The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-12-23

breeding hog to the sale or sell pork
hog at home and remit to the Secre-
tary. Box $50. Jacksonville, or If you
are not raising hogs, donate cash to
the approximate value or an average
I50spound pork hog, worth around
5000 at the top of the market.
The Florida State Swine Gdowers
Association is not going to stand still
because Of business depressions, low
market prices or anything of the kind
It has the most progressive and loyal
membership of any agricultural organ
fzation in the state. Pork can be pro-
Educed cheaper in Florida than in any
other state in the Union and the mem
bers of this organization are going to
prove to farmers in other lines in the
state that they cannot afford to be
without hogs on any Florida farm
Why can't this strong organization
sell the idea to Floridians to eat Flor
IDA pork only and accept no substi-
tute? We know there is no better
pork on earth. 1t would be compare
lively easy to establish a home mar
ket for home-cured pork which would
invariably bring good prices Experts
on home butchering, curing and mar
keting will appear on the program at
this meeting. come and learn their
views on your problems.
The program committee Is planning
on showing an exhibit of home-cured
hams and bacon and homemade coun-
try sausage at this meeting and he
Association Offers the following priz-
es for such exhibits:
Best display home-cured bacon
------.- -----.-- .-.---.----$5.00 cash
Best display home-cured ham
--.. .,.-..... - $500 cash
Best display homemade country
sausage. $4,000. $500 cash
This exhibit is open to any Florida
farmer or member of his family
whether they are members of the AS
sociation or not
Besides many other instructive
features in the program. the registered
hogs donated by breeder members will
be sold at auction and there will be
an exhibition of pure bred breeding
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the prize-winners at the big swine
shows of the South during the fall just
past
Florida people can be educated to
demand Florida hams and bacon and
fresh Florida pork of their local butch
ers, but our membership must start
the movement with vigorous publicity.
individually and collectively. Then
our swine growers must butcher and
cure meats to supply the demand
There is no good reason why Florida
consumers should continue to buy
millions of dollars worth of high-priced
pork each year when Florida swine
growers can provide all that is need
ed and keep themoney at home. Let's
have small packing plant on every
farm and if retail dealers will not
handle the product orders can be Sc
cureed by mail and by advertising in
local newspapers.
The Association needs funds to
help perform this and other construc-
tive work Will you not help by
sending a check that you will contri-
butte and mailing the same to the
secretary at once. Cash receipts from
sale of pork hogs or cash donations.
in lieu thereof may be sent to the
secretary at any time on or before
January 18th, 1922.
The success of the swine growing
Industry in Florida depends to great
extent upon the success and progress
made by this organization. Will you
help put it over?
Florida State Swine Growers AS
sociaton,
BURDETT LOOMS, Jr., President
WILL M. TRAER, Secretary
Desire Larger Peach
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