-
main open. Nearly all persons relish
beef and poultry, and many do NUT,
ton, but for steady diet the great
majority of American citizens prefer
pork. Pork is the favorite meat food
of persons who work, and we are a
working people.
There are many things that com
mend pork to persons of small means
who work for their living, as most
Americans do The dressed hog may
be cut and cooked almost without
loss Even the head, feet and tail
make excellent food The proportion
of bone in pork is very small com
pared with mutton or beef. The
meat is highly favored and may be
eaten with relish without condiments.
Different parts of the hog have differ
ent favors and afford variety. Pork
can be cooked easier and cheaper than
beef and mutton, as it contains an
abundance of fat. Butter is not
necessary to cook or flavor it. The
fat extracted by the process OF cook
ing affords one of the best substitutes
for butter. On these and many more
accounts pork is more economical
than beef or mutton. The value of
beef and mutton is greatly impaired
by any process of curing, but this is
not the case with pork. The flavor of
pork is improved by the employment
Of salt and smoke. Pork can be
more advantageously stored away
than any other kind Of meat. Most
laboring persons desire hot meat for
supper, and pork can be easily cooked
by frying it in its own fat Pork is
more easily transported than beef or
mutton, and is more easily preserved.
1t is preferred for food by lumber
men, miners and all other persons
who camp out and do their own cook
ing. The statement advanced by a
distinguished German chemist that
fat meats are not desired by persons
living in warm climates appears to be
contradicted by all who reside for
any great length of time in tropical
countries. Pork is the favorite meat
food in the West Indies, as it Is in
Central and South America.
AS pork keeps it's place on the
table, so hogs keep their place on the
farm. Take the seasons as they go,
there is as much profit in keeping
hogs as any animals that are raised
on farms. Hogs increase rapidly
and mature early. 1t takes but a
short time to raise large stock OF
them. 1t costs but a small sum to fit
up a farm for keeping hogs. No
large or expensive buildings are re-
ouired for their protection, as they
will live and thrive and grow if they
have only moderate protection against
the cold and wet. Hogs devour and
use to advantage most of the waste
products of the farm. They consume
all the buttermilk and SKINNED milk
produced in the dairy, the leavings of
the table, the imperfect and decaying
fruit of the orchard, the poor potatoes
and garden vegetables, and the offal
of the house, barn and stable. Dur
ing the summer hogs will live and
make a good growth on grass and
clover. They will eat larger mum.
Der of substances than any kind of
stock kept on farms and will gener-
ally make better return for them in
a shorter time. Farmers who are
largely engaged in raising cattle for
beef, find it to their advantage to keep
and feed hogs in connection with
them. A pig will grow and fatten
on the waste Of q steer, and its meat
will be matter of clear gain to the
owner.
Hogs are cleanly and well-disposed
animals when allowed an opportunity
to keep themselves in a comfortable
and neat manner. The expression
"as dirty as a pig" originated with a
man who never allowed his pigs an
opportunity to keep themselves clean.
He kept them in a close stye and
made them wallow, eat and sleep in