Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-30
THE FARM AND HOME.
a HINT CONCERNING THE
EUROPEAN MARKET.
The Best Breed for Choice Raeon--
Young Beef for Pront-scab ON
Fruit Trees-Farm Notes
and Dom esttc DOES.

The BeTt breed for Choice Bacon.
believe much greater quantity of
bacon is consumed in Great Britain
and Ireland and perhaps also on the
Continent than Of fat side pork. both
fresh and sailed. Ii is quite impor-
tant therefore TO the American farmer
who wishes to export writes A. Il.
Allen in the Country Gentleman. TO
grow that breed OF swine which shall
produce the most desirable quality OF
flesh for smoking. A hog for this
purpose must abound in tender lean
juicy meat rather than fat as the lat
ter quality is entirely unsuitable for
bacon, and fit only for sailing to pack
in barrels for commercial dealing.
The shape OF such swine should be-
rather long than short in body, full on
the back of extra depth, wide shout
ders and broad thick hams. head and
neck OF moderate length and fine
legs the same, active in movement
and completely free from all sluggish.
ness
Swine destined for bacon ought TO
have moderate exercise in the open
air. In summer grass or clover pas
ture with pure water running in it is
preferable; in winter dry yard with
warm room well bedded pens at
tached for shelter whenever desired by
the animal to resort 10 them.
For feed, aside from pasture give
wheat bran or shorts, or oat or barley
meal, as required. mixed with a pint
IN q mt - 80 i
meal according to the size OF the ami
NAL, morning and night Early in
autumn add sugar bests or other roots,
or pumpkins. as much as will be eaten;
and three to four weeks before slaugh-
ter, give Indian corn or meul. from
one-third to one-halt the proportion OF
their other food More OF tais grain
should not be used as it would tend
to make the flesh too fat.
The late opening OF European mar
kets for our hog products will require
an immense additional quantity Of
live and dead meat TO supply them
rich boon to our farmers OF which
they should make haste 70 take adyan-
tage. Swine OF medium size are de-
cidediy preferable, and cheapest and
quickest TO breed and rear. These
may be grown suitable for market in
nine to twelve months time from
birth. This Is so much faster than
rearing cattle, that it enables small
farmers and those possessing little
capital to 60 into the business as well
and as probably as those OF much
larger means; in fact, gives the poor
man as good a chance to gain fair
percentage in his occupation a the
rich.
In regard to the best breed OF swine
which is possessed in America to pro.
duce choice bacon and hams the
Berkshire is superior. as he turns out
the largest percentage Of tender lean.
juicy meat. His nearly equal. per-
haps is the Duroc or Jersey Red or
what is called the Tamworth in Eng
land. This Is supposed 10 be descended
from the old unimproyed Berkshires
OF the present day for some OF them
are nearly spoiled by breeders in the
quality Of their shoulders. hams ana
side-pieces. They have shortened the
head length and depth Of the body.
EAfE4 btlClil "a pug -l4O5G anu l}tg low Is
like the Chinese, and fed them almost
entirely on corn. The result il that
the largest percentage OF the flesh is
fat instead Of tender lean. juicy meat
totally unfit for bacon. All such breed
ing should b. stopped at once, not
only in Berkshires. but other classes
Of swine that are reared expecting to
make bacon Of them
Most Of the portraits Of swine ap-
Pearing in our agricultural papers are
Of this very fat shape--mere carica-
lures Of what good bacon animal
shOud be and the additional misf0r.
tune is added at the shows Of agricul-
tural societies in appointing Judges
who know nothing OF the desirable
| points necessary to form suitable bacon
animals and the result is prizes are
| awarded to unsuitable animals. to
the injury Of breeding good ones that
will sell more quickly a. a higher
| price.