The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-02-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE COMING HOG,
A Farmrr and stock Raiser Tells Wha
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The coming hog OF twenty years ago
Is not the coming hog of to-day, says a
writer in the Ohio GARNER. Then, con-
sumption said heavy bacon and thou
sands Of tons OF lard. To-day the bot
tom of the lard vat has been knocked
out, and no more heavy bacon is wanted.
Tho heavy hog, full OF lard, is o drug
on the market. The light hog, full OF
lean meat, brings the highest price. BY
eight l do not mean the little, nerv-
ous, wiry, up-eared, weasel-looking hog,
but a light, large hog. We must never
let go of size; this always has and al
ways will play a large part in the sale
of any animal. The coming hog will
meet the wants of all. The market
wants a pig that, dropped April 1, will
weigh 200 pounds October l, when mar
kctcd, and it will be solid, lean meat.
The coming hog will be a good feeder.
Bran, corn, peas and middlings will be
his common diet, but he will Craze on
clover and CLEAN shack in the woods;
will thrive or dairy and house Stops,
and If necessary will clean up the re-
fuse OF the country butchers slaughter
house, and by his great power of assim-
ilation convert all these things into de-
licious lean meat. But he will not eat
the slop of distilleries, for distilleries
will not Their exist.
The coming hog will be an American
hog and trace his origin to some spot in
Ohio. He will crowd Irish bacon from
our market, and all other foreign pork
products, and will enter the markets of
the Old World and lift the French and
Hcrma.: embargo from American pork.
He will be a great source of wealth to
this country, and will make many a
poverty-stricken home independent.
Whether he will be white or black is
a question. The breeders of white
hogs will expect him to be white and
tho breeders of black hogs, black. His
characteristics will be-short nose;
moot face, not too broad; small iawl;
short, clean neck; m~edium-sized Shout
der; superb back and loins, and a SPLEEN
did ham; he will butcher clean, without
a prepondcrance of slush or waste:
belly light and smooth; body of medium
size and firm; tail small; eyes we'll out;
car thin and slightly dropping, but not
enough to interfere with sight; body
long and covered with a thick coat of
fine, short hair.
Such characteristics will insure a
large proportion of lean meat, just what
the consumer demands. Many inhu-
cncci will hinder the speedy realization
OF the coming hog, such as the show
RUG, where fat will rule, which serves
t. '"Yer q multitude of sins. Size is
Of y ignored in the show ring. The
sI " card is another impediment. A
Scs.;ch Of half a point at the nose be-
cats" il is a little too sharp or long, or
Shot; another scratch on the face be-
cRu." IL is too broad or too narrow; an
utitcr On the eye because it has not the
right expressions; the Goa is too short,
the swirl makes a r~osette, the tail
twists the wrong way, etc.
Tastes will hinder the concentration
Of our forces toward the coming hog. 1t
has been said that n man is as the dog
that follows him. This is true to a GER
tain extent in all vocations of life.
Hence you will sec the man of a nerv-
GUS temperament erect form, short
face, bright eye, and q little aristocratic,
breeding the Berkshire.
The IN whose head and shoulders
seem too large for his body will breed
the Victories; the man of not very
broad and expansive mind, content with
little things, likes pleasure, is satisfied
to Vim without much competition, will
cake the small breeds; tho dom -care
-frllow, who will wear his coat wrong
side out if he happens to put it on that
way, will stay with the Jersey Reds;
the man who has missed his calling will
breed Cheshircs; the man who Is decep-
tive every time and will induce agricul-
tural papers to sell out cheap, will
breed Ohio improved Chesters; the
sood-naturcd fellow, but bigoted, thinks
he can accomplish what no one else can,
and don't mind a few specks of mud on
his coat, will cXpcnd his energies on
Iodd's improved Chesters; the man who
would prefer " dinner of snout to a nice
Bit of ham, who will strain at a gnat
and swallow a camel, will have his heart
set on the old-fashioned Chester Whites;
lastly, the sQuare.built, robust, good
nalurcd fellow who knows he is at the
front, and who prefers the company of a
to!ored lady to n white one, who is very
economical but has an extravagant
waste of cloth at the seat Of his pants,
will advocate the Poland-China.