The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-03-07

crop estimates there are G. .nIa000 hogs In the
United States. OF which 29.esi 900 animals or saa
per cent are farms In the six corn belt states
OF lows, Illinois, Nebraska. Missouri Indiana. and
Ohio. while ai.TAoO porkers. or ~, per cent
pre located IN the IL Southern states, and the
remaining nj per cent are distributed over the
rnainng n states Of the Unian Under pres
rnt conditions the South ranks s-spni only 10 the
corn belt m the lradlng pork producing section of
the country. The r~markahle fact about the
growth Of the hog business In the cotton states Ii
TIM, II has developed rapidly during the last Ave
years Az direct result of tho untiring efforts Of
comfy agents 10 popatarIfe pork production
Dramatically the South Is the ideal livestock sec
,ion Of this country and presen, Indications ARE
that II Ia en- route 10 come into Its own,
Indicative 81 the rapid rise OF n. PORK indus
try II counties Of southern Alabama. although
thss ~ pa, .hp 20 market siRxls carload -ot
hogs during the year let2t9i2 marketed 2,sa.
carloads ri hogs during the period from Apr'l l.
inlT 70 April l. lNiS Mississippi exported Ta44
hogs 10 tDii while IN fDt7 she disposed ef 40
fat porkrrs. an increase of i..c+ par cent For
the most part the Southern hogs nre DEVELOPED
.aexpensivety, on snch forage crops SOY bean.
peanuts, cewr.ss ehufas t~esatoes, native grasses
and clover. willie corn is used as, finish feed to
firm contract aud "htcctn' the fesh 20 the desir.
able market quality.
The hog supply has developed with the increase
In eurn prptlurtiua In 1900 North Carolina raised
sI1noN bushels 81 corn, while In 1918 Il har
vested ~ sssatso bushels and fsstencd i,.saUp
hogs Georgia produced approximately 2aA-s10
bushels more corn IN 1918 than In ieno and dur
fng tpis handled 2,:oT 0n hogs Similarly in the
case ~ the other Southern sfates Increased yields
Of rern sri ters have been Intimately retated. g
while the cxigenetss " wartime production have
.rcrsled NJ ,he farmers and largely In accord
with hIgh market values have expedited pork
manufacture. Similarly rsul, n greater
hay rr~iuetoa. nserr cattle have been kept In the
South In 1ol. MtsSssirri marksic, only Sa@ap
fat cattle. while IN 1915 s shipped t5s.s- ant
mails To the 81 Louis market an increase Of ~,
rer cent During 1913 Mississippi farmers sold
dSs, head ~ sheep IN St. Louis. whllr IN 1877
they shipped 1897. shevr 70 the same market an
Increase Of 80 pr csns
Reports show AN COS wosn~n sct'velv engage,
In regular and emergency wnr work IN the south.
err states during inl- while nso ~. gfrss assisted
along ssrar ,snes; a total ~ ..ss,.ss wcraan
and girls worked IL ke,r win the war hy xxrsen.
frg poultry pro<iaetson canning and drying fra,a
vegetables and rseats butter Masking ard cheese
making Their achievements are partially psc
turvs In erronauo Gems oS fruits and vegetable.
new Awui'ing ccnsumrtion In Southern ssnrs
rsaws nnS ran'r'es 1'Erars.A aeirten states that
daring the last IN rssaths Ne Southern ssatsa
have canned and p~s-rr~f sr per cent unor~
fruits and Vegetables than IN any similar period
In the last hat century
The Gc-r wsaen enrolled to sSi: Scath~rn
clubs rec~1'iv A.vs put ~ S4ea1f-s rams M
Vegetables and fruits wNrth ever S-osanS In
sadftten rev have rr~ps-~s. ever 80 tce+ If
tat'd fruits and scs~'ah'~> and hrsn-d pa~kl~a
ard stored 40 aaslaoael tcn< ~ Vegetables IT,.
TIS6 southern T'is e~gsrt In r~Sr,ar rsuh
work raised and canned SIS. osN can. NJ r~sv.
tables worth " sonc I. well A. csns.rr an aA
et,ieaaI IeetoM Nar'aners e; fruits and yrr.e,.
Dies ~hirh the, "a 49, rr&sa themselves
foys club week las slsc aTvslat--s VA an araas
ln< s-nse e~cSns' ~ th~ p~r~e~~-sar see s.o-
seien,iecs WORT u Ia eounu assu,. pur,as ia,;