The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-07-07
NEW HOME FOR MCCALL HOGS.
Famous Herd Transferred from AS
cension to Lake Shore Farm.
mes-Picayune, June 27.l

After the thoroughbred swine in
dustry has boosted itself into success
all over the state, it comes to New
Orleans to establish the largest hog
farm IN Louisiana. The future home
OF Louisiana Defender, the champion
Duroc of several states, will be on the
lake shore.
Evan J. Mccall, who brought Lou
lslana's possibilities in pork produc-
tion to national notice by the cham
pions he developed at Evan Hall, is
responsible. The place left him for
his model herd was too small, and he
could not get more land in the neigh
borhood. So he decided to move. It
was at one time asserted he had closed
deal to transfer ali his holdings to
another state. It turned out that
only his cattle would be shipped to
Mississippi, the hogs sticking to their
native soil.
The Mccall concern is the Blue
Ribbon Stock Farm Company, and its
main members are now on equal
terms, both having interests in two
states. The other member is C.
French, of the Woodward Wight Com
pany of this city, who owns the Mont
Conner plantation, near Port Gibson
in Claiborne county, Mississippi. The
Shorthorn herd, headed by Watson,
the Taft bull reared by Mr.. Mccall,
will be sent there, and large cattle
project organized. There are fifty
thoroughbreds in the bunch and these
will be added to both as a breeding
and beef proposition. The latter
scheme will include large number of
native cattle which will be graded up
with Shorthorn sires. c. D. Mahaffey,
the resident partner, will have charge,
with Mr.. Mccall exercising general
supervision. The $500 acres were
formerly devoted to cotton, but will
be entirely given over to cattle. Cow
peas and soy beans will begin the
model pastures intended, and after
the land is built up it will be cropped
for feed both for the cattle and the
markets.
The pig scheme is Of most inter-
est to New Orleans. The hog farm
will be on the Lakeshore Land Com
pany property, and will start off with
a combination of the Mccall and
Lakeshore herds Both have received
the simultaneous treatment without
losing an animal, SO that the new
herd will begin cholera immune and
be kept so. The Blue Ribbon herd is
composed Of $50 head, the Lakeshore
Of 100, which makes the combination
tha 1arpasfNie the state
Mr.. Mccall has such famous sires as
Louisiana Defender, Mccall T., Me-
Call D., and Col. Again II. The Lake
shore tract, under the expert leader
ship of Arnold Weber. the California
agricultural engineer, installed its
| herd for the economical utilization OF
The surplus of the immense truck
crops raised, and the idea worked out
wonderfully.
The feed was cooked, and the hogs
.eceiving no other ration, showed g
laily gain of two pounds. 1t was the
cheapest pork production in the
world, and was not only a great Lou.
isiana advertisement, but wonder
full opportunity to prove proftably the
states supremacy in the pork line
Most of the foundation stock was
bought from Mccall, SO he was giver
the chance to consolidate the swine
Of his breeding there, with proximity
to the larger live stock market created
by the coming of the Morris packing
house as added inducement. Mr.. Nc
Call saw the possibilities and graspee
the tender. His herd is on the way
and he will become a resident OF New
Orleans. He expects to make the
hog farm show place which will i'm
press many visitors with the fact tha'
the state is as peerless for pork as i
is for other production.