The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-07-22

Clubs took hold, and every farmer
was urged to turn over to every boy
on every farm at least one pig to
raise into a hog on his own account.
The plan was great success. The
boys took more interest in their pigs
than their fathers did, and some rec
ord porkers were marketed by the
boys. Last year 10000 boys raised
one or more pigs each, and this year
more than 100000 youngsters are in
the pork business. Girls, envious Of
the profits and prestige of their bro
Tiers. are getting into tn egame and
are making a success of it
Not only on the farms, but also
in the small towns and suburbs,
where space is available, every one
who can should raise one or more
pigs and thus furnish the nork supply
for himself and perhaps for a sol
dier," says the departments latest
appeal. To help these urban and
been prepared, telling all about hog
production on small scale and in
limited area, which will be sent free
to anyone who wants to try the eX-
pertinent. In its argument, the de-
partment says:
Pork is the mainstay OF the ra-
ton of the laboring man and the
soldier, and the need for increasing
the supply of fats is especially great.
The need for meat and fats can be
met more quickly by increasing the
number of hogs than in any other
saanaaiaa aas sHaaiEe sabssszl
equipment and capital, make greater
gains for the quantity of food fed
and give a quicker turnover of mo-
ney than any kind of live stock ex-
cept poultry. Furthermore, pork pro-
duets have the advantage of being
easily transported. No branch of
live stock farming gives better re-
suits than the intelligent raising of
well-bred swine
LAS a consumer of by-products, the
hog has no rival, which is an addi-
tional reason for pork raising now
when the elimination of waste is an
emphatic necessity. There is ample
evidence that where table scraps
form a part or all o fthe pigs diet the
gains cost .e~ .,;erably less than the
gains p> 10y granted animals.
''Thefeis no best breed of swine.
Some breeds are superior to others
in certain respects and one breed
may be better adapted than another
to certain local conditions. There
are two distinctive types, the lard
type and the bacon type. Swine of
the lard type far outnumber those of
the bacon type in the United States. -
In the olden days when bacon sold
FOR ten cents a Pound and ha12 Or Is
or 80, the lard type of hog. that is,
the hort bodied, short-leaged &c md
animal, was more profitable. for he
produced more ham, shoulder, s&u-
sage and mess pork. But now, when
bacon is more than half 4 dollar a
pound, and ham less than 10 cell:3,
the bacon hog may produce more
dollars per head, though weighing
less. The bacon hog is bred to have
long legs, thin hams and long, Hal
sides that sometimes cut four flitche5
each three feet long, or twelve feet
of bacon to the hog. Persons whose
memories run back to Civil War
days recall that bacon was then the
poor mans dish and ham the dainty
of the rich mans table But styles
in pork eating have changed. and
that order is reversed.
The self-feeder for hogs is a COM
paratiyely new device. and having
passed through the experimental
stage, has the Agricultural Depart
ment's Endorsement. Here is the
latest advice to hog raisers:
With the ingredients of a good
ration constantly placed before them
so that they may eat it well, hogs
will make gains more rapidly and
more economically than when fed by
hand. The self-feeder is growing in
popularity. 1t is simply 4 device by
means of which a supply of grain or
other feed is kept constantly avail
able to the hogs in order that they
may always satisfy their appetites
with the proper kind and amount of
feed"
Another popular misunderstanding
about hogs, that is that they are ma
turally filthy and like dirt and dirty
places, has been dispelled by the
pork scientists. Hogs like water and
must have lots of it to thrive, espe-
cially in hot weather. They prefer
it clean and sweet, but will take 1t
muddy and filthy if they must. The
most successful hog raisers keep
their pigs and piggeries as clean as
their dairy barns, and they find that