Macon beacon., 1913-07-11
RAISE HOGS IN SOUTH
South Carolina Pays $13,000,.
600 in Year for Pork.
Shame Upon Southern States That
Immense Sums Of Money Paid to
Other States fer Meat-Nat-
ural Home for Swine.
pv DIR sAM,JEI J. suMMERs)

(By DIR. SAMUEL J. SUMMERS)
know of no question Of much more
importance to us at the present time
than hos raising, especially when we
consider tho vast amount paid out an.
nually by US for meat. Last year our
state spent something like $13,0OO,O00
for hog meat alone, product that
should have been supplied by our own
state. And this state Is but fair
example of the other southern stateo
IN reference to meat, with few ex-
ceptiops.
Agriculture In the south has ad'
vanced by leaps and bounds and the
wonderful impetus given to corn grow
ing Is due In great measure to r.
M. williamson, one of Cardinals own
boys and our states greatest men. 1t
Is useless for me to attempt an eulo-
BY of him, you have heard him and
are competent to Judge for yourselves.
What he has done for corn raising In
the south cM be done for hog raising
in the south. We have learned how
and are still improving. to produce
barge quantities of corn. and now we
should take up the study Of the best
means to utilize this corn. Mr.. VIII
Atamson says where the corn Is the
-.g will ccme. The question naturally
arises, Does 1t pay to feed corn to
hogs, converting 1t into bacon and the
bacon into money? | call your atten-
zion to the west. Did 1t pay there,
and does 1t still pay there? Most as
euredly or Shey would not continue In
an Improbable business. But you say
we cannot grow hogs like the west /;
they are more suited to this work than
we are We cannot grow them 80 large
and 80 cheaply. Now let US look at his
phase of the question. In the west
they grow large quantities Of corn. we
are now doing the same. In the west
hogs are grown to large size In ten tc
twelve months-we can do tho same
with proper treatment In the west
for five months during the winter they
have to house their hogs, while here
we have n climate so suitable that
only few days year arc unfit fol
grazing. In the west, they grown corn
wheat, rye, oats and different kinds
of hay, while here we may grow these
supplemented by dozen other varle
ties of food and as low cost as the!
do. and yet, gentlemen, the west sup
plies us with bacon, not only with |
profit Oh production. but we are re
quired to pay the freight besides ant
then take about such as we can get
regsdess OF quality. Is 1t not
shame upon the south that she shoul'
neglect and for laziness be required
to expend the sum OF $1S,000,000 aanu
ally from this state alone for hol
meat? But you say hog cholera is 81
terrible in its ravages that 1t does no
pay to raise hogs Cholera Is no wors
here than In the west, still 1t pay
them to raise hogs The trouble wit
us is that we are too much absorbe
in growing cotton to become interest
ed In live stock as we should and yet
when properly managed, livestock ar
the greatest machines We have for VI
building our lands so that we ma
make all of these ether crops profits
bfe and among the most profitable c
all live stock is the hog. am glad
see the university taking up thes
subjects and teaching the young mel
at least by lectures. the great impo
tance of rural life with its possiblitie
and the wonderful developments
these industries when energy an
brain power are properly concel
trated.
As have said, here in the south v