Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-26
THE PRICE OF GEORGIA HOGS.

What Georgia needs is not more packing houses,
but better knowledge of the feeding CT hogs and
the application of method feeding whereby they may
be marketed the year instead of during four
months in the winter
No, it wasn't packer speaking. 1t was own
Pig Club" Downing the State College of Agriculture
in discussing the writer future. But
particularly interesting this time when of
crcizing the packers for the big discrep
ancy between the prices Southern Northern hogs
Georgia today has more packing houses than the
of Iowa, which is the first state in the union in
the prodcution of hogs Mr.. Downing That
in ITSELF is evidence that what need is something
other than more packing houses. That may seem
strange the farmer who reads of the packing houses
being gutted with that they take his stuff
when is ready for market But this difficulty is the
the all marketing hogs about
time of year-the bulk of their animals
Der January and February Naturally, the packer can't
take OF the whole production OF the South in
fourth of the year; and must in mind that
the packing the year around-and there
many many days during the year when our Southern
packing houses stockyards barren of stock This
is condition which is not found in the North, where
that they higher prices by
feeding their hogs they will ready for market
at varied of the year The result a fairly
steady supply of hogs the packing houses the year
around
Another place where the Southern farmer falls down
in obtaining the best prices for his hogs in the feed
ing Peanut-fed hogs in the packers parlance kill soft
Their flesh is soft oily harden when cold
like corn-fed animals. The government-fxed price is
based hard pork This does not mean that we
stop feeding peanuts for such is the case but
farmers learn the art of feeding balanced ration
with the peanuts that will produce the hard meat. Ex
periments have shown that the proper mixing of
velvet beans will do this but it important that
mixture be fed all during the fattening period. Hogs
fed peanuts their lives changed into
hard animals by three months of intensive
velvet bean feeding just before marketing But it is
comparatively simple if started early"
The Tmes-Recorder is not standing up" for the
packer packer will always see to it that gets
his. But these the observations of a paid
stock expert-paid to find what to solve our
troubles and then to tell u.s.
And here is another angle of the hog price con-
troversy which is presented by the Triton Gazette
Marketing hogs at a packing plant is something
comparatively Georgia. consequently there
lots of things about that the producers-and for
that matter the amateur packer alsohas About
the discussed proposition difference between
the price paid for hogs in the South price pre-
valng in Chicago There many reasons for this but
here is one have heard before:
Chicago packers buy day for their killing next
day They keep live stock and buy from the
stock yards. On the other hand Southern packer
must buy his stock from the producer must nee
essity keep supply hand The cost of this is not
generally understood Added feed is the loss in weight
and to this must be added the from death and dis
which reaches astonishing proportions when the
crowded 1t said that one Southern plant lost
$4,000 worth of from this cause in few DAYS
last year when it became overstocked with hogs and
cholera got in among them.
Another thing that is an unexplained mys-
terry to the producer is the existing difference of
cent pound between the price wagon hogs and car
hogs Ordinarily his hogs look cleaner and better and
the man with the wagon thinks they should bring more