The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

remarks. aud think 1t is a good time
TO preach another
! 10 give an instance of what mean"
continued Mr.. Gray in his talk with
INC man OF nuws during tho year 1907
thefe were but l5.t5t home raised ami
mnis slaughtered in the city of Biz
mingham. Ala. this includes cattle,
veal. hogs. sheep aud kids), while there
We're $685. live Western animals
brought into the city and slaughtered
IN ADDITION TO these Western live ami
mais. there We're 5.ISl.i70 pounds OF
lresh meat shipped i'll and sold. as well
us thousends OF pounds OF Western
cured meat. This means that more than
Sioop,oop go out OF the city of Biz.
,nlhSham alono each year into distant
states for meats. and this money could
an be Kept at home If the Southern
farmer would but produce the meat
FORK can be made as cheaply, and
perhaps more cheaply. in the South
.han In any other section of the coun-
Try. And there are many reasons why
our southern farmers should Introduce
( TINS line of Animal production into the
farming system One of these reasons
Is mentioned above--the money spent
Tor meat by the Southern people would
be kept at home. Another is the In
/ iuencc it would probably have on the
price OF cotton. 1t will never be pos
sible for the South to control the price
OF cotton until the Southern farmer
itpiaces himself In such Il position that
he can hold the crop after IL is pro-
duced So long as all the farmers arc
required to sell the entire crop of cot
ton each fall. so long will Its price be
an unreliable and unstable one The
only way by which Il farmer can place
himself in a position where he will not
nave TO sell all his cotton each fall is
10 produce something i'll addition to
cotton; and unquestionably one of the
best supplements to the cotton crop
would be the raising of hogs Tho hog
business can be so managed that the
| owner can have money coming in from
! 1t al least twice a year. which would
enable him to hold his cotton as long
as he pleases"
Just cut out Birmingham and make
1t Richmond. or Norfolk. or petersburg,
! and make cotton" read tobacco and
peanuts and truck and other Virginia
crops of the money bringing kind, and
Air. Gray's argument will apply Just as
| we'll to Virginia to Alabama or any
other part OF the South. as will his
other remarks i'll the same connection.
! Hear him. He says:
| The hog is especially adapted TO the
| farmer with small capital as but a
small amount of money is required
witli which to begin the business, and
returns begin to come In n few months
| = fter il is started. The SOW is a rapid
producer. Money Is turned rapidly.
| With sl25 invested in one boar and I'VE
| 70 eight sows 1t is easily possible to
have for sale from 5000 to 5000 pounds
| of pork olive weighD In year In
other words the yearly sales should he
/ from two to four times the amount of
! the investment.
| 1T is sometimes claimed that hogs
cannot he raised and finished in the
South since corn has advanced in price
| The farmer is often told that he can
buy his pork cheaper than he can make
it. While pork has not advanced as
rapidly in price as corn. still IL must be
remembered that the cheapest side
/ meat costs tho consumer from Il to 10
cents pound, and that the shoulders
AMI hams cost from Is TO 80 cents a
| pound 1t is no doubt true that the
Southern farmer who initiates his
Northern brother in his pork making
opera tons can buy the meat cheaper
! than he can make It.
But if he takes his own conditions
as he finds them and uses these con-
ditions intelllgently. he can produce
pork cheaper than it is possible to
produce II in any other sections. But
he cannot campete with those por-
tons OF the country where corn is
comparatively cheap. IL he feeds corn
| alone. The Southern farmers must
ecomomize in the use of this feed on
account of its high price The South,
in fact. feeds too much corn, as sole
! feed Ia hogs: there are cheap feeds
which should he used along with corn"
In conclusion. MIR. Gray said: Hogs
can be raised at profit in the South.
aud Southern farmers should raise
moro OF them.
while pork can sometimes be made
at profit when corn is supplemented
with nothing hut a concentrated feed.
still it is not wise TO use supplements
alone.
i Hogs can he produced cheaper when
pastures are uscl along with the grains
I Than when grains are used alone. BY
! means of pasture crops, pork can be
/ made cheaper in the South than il is
possible 10 make IT in the corn belt
| Every Virginia farmer should raise
all of the meat required on his planta-
ton and have some to SELL Immense
fortunes have been made by Western
folks in raising hogs TO sell to South
crn farmers. ana every Virginia city
sends thousands of dollars every year
TO the West for meat Why should not
this money be kept at home? Virginia
farms should furnish Virginia cities
and towns with all of the meat, as
necially hog meat. which they consume
| When the Virginia farmers wake up
10 this Idea and begin to supply the
| home demand they will be the richer
and the happier
The hog and hominy" doctrine, which
means raise everything to eat you can