Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-18
SWINE BREEDERS TALK
AT HEREFORD MEETING
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE

~tfHiN th' NNNFi IhNln lihrNlnif n'AtlNIl'
mDni for the feed consumed. That they
want hog with "a larger lard production
than is demanded by our American
people. he said that Texas breeders
are going 90 have good share -
fhiH business.
With reference a. the question as o.
whether Mexico can raise hogs Mr.
Ward said that Mexico grows In great.
esi abundance many Of the lceumlnous
crops and immense YIELD ~ corn and
n'hia feeds needed for hogs which
answers the question as to whether
MoNoun can grow them hut bon this
connection called attention 60 the fact
that the southern republic h quite sus.
neptlhle t0 hog cholera and o. offset
inis 'uri ho urged that breeders making
sol"s Boo Mexico should sell only I'm.
munised stock they should also On
form the purchasers as to where treat
mont against hog cholera may be So.
cured aud how ~ is scientifically ad-
mInisterod
With reference to whore the Next.
cans viii buy hogs Nh Ward said that
purchases viii be- made from Texas
breeders provided they are treated
honestly and convinced that they are
being given e square deal.
m fhD estimation ol Nh Ward. Texas
be- destined 90 share richly in the bust.
r,ss of supplying seed stock.
Tom frazier az IT Worth speaking
g, th' future OF the rog market said
that DO, outlook Ton the market hog
grower is very much brighter than
. has been fur the past few years
d. said Chat %, depletion of the stock
of hogs On both the Pacific and Al
Euu, Slopes viii Doe reflected Tor the
good uf the grower iu this portion ~
M. state with special reference 90 IN"
hJyiug campaign conducted boz The
Panhandle and Plains of Texas for m"
benefit u the California market Nh
Itiri,r said that the hogs ~ this
section of the southwest possessed quail
fe generally believed Co bo superior
foo those grown in other portions ~
%, country he advised the use ~
uur, bred hogs for every farm and
gly, as hif reason the well known fact
of th' quick growth and the more do
undesirable quality ~ the meat In H.
u-uatiun at his point he told about
q shipment from East Texas on the
IT, Worth market and said that these
hogs sold at an average of five and
hall cents whereas the better bred stuff
num thD western portion uf the state
Sold fnr seven and half cents.
~. closed with AN optimistic forecast
81 the hog business increasing during
the next two years.
H. J. Mcdonald president n the
Hereford Chamber 20 Commerce. speak
ur ou the d"sirahillty Of pure bred hogs
lo pork production said that there
should %. bat one hog used ON every
'alm boo ZOO this country and that should
b, pure bred he spuk, of the per.
s.stcut and wei sustained propaganda
~ the breeders OF purohrod livestock
ani some of the difficulties that hav"
bad to hr met and overcome.
ln th. course ~ his address Mr. Nj
Donald referred o. ihc fact that 10
number uf years ago the razor hack
tou was supposed 20 De- more nearly
iumuu, against attacks uf cholera
thau pure or better bred hogs the \
IS ~ college of Wisconsin however
made numerous tests with reference
tu the susceptibility 81 che two strains
0r hogs tu cholera and their Response
u terms ~ gains 90 feed resulting in
90 complete demonstration ~ tn super
iDrty of the better breeds
Touching on tho most desirable
breed of hogs for th, farmer Mr Nc.
Donald sold that the best breed is
one that produces DO, most money o0
tr. least l..d lu the -hurte~, % ssihlc
tim, ~, said that there rs mo- urgu
u.ut U favor uf poorly bred hog
Iu closing Mr. Mcdonald said the
farmers are more Interested in type
than u breed and moro in form than
IN pclrfpas FOR the pork barrel is tn
end This farmers ideal Is approved
D., the packers and is generally accept
God hy the consumers the supply ~ this
type b. he end az an breeding.
The afternoon session was opened
with some practical pointers on success
ON the swine industry by Joe lIaagu
.ccr,mry ~ the National Duroc Icr
s,y Record of Peoria IN, Mr.. Haaeas
.lk was exceedingly practical and one
in which hc did not SPARE the feelings
of would bo growers of breeding stock
to said that IN order to Dee a success
ml breeder a man must Dee possessed
of common sense mad good business
Judgment n addition 20 a natural lik
INK Tor the breeding business He also
.aid that great many breeders are
guilty Df a mere crime by attempting
GOO ullor every animal narrowed ON the
market as the breeding individual He
Insisted that fully fifty per cent OF all
ple. frroWcd should 40 90 the pack
ors and Boz many Instances much
HIGHER number
Ludwig lrchcck 81 Happy gave an
interesting talk on my experience in
OBJ, hos raising business. This talk
was very practical and purely from
on. farmers view point.
O. IS Warren connected with the
feeding department Of the \. a VI. Col
De-. aN, talk On hog feeding deal
ire v.fh number ~ experiments con
au,t.J uu DO, C,llcge farm. ~ the con
clu-iDn off Nh Warrens talk he an
seerrd numerous questions asked him
o., th. farmers ~ the Panhandle and
Plains district
pr rhhsrty ~ the livestock SAM
ury condition gave brief practice.
OH. ON th, f1rm sanitation and control
nf contagious disease This talk wa
confined to the diseases NJ The Par
h4un country Ia F1ahcrtv Insisted
that strictly sanitary condition b. one
of me greatest aids uossib.c In combat.