The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-17
BIG MONEY|N HOGS
FOR VIRGINIANS
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them at An average Of 100 pounds
weight on the hoor. OF these SIo.v0O
were killed and dressed In Chicago
and other hog killing centres OF the
West
The two packing houses that slauSh-
ter hogs here XIII lzb.VO0 animals a
year, and the local butchers and market
men probably Kill 5000 uore. These
are Virginia-raiseo hugs In the main.
although some few are shipped here
from North Carolina and possibly few
from West Virginia Forbes & Co.
have to LOOK to tho West for tho rest
Of the hogs required TO keep their Dig
establishment going.
These hogs are now bringing 81
cents per pound on the hoof.that is to
say. q young hog weighing Lou pounds.
and that is the present Vtginia aver
age, will bring the farmer $3.50. or
II the animal touches the beam when
it steps upon the scales in the live
state at eco pounds. Its value 10 the
raiser 10 sic. 7. q. sandy and a half
a dozen other Virginia swine raisers.
who sell on the hoof In the Richmond
market, have told me that hog-raising
pays . handsome profit at the above
nkures So much for the pork end OF
this story.
Much Beef and Mattoa.
The packing-ho of Richmond also
handle beef, and one Of them (Forbes
& Coz buys cattle and sheep on the
hoof and does It's own abboiter work
as far a. the house can get the live
cattle Ten thousand beeves are
Slaughtered In q year by this concern
To this figure must be added the
steers that the Valentine Meat Juice
Company buys and kills. and the many
steers and cows the local market men
Kill for their stalls. This 10 less than
half the beef that 10 handled by the
packing-houses Of Richmond. for about
$4,000 TO lS.oe( cattle are Slaughtered
hacking -houses In the rsSr1Geratorl
cara The average weight Of the steers
that ere sold In Richmond on the hoof
- SOC pounds. and they are now bring
ing from 70 6 cents per pound Al
vsrxfnia-raised steer - worth on the
market about SIS. and the men who
cell them here will certify to the fact ,,
that at that figure cattlo-ratsinG pays
even better than hog-raising, II you
are prepared for .ae business and know
how to 20 about it.
The $4,000 to $4,000 cattle that come
here in the refrigerator cars already
dressed and hailing from the plains |
OF Texas and elsewhere. and finally |
reaching here with accumulated freight
CHARGES for the ultimate consumer 70
pay ought to be grown In virginia and
slaughtered In Richmond The last
named performance would take place
locally all right IL the farmers with ,
In q hundred or two miles arouno
would see to the nrst named IL may
be stated before these figures are
closed that lo.e0S sheep are handlee
By the pscking houses and the merxet !
men, and . little less than hslf OF
them reach here on the hoof. the larger !
number coming In the dressed state
in those aforementioued Refrigerator |;
cars. and Il doss cost Q lot OF money |
for dead sheep to travel from chicago
and Omaha to Richmond In . refrfger- |
ator car.
Osnev ~ vsrva,ss Aase<ss.
Nov extend these ngurss TO the
whole STATE. All o. nearly all o. these
western seeking houses which nave
large establishments In Richmond also
have branch hovses In other Virgins
cssSea. Norfolk. Petersburg. Suno'-
Lyuchburg. Roanoke. Newport News
eauaeea. CAasiestesvslle Assxandrse.'