Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-11-03
GROW MORE
- HOGS TO insure
ADEQUATE MEAT
BREEDING ANIMALS MUST Re
PRODUCE so OFFSPRING
WILL BE AVAILABLE
FoR SLAUGHTER IN FUTURE
HOGS CAN BE INCREASED
QUICKER THAN ANY
OTHER LlvESTocK-IMPERATiVE
DEMAND FOR MEAT TO SUP
PLY NEEDS OF WAR.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-To win
| the war we need more meat. To get
an increased meat supply quickly
hog breeding must be increased ma
t~erially throughout the country, and
m certain states an increase of from
25 to so per ent is recommended by
the United States Department of Az
riculture.
The situation is of great impor-
lance. We must have plenty of meat
for our armies and the armies of the
| allies in the field, and sufficient mea,
for our civilian population and the
civilian population of the allies at
home.
To have this meat, breeding AMI
mails must reproduce themselves 50
the offspring will he available for
slaughter in the future.
Hogs can be increased quicker
than any other kind of livestock.
Therefore a larger number of sows
HluSI Ue ufcu HcW, thoh III ACS0"o
years.
In addition to the fact that there
is an imperative demand for more
meat as a war measure, it should be
taken into consideration that we now
have an abundance of feed crops
corn. oats and barley-with which to
produce this necessary increase in
the number of hogs. The demand for
meat is certain and it will be profit
able to the farmer to market some
of this heavy grain supply on the
hoof.
The increase liz the number Of
hogs for various states, as recon-
mended by the department, is as
follows: Missouri, so per cent; Ala
bama, 80; Iowa, %; Kansas, 25; In
diana, 20; Illinois, 20; Mississippi,
20. Arkansas, 20; South CaroIffia, Is;
Ohio, Is; Kentucky, Is; Tennessee,
Is; Maryland, 10; North Carolina.
10; Michigan, 10; Nebraska, 10;
West Virginia, 5; and Georgia, B..
The increase needed for the entire
country is Is per cent and is covered
by the above schedule. Other states
than those named should breed no
fewer sows than last rear.
The result of these increases will
be to provide sufficient animals to
make the meat that is absolutely
essential to the feeding of our ar
mics.
Pork can be transported more
readily and economically to troops
in the field than can any other meat.
Great supplies of bacon must go to
the boys in khaki at the front. I'm
less now a larger number of sows
r bred, the amount of meat we
will require next year will not be
| available.
The estimated number OF hogs is
1000, 900 less than it was a year
ago in this country, and in the face
of this we need more hogs than ever
before. How can we get these? BY
breeding sows at once.
The export of pork products has
increased since the wal began and
will continue to increase during the
length of the war. The foreign
countries are deyotilg their farming
energies to food and feed rather
than livestock production, but they
must have meat and they must get
a large part of this supply from aus,
During the last three months the
price of hogs in the United States
has been, on an average, more than
twice as much as the average price
for the five years from 1911 to 1915
In view of the large crop of feed
Stunts in sight, however, 1t is believ'
ed that farmers will see the wisdom
OF taking every reasonable step To
increase the supply of hogs and hog
products.