The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
TIME for YOU TO QUIT"
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It's More Than a Fad,
Says Percy D. Elliott,
Who Hopes to Pro-
duce " the Gre at
American Pig and
Cut Living Costs

y
Cut Living Costs
from Greenwich. What is going on here is
no Greenwich Village Folly-it is solid work
for American pig culture and for the Amer
lean table"
Mr.. Elliott started in originally with some
grade pigs, but before many years he go.
RID of everything but the pure BREEDS. AL
though his equipment is an elaborate one, 1t
is not much more expensive than any one
would require whose only idea was to raise
hoas for pork purposes. The final goal of
all pigdom is the abattoir, for only there can
the breeder know whether not he has
reached the right proportion of fat and lean
and produced the quality and the flavor.
With a comparatively simple equipment.
however, every farmer can have pure bred
stock, In his opinion. which will enhance the
value Of pork as food.
Advice to the Farmer.
ITO every farmer" continued Mr.. Elliott,
'I would like to say discard the old style
grade hog and put in an up-to-date hog
which does not eat any more than the grade
hog and probably on an average does not
consume as much pure bred hog takes
no more care than should be given TO any
hog. and as 1t natures in shorter time
without increasing the amount of food and
labor II produces a better profit, the meat
aid the fat are of finer quality and better .
flavor and command good prices
'"The farmer and his family with very
little outlay can go into the pure bred bust
ness. The methods for making the neces-
sary start vary in different parts of the
country. For instance, some breeders will
sell a pure bred sow, which is already bred,
for say $3.50. They accept $50 in cash, or
800. II the credit of the buyer Is good
in his neighborhood nearly any bank will
gladly loan him the balance. He Is now
able to insure such sows. which provides a
protection both to him and the person
or the bank making the loan. Pigs multi
ply so rapidly that the initial outlay needed
for starting his herd right is soon made up.
And here is another good reason for hav-
ing the pure bred pig. Many of the large
breeders now agree to buy pigs raised to a
certain age at "a price higher than can be
obtained for ordinary grade pork; that is,
from to 10 cents more a pound. If the
farmer becomes n breeder on his own ac-
count, and is willing to make the necessary
expenditures. he will find that all that he
does Is well worth the time and the effort.
Whatever course he may pursue along these
lines tends to the improving of the breeds
and will be felt in the years to come. He
will benefit himself well those who
are to come after him"
Boosting the Great American Pig.
It Is one of the delights of Piping Brook
Farm, which / have visited. to witness the
change In persons who came to chaff their
friend Percy and finally go away as boost
ers for the great American pig which he
fosters To hear him talk one would think
that the Berkshire were the only breed on
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value OF raising good pigs have back OF them
sound basis. He thinks hogs are beautiful.
and as beauty Is "A relative term and only
skin deep. anyway. perhaps he Is right.
To him there In "A charm In the dish face
OF the lordly porker for such az have II pro-
duce fine hams. He likes pigs with re-
fined ears, for from them one may make
money enough to have a silk purse and 20
FIJI IT, III the ear OF hog Is Topping and
siouchy, II means that his flesh win b.
tough and hard. III n pig has an awkward
numbering gait, instead 81 not ungracefu
leisurely waddle, II signifies that the meat =
well distributed on his bones. and being so
that II will be plump and sound and OF Are
flavor. If the back is strong and the feet
trim and well placed, more and better meat
end meat with lean and fat well apportioned
Is indicated.
Therefore, Mr.. Elliott as a connoisseur
sees much into the future when ne descants
upon the charms OF the animals I'm whose
careers he takes such delight when he has
reached the seclusion OF what his friend
facctiously call his classic retreat To para
nhrese the Eugene Field version OF coup.
Let from Horace:
Economic foresight Is the charm
or life upon the Porcine Farm
This is the main idea which sustains him
in an enterprise which takes up so much %
his hours of recreation. II is pleasing TO him
to be the owner OF champions and to see
Piping Brook rising higher and higher I'm
the realm of pork. but more than all tina.
his desire to take his full load OF Response,
bihty In plan which he believes will help
improve and cheaper one of ,ur most i'm
portant commodities