New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-07-15
TOP Hogs Must Have
TIE Finish.

and he SAYS: For general pur
poses. and for the fancy trade
there is not a better hog grown
His silky finish. uniform confor
nation, evenneSS. and distinctive
marking make him very attrac
tive to BUYERS. and a wcll-fnlshed
carload will never lack for buy
crs who are always willing to paw
top prices for an extra fancy arti.
Gle"
They Fill the Demand of
the Fancy Trade.
"Of course" he continues
"They mist have the finish: no
breed of hogs or any other stock
will sell at fancy or top prices
without that, but the fact that
they dress out nice, lean, well
marbled bacon and good, clean,
pink haw without excess fat and
waste. make them attractive to
buyers who cater to fancy trade
and who buy only from a hundred
to two or three hundred head a
day and pack them to fill the most
particular and highest-priced mar
ket-that of Chicaeo's hotels and
fashionable restaurants and meat
shops de luxe. 1t is impossible to
make bacon or hams any better or
more appetizing than Swift 8
Premium. Amour's Star or Nor
ris' Supreme. If there were a
better way these people would
adopt it, but this special trade and
market calls for something extra
fine and the Hampshire hog sup
plies it; he has the desirable cuts
and you can't prove on him for
the fancy trade. In view of this
fact. packers are willing to paw
D to 10 cents per hundredweight
more for Hampshires than they
nav for the other grade of hogs
for ordinary purposes. Conse-
quently the packers are usually |
outbid for Hampshires, and as the |
supply is limited, they can be al !
ways counted on to sell at the top
or within 10 cents of the ton of
the market, and with reasonable
fitting and fair uniformity a car
load will always top the market
and frequently sell above it,
When a Lean Typo
Hog Us Wanted.
In these days especially the
trade for Hampshires is keen. for,
altho lard is higher Just at this
the price of lard for the
asst few years has been but little l.
more than the live weight price Of
he hogs, and the high percentage
If lean meat in the Hampshire in
ures a strong demand for them.
damushires in tho South.
I'VE are glad to see these hogs
aking such a hold in the South"
aid Mr.. Chandler, "for they seem
o be particularly well adapted to
outhern conditions. They are
ot a very fat hog type, and so can
e grown to better advantage in
he South than a heavier, fatter
OR, and stand the hot climate bet
pr. They are hustlers and rust
RS and will be out and away for
cling on the grass pastures when
heavier, more sluggish hog will
e asleep in the shade, and they B
re better adapted to the feeding
lethods Of the South than some =
ther breeds. The South has been n
big producer of peanut or mash
ID hogs and these are usually dis
'unted, sometimes very heavily,
I the market because this feed =
axes soft, oily flesh rather than
le hard, firm flesh of the corn-fed
'gs of any breed will not kill
IN. 1t may be that in the case
the Hampshire their leaner
eat and more active habits will
lprove and harden the quality
their flesh when fed on these
eds. and make more acceptable
oduct for the packers than fatter
d more sluggish hogs"
by the Packers Like
Hampshires.
]. Uniform conformation silky
ish. eyeness and distinctive
arkings.
2. They dress out a nice, lean,
IL marbled bacon and clean,
nix hams.
3. They dress ont high per-
ntage of high priced cuts.
I. Their products please the
1cv trade.
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