Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-02
Opportunities in Pork Production


We have made tremendous strides
as swine raising state as the facts
set forth below fully demonstrate |
am sorry to state, however, that
there is tendency for us to drop
back in this industry The most re-
cent fngures available indicate that
there were $50 less hogs in Geor-
gia than there were last year This
is due no doubt to the impression
that swine raising along with all
~*sser types of farming is now I'M
profitable. 1 think this is gross
error, for [ believe that hog raising
offers our landowners as fine an OPP
portunity to make a desirable profit
Us they can hope to secure from other
lines of effort. AS a matter of fact,
we need to increase the number of
hogs finished off in Georgia in spite
of the fine record of development we
have already made. 1t is necessary
ourselves with all the meat and pork
products we will need for home con-
sumption in 1921. 1t is evident to
every thinking citizen that we can
not expect to buy supplies of this
character from other sections of thS
country next year at the price which
cotton is likely to command:
We cannot afford to let the swine
industry languish and decline. we
must stimulate and increase it by eV-
cry effort at our command. 10 at
tain this end calls for the employ
ment of all the special knoWle"&ee
and information we can secure ana
so it wifi be the purpose of the edl-
tor of these columns to place every
fact associated with the promotion
Of this industry before our readers
in the simplest and most concise
form possible. The data presented
below will of course be based on the
ence of the experts associated with
the Georgia State College of Agrl-
culture and the United states depart
ment of agriculture cooperating ana
il includes a resume of the lnNestlc.
cations made through the agency OIL
the extension division as we'll. 90
In 1910 Georgia had 1,703 ,6Sf
hogs. valued at 3.O4 per head, and IN
1920 there were 3,165,OO0, valued at
$3.50 per head. The increase OF
445.9 per cent in valuatio per heaq
has been due partly to the genera
provement in quality. for IN the same E
period the average hog of the Unlte9 @
Stat advanced in price from S9lS
to S1.01, a gain of only 1913 per cent,
Today the Georgia hog is nearly
equal to the average hog OF the couh-
try in valuation.
Many agencies have been at work
in building up the swine industry OF
Georgia The Georgia State college
of Agriculture through its extension
forces has been an important factor
in disseminating information along
this line. Farmers have been shown
the wisdom of using purebred and
registered boars of good type and m
Gividuality. They have also selected
a better quality of soWs than had
been used formerly. The use of more
grazing crops has resulted in cheap
ening the cost of production.
The Pig clug members deserve spe--
cial mention in awakening interest
n this work These juvenile captains
Of animal husbandry, under the dl-
rection of the county agricultural
agents, have inspired farmer after
'9rmer to give more attention to
hogs. The interest aroused has ere
a ed demand for better animals so
the purebred hog producer has be-
come established throughout the
state,
This development has taken place
largely in south Georgia. There the
farmers have been unconsciously
preparing the way for long time
The continued growing of large
numbers of hogs since colonial times
md the introduction Of peanuts just
for the industry of today. Had the
south Georgia farmers in the past
adopted the method now found in
north Georgia of growing only one
or two good pen-fed hogs each, the
recent development could not have
been so great. Fortunately, they
did not, but instead gradually work
ed out the essentials of the present
system. When the time came they