The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-01-26
Pork Keeps lis Place.

Great alarm was manifested few
months ayp nr the ra;>ers a1d shippers
of pork when the news was received that
American pork products were excluded
from several European countries. II
was thonght that this action by itself
would result in lowering the price OF
pork very considerably, and that It
would 50 prejudice people in this coun-
try that there would be less pork con-
sumed at home. Some farmers who had
raised many hogs concluded that it was
time to substitute cattle and sheep for
them, as hereafter beef and mutton
woald take the place of pork on Ameri-
can tables. For some time sensational
reports were circulated in our own ia
pers alb mt the injurious effects of eating
pork. But the alarm they excl ed was
soon over. The market, too, very quick
IL adius ed itself, and pork hams, ba-
con, and lard were higher than before
1t must be evident to every careful OBJ
server that pork-raisi g will be .profita-
BILE in the future as it has been in the
past. The foreign outlet for pork may
be closed and remain closed for all
time, bu the vast outlet for it at h ,Iue
will remain open. Nearly all persons
/ relish beef and poultry, and many dp
muttpn, bu for steady Diet the great
majority of American ciuzens prefer
pork Pork Is the favoJite meat food
Of persons who work, and we are work
ing people.
! There are many things th1t commend
I pork to persons of smah means WIN
work for their living, a. most American
! do. The dressed hog may be cut and
I co Iked am IT without los. Even the
( mead, feet and tail, make excellent food
I Tne proportion of bone in pork Is very
! mall compared with beef or mutton.
! The meat is highly favored, and may
! b. eaten with relish without condimeut>. ;.
! Different parts of the hog have ',iffereht
! favors, d afford varie y. Pork can
be cooked easier and cheaper than beef
aud mntton, as it contains an abun-
dance of fat Butter Is not Necessary Y
to cook or flavor it. The fat extracted
by the cooking process 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 NJ ltton is greatly i'n
paired by any process of curing. bul
This is not the case with pork. This
flavor of pork is improved by the EN-
| ployment of salt and sn Ike. Pork car
he more air II ageously stored away
than any op.r kind Of meat. III ~
laboring persons desire hot meat fol
supper, aud pork can be easily cooked
by frying it in its own fat. Pork il
m re ea-ily transported than beef ol
mutton, and is more easily preserved
1t is preferred for food by lnmbermen
miners and all other persons VINO ctmr
out and do their own cooking. Th,
statement advanced by a distinguished
German chemist that fat meats are no
desired by persons living in warm eli
mates appears to be contradicted by al
who reside for any great lehg-h of tim
in tropical Countries Pork is the favor
ite meat food in the West Indies, as it i
in Central and South America.
A pork keeps its place on the table
so hogs keep their place on the farm
Take the seasons as they 60, there is d
much pr fit in keeping hogs as any All
m lis that are raised on farms. Hog
increase rapidly aud mature early /
takes but short time to raise q larg
stock of them. 1t costs but a small sun
to fit up farm for Keeping hogs. N
large or expensive buildings are require'
for their protection, as they will live an'
thrive and grow if they have only M ID
crate protecfion against the cod an
wet. Hogs devour and use to advantag
most of the waste prod icts OF the farm
They consume all the buttesmllk Ali
skinned milk produced in the dairy
The leayinys of the table. the imperfet
aud decayiug fruit of the ore Iard, tn
: poor potatoes and garden vegetable
and the offll of the h ,use, barn, an
! stable. During the summer hogs wi
live and m Ike a good growth on gra>
and clover. They will eat larger nun
Der of substances than any kind of stoc
kept on farms and will generally max
better return for them in sborte
time. Farmers who are largely engage
,, in raising cattle for beef find it to the
advantage TO keep AMI feed hogs in col
: necnon with them. A pig will gro
and fattAn on the waste of a steer, an
its meat w II be mater of clear gain I
the owner.
Hogs are cleanly and well-dispose
animals when allowed an oppor' unity
keep themselves in comfortable an
neat manner. The expressio ion las diit
as a pig originated with a man WI
never allowed his pigs an opportunity
keep themselves clean. He kept the
in close sty and made them wal'oy
eat, and sleep in their own mao;Ir-
The pig is addc to bathing. and W
), take to wafer 'as naturally as duck
y If it only has chance. 1t the Water
clean the pig will be clean when
comes out of it. The pig is the on
: large domestic animal that will bni
himself bed and keep it clean. 1t
almost the only animal that will depo-
e its solid and liquid droppings at a di
tance from the place where it eats ar
ie sleeps. In these and many other r
y spects the pig is a far more cleanly an
NAL than the horse, COW, or sheep.
= half as much pains were taken to ket
pigs clean as Is taken to keep horses al
cattle so, they would be at all tim
* models of cleanliness. H1gs are cas-
v kept, il the right course is taken wi
- them. They will live in suita pa
-. ;. ture during the summer as well a' COW
and they will harvest much that tn
eat at other seasons of the year. Th
will eat the rye, oats, wheat. or barl'
in lodged field so that very little is lt
to sprout up after they are remov'
from it. They will dig artichokes al
ID potatoes cleaner than most men wi
o and will dispos se of all the grains of Gu
ry lefl by the huskers. The pig is a,
1d cile as any animal kept on farm, wi
q. the exception of the dog, and his req
ne tation for obstinacy, like that of I
;" mule, is largely owsg to the bad ma
ne ner in which he is brought up Chica
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