Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-21

association had been treated
President eParce called MT. caVlt' "
m. chair and made some tlmey re-
marks upon the subject OF ulseases
of swine and the means or preNenlitoi.'
He said he had Just passed through a
singe Of cholera with his hogs, anu
that no was greatly bafiied in Know,
INC how TO treat the disease. lie nau
so,,rd TINT the more fat and hlgher
condition OF the hogs. the more IeNer
there was In them. He had found uhe
use OF sorghum and other green Ioou
very advantageous to hogs hau useu
some concentrated food. but in very
s,,arin, quantities. Mr.. Pearce advised
cleanliness In raising hogs. Some peo-
ple ne said, threw corn into pen
knee deep in mud: their hogs ala NOT
thriye. and they would say there WAS
NO profit in hog raising.
Al II o'clock Mr.. skinner announceu
that the association was invited W
the packing house 10 see the opera
ton OF hog Strengthening, ana the men"
hers accordingly adjourned until l
o'clock and proceeded TO the pachihs
house for an Inspection.
The association was called TO ofder
after having been fortified by SPLEEN
ala dinner, which Mine Host Hale
spread at the hotel.
"Urcle Snort" came to the front
and said he was intensely interested
in the subject that had been broache1
at the morning session-the diseases Oh
hogs and the remedies.
Uncle Snort" to an unorthodoN
position as to the necessity Of clean
treatment and clean water in raising
hogs. He advanced the idea that hoBs
could do very well without cleanliness.
His theory was that the Almighty
created the hogs with different kind
Of a stomach from other Hnimals' IN
fact. that the hog could stand more
dirt than any other beast alive IL
was his nature: the hog would drink
muddy water with the same calm indit-
ference that q Dallas man drinks Fort
worth beer. Uncle Snort" said 1t
was all on account of the hogs In
side works" which were constructed
on the hardy Waterbury watch prln-
clple. and did not require delicate us
age. He was going on to Illustrate
by a comparison with chickens ana
ducks and v0s telling in fearful way
Of the untimely demise Of n famous
red bantam rooster. the rooster he once
owned, when President Pearce sternly
interrupted him, telling him nothing
about ducks and ROSTERS went; 1t was
hogs that the held sway In that meet
| ing.
Several members jumped on "Uncle
| curing clean food and drink Mr.
| slaughter rubbed "Uncle Snort ra-
Their hard with some questions and he
| finally acknowledged that clean water
| and food was better, but IL muddy II
| would do. provided nothing better
| could be obtained.
II was suggested that hog diseases
| frequently came from overlooking Mr..
| lie Baron and others spoke on the
| subject.
MIR. Cavitt of Bryan made very
! excellent talk upon the importance OF
! the worl. the Swine Breeders AssOcia-
| ton was accomplishing. II was the
! entering wedge for breaking up the
| universal production OF cotton in this
state. When the farmers of Texas
| commenced raising hogs they would
| ind that there were other crops that
We're profitable. Not one twelfth OF the
! pork used in Texas Is raised In the
state. The state is growing, there IL a
largely increasing demand for hog
| products by getting the people OF Tex
as Interested in hog raising, they would
begin to diversity their crops, az other
crops increased, cotton would decrease.
This In the most Important organiZa-
tion in hhs state; in three months it
had grown from so to 100 members,
after having started out with mere
| handful six years ago. Important
points We're to consider the kind Of
hogs, how to breed, how to keep the
young, how to fatten. and a very i'm
portant point was how to treat diseases
In the hog There We're no books on
the subject OF hog diseases in this
country; We had to turn to Germany
for information on the subject. Truly.
the association was at the helm of a
most important enterprise. TO think OF
IT, S2O,O0O,OO0 per year to bring pork
products Into this stated
Three banks I'm the town OF waxa-
hachie, Tex, sent out SIS, 900 In one
year to bring bacon there. No wonder
there was a cry OF hard times. We
are not directing our attention to these
packing houses We should take hold
of them and push them.
MIR. Cavitt touched upon the subject
Of clean food and water for hogs, ad-
dressing his remarks to Uncle Snort"
who smiled rather feebly.
Mr., Cavltts remarks were highly APP
preciated by the entire association.
A. j. Nance of Bolivar was introduced
and expressed his pleasure on being
present and his great interest in the
work of the association.
Further discussion on cholera took
place, in which several members par.
tlcipated
MIR. Holland offered resolution that
the history and proceedings OF thi.
meeting OF the Swine Breeders Assoc
citation be published in pamphlet form
, and COCO copies be distributed all over
etc. Mr.. skinner offered to pay s2l
toward the publication IL the assooia.
ton would defray the remaining ex
pense.
/ A motion to publish was unanimousl,
carried.
i Mr., w. f. SINNERS name was pro
posed and he was elected an honorar,
member Of the association.
. Farmer" Shaw was introduced nm,
/ made some very timely remarks upor
= the subject OF an equitable division o
profits In the hog trade between IN,
, raiser and the men who supply IN,
consumer. Under the present system
4 such great houses as Armour. Swift
Z Fairbanks and Nelson Morris get In
2 lions share of the profits and the pro
4 Queer only small share. The grea
/ packing houses absolutely dictate IN
. terms. Mr. Shaw said the great All
= walton for the hog producer was NOR
Z packing houses, 1t established compet
Z ution, so the big houses could not hay
o 1t all their own way.
, The following resolution was passed
: whereas, 1t has pleased the Grea
r Ruler to take from our midst r.. 4
> Corbett, an honorable and respeete
h member OF the Texas Swine Breeder,
r Association; therefore. be IL
!; Resolved, That we have learned q
! his death with much regret and realiS
y the loss of his usefuinasa IA tha a.-