The Ocala banner., 1919-05-16

under tick-free conditions. with ex-
perience gained during the years be
tween
Important factors also in livestock
states are money lenders, railroads
and killing plants.
Florida bankers need only little
more information and appreciation
of the volume and safety of livestock
loans, together with better chattel
mortgage law, and they will furnish
the necessary capital, either their
own or through livestock loan COM
panies which will be organized for
the purpose.
The railroads before going under
government operation, had begun to
learn the difference in requirements
for handling livestock and pig iron;
but only small percentage of Off
GERS or employees remember now this
difference. Railroad equipment,
schedules and orders to trainmen, all
need rebuilding.
Killing plants at Tampa and Jack
sonville, aided by the local butchers
of tourist towns, furnish SUFFICIENT
outlet for present production at full
value.
with the profits from a SOW one
can buy a horse quicker than from
the profits of COW he can buy a
saddle" Because of this old saying,
which is largely true, and because l
have had experience in dairying.
omit all remarks on this very impor-
tant branch of the cattle business
Especially in Florida).
Hogs can be grown on fewer acres
with less capital and by more men
year hogs may be bred, grown and
marketed
The one temptation of the begin
ner is to get hogs before preparing
to care for them and to begin with
two many sows. For the beginner
without years of experience one SOW
will teach all requirements and lose
less money than fifty.
To the banker / give caution in
making loans to the owner of more
than 10 brood sows. See first his
equipment, but watch closest his
feed 1t he buys any considerable
amount, don't make the loan. An
ether tip is that the market breeder
as rule is safer risk than the
breeder of breeding stock. killing
hogs have plants begging, / might
say "yawning' for them, and will
take 1000 head while the seller OF
breeding stock is making crate to
ship one boar in. The expense of
production is very much less in pro-
portion to the sale value also.
The worst enemy of the hog is
cholera but fortunately can be pre-
vented, and while the means are
simple the Florida experiment sta
tion at Gainesville is the place to
get your advice on this. Intestinal
worms and lice and mango are lesser
troubles, but the, same source will
furnish information as to their pre-
vention or reduction.
The main demand is for the lard
type of oucik maturing hogs-Poland
China, Duroc, Berkshire and Hamn.
shire. name these in the order in
which breeding stocks of high class
are easiest found in Florida. Black
hogs are subject to less disease of
the skin than lighter or white ones.
LIVESTOCK-FOUR :. :.
With plenty feed, shade and reason
ably good attention, no man will fail
with any breed of hogs. Florida is
a hog Paradise.
think it would be improper to
close without acknowledging to Ar
mour & Co. its large part in making
Florida a hog producing state on a
permanent basis. Furthermore, / be-
lieve every producer of hogs should
attempt to extend the marketing
season to cover longer period than
from October to March. We should
at least market enough hogs in Aug
ust, September, April and May to
keep killing plants running. / say
this in the interest of the grower
and in the interest of economy, for
from the price of hogs during the
killing months must be deducted the
overhead charges for the idle months.
Armour is no more a philanthropist
in killing hogs than the growers are
in producing them. We are all in