Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-17
NEBRASKA HOG PROGRESSIVE
Has an Individuality Of Its Own
Which it Displays.
ACHIEVES MUCH HONOR ABROAD
Receipts Are Heavy, but Demand
Has Continued to he Exception
ally Good-Many New Rec
ords Are Made.

thing to eat. This trait makes him of
especial interest to the commercial world,
He gr.nds about inshe alfalfa which his
more aristocratic companion. the steer.
| scatters from the rack. munehing the
kernels OF corn which fall from the lordly
table and imbibing now and then OF
the rich buttermilk conveniently provided
by The thrifty farmer. Without any
predetermined display this professional
mortgage litter moves along the even
tenor of his way, incidentally convert
aforesaid alfalfa, corn and buttermilk
into the more marketable product OF ma
tured pork and thereby adding to the
income of his owner at the rate Of one
T, pound per day, of present value Of
about 62ls cents.
Though only a hog, the Nebraska
porker possesses an individuality OF his
own. He believes that since he must
be hog he should be a ''top-notcher, .
and that's what the Nebraska specimen
has come TO be. Thus when he goes to
the packing house and assumes his role
on he stage Of commerce he renders a
| good account of himself His sides make
|, an. -, haoo.s T., an, ,,,o,Id. ~, ouar,.rs
the choicest hams and shoulders; from
/ his loils are cut the most delicious chops
and roasts; mis- fat gives the snowlest,
nh,,. ~ drv-sst, c,oars ars accented
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a.. 80, 80, -, ,,,,tr,,,o,,. aal,cacvl
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pest fork IN world
a"es t'iN p''u"s' p"ipo' ue "
eO"ie .'sH
puli'N'ii-ieu "oes' "ou,u oe '''''us ="
quailS were II NOT ior 'he iiaNo' ahu
texture impaired 10 Tue meat Dy tue uet
OF corn and alfalta on winch the animal
was matured IN the feed-iot OF the Ne
braska farmer. Regardless OF the label.
YOU can be mighty sure. that tho Ne
braska hog s going TO be prominent In
supplying the best pork Of the word
Whether al sherry's I'm New York or
Rector's in Chicago. the Fairmont in
San Francisco or the Casino AT Palm
reach vour dainty cr,sn.hrown bacon
s,rirs or ao,,ca,o,,, r,arhl.a mink and.
-. it,. !, H., ..,,r,,arod ana
49,, ..,su,. 90, ,,,sss,,,,I..,,-
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'"oir own seNie' p''Nese' ION
or pea-iei or PumpNln-ieul po'N'
raised IN the Gramplan hiiis 'or biue
ridge mountains IL they are good
particularly soou' no matter what tue
menu card implies to the contrary you
may gamble that the Nebraska hog has
rooted himself into high society OF mod
ern Luculi.
The gain In hog production during
recent years Is not due so much to the
reputation this fellow has at home as
to the honor he hath achieved abroad
through the modern packing houses and
live stock market. For the first two /
months Of this year there have passed /
through the South Omaha yards for
slaughter $4,000 porkers. averaging 20
pounds. in return for which the farmer
has received from the packer 100000 In
good, cold cash In the course Of the year
1912 Nebraska alone will market at South
Omaha two and one-half millians OF hogs,
for which II is estimated the packer viii
pay 100000. Yet less than two per cent
OF the products from these Nebraska
grown animals are sold back into the
state. This is in sharp contrast to the
good old days" when instances were not
rare OF the farmer driving his hogs ninety
to 100 miles TO trading point, where
they were peddled out at "a cents per
pound.
Receipts Heavy.
While this seasons receipts Of hogs
have been very heavy, especially at
South Omaha, the demand has continued
exceptionally good. 'Ninety-five per cent
Of the receipts at South Omaha have
been slaughtered there, in consequence OF
which the big packing plants have been
working overtime since the first OF the
year, and considering the severity OF the
winter this has been extremely fortunate
for thousands OF laborers released by
cessation Of business activity In many
other lines. incidentally many new records
have been established In slaughtering by
these packing concerns. The Omaha"
company made its heaviest purchase Of
hogs on February 70. when II secured
100 head Cudahy bought s,7a head on
February o, and followed this right up
with a 5000 purchase the very next day.
Armour established a new record when
for the week ending February II he
bought and slaughtered at South Omaha
20 600 hogs. Armour, cudahy and Swift
have each been killing at the rate OF
500 10 1000 hogs per day. Commenting
he. hnR movement Inc OL1tT
day, K. {, Howe, se a.a,ad ' ,hs, the hog