The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-21

ducers. 1t Is well known that a large
proportion Of the meat used In this
state Is shipped in from other states
Ii should be known, also, that this i'm
ported meat comes from states which
DO not have as many natural advan-
rages for pork production as has our
own state. So far, the farmers of the
state have failed to take advantage of
their own favorable circumstances.
The most OF the imported meat comes
to US from northern states-states that
do not have the advantage of long
grazing seasons, mild climate, and
cheap shelter. On account of the long
grazing season, the mild climate. and
pork as cheaply, and no doubt more
cheaply, than 1t can be made in the
north.
However, the farmers Of our state
are rapidly introducing hogs into their
system OF farming. Several factors
are bringing this change about. First,
hogs have been selling at high price
for several years; this has raised the
price Of purchased meats so high that
the farmers can hardly afford to buy
even the cheap cuts. Second, the boil
weevn Is advancing and many farmers
are preparing for its coming by intro
ducing hogs. Third, the hog Is an
animal that can be introduced upon al
most every farm in the state; he fits
into practically any system of farming
that can be introduced into the state.
He is well adapted to the large plant
er; but he is especially well suited to
the farmer with small capital, as but
small amount of money is required
with which to begin the business, and
returns begin to come in within q few
months after it is started. The SOW
! is a rapid producer. Money is turned
rapidly. With $500 invested in one
SOW 1t Is easily possible to make 1000
1 nOnndS of Yorlr fIiva uvafplafl IN VAR
In other words the yearly sales should
be about four to five times the amount
OF investment, when hogs sell at
| seven cents a pound.
Some sections Of the state are now
raising sufficient hogs to meet home
/ demands, and other sections have a
surplus to ship to the Mobile, New
Orleans, and Atlanta markets. But, as
whole, the state is yet a heavy I'm
porter of meats.
Outline of Experiments.
This bulletin covers three years. ex-
perimental work, during which time
105 hogs were used. The work, in
the main, was duplicated year after
year, SO the conclusions drawn can be
srelted upon. The lots, during the falls
sand winters of 19oS-'0s. 190s-'1o, and
s1S10-11s received the following feeds
throughout the main part of the test:
Table 1. Outline of the Work.
Period Lot No. 1, corn, IA ration;
soy bean pasture.
!. Lot No. Corn, la ration; soy
bean pasture.
Lot No. S-Corn. "a ration; soy
Lot No. Corn meal, 90; cotton
seed meal. lilo.
Lot No. Corn meal, 80; tankage,
Lot No, Corn meal. $40; tank
Lot No. Corn meal 2-s; cotton
seed meal, 1-3
Of Lot No. s-Corn meal alone.
Period II. Lot No. Corn meal
alone.
Lot No. Corn meal. 2-s; cotton
Lot No. s-Corn meal. 2-s: tankage,
Lot No. Corn meal, $40; cotton
seed meal, Ito
Lot No. Corn meal, s-1o; tank
Il Lot y No. Corn meal. $40; tank
Lot No. Corn meal, 2-8; cotton
nseed meal, 1-3.
Z. Lot No S-Corn meal alone
~, 1t is noted that the first three lots
were pasture or grazing lots, soy bean
pasture being used in all cases. The
hogs in Lots 1, s, 6, and were con-
hned in dry lots; they had no green
or pasture feed at any time through
these tests.
The soy bean pastures afforded
grazing AZ days in the fall of 1908, 81
days in 1909. and so days in 1910.
Wnen these pastures were exhausted
one pig from each lot was slaughtered,
samples Of the fat secured, and taken
ITO the chemist, Prof. c. L. Hare, to
have melting point determinations
made, and the remaining pigs were
placed in dry lots, next to lots 4, s, g,
Y 60
weeks upon the feeds outlined in the
above table. One lot of hogs was
finished on a ration Of cord alone, a
second lot on corn and cotton seed
meal, and third lot on corn and tank
age. The object of this second period |
or feeding was to study the effect of
@tne above feeds on hardening the meat
and fat after they had been rendered |
sort as result of the animals grazing |
the soy bean pasture.
3 The hogs which were fed in the |
Eary lots Qots 4, 8, 8, and 81, were |
teontinued to the end of the test on
stheir initial feeds. At the end of |
period / hog was taken from each of |
these lots and slaughter data collected. |
Objects of the Work.
- These experiments were planned |
with the following objects in view:
- 1. To learn the value of soy bean |
pastures for fattening hogs.
q To determine the most profitable |
amount Of corn to use along with these |
soy bean pastures.
8. To study the question of hard
ening the lard and meat after they had |
been rendered soft as a result of the |
bean pastures being grazed by the
hogs
Other problems were involved in the
work. but are not presented in this re-
I port.
- The Hogs Used.
.Ths pigs we're all purchased from
farmers who live within a few miles
OF the experiment station. The ami
mails were no better in quality than the
average hogs Of the state, but prac-
ucally all of them carried some i'm
proved blood. consisting Of Poland
China, Berkshire, and Duroc- Jersey
crosses. At the beginning Of the test
the pigs averaged about IS pounds In
live weight. They were not fat when
a WON MIG AD1EAI