The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-30
GROWING WEALTH.


lBy John A. Murkin. Director
Publicity. Southern Packing Cor
peration. gransehurg. S. CD
The farmer who has 10 to 100
good hogs on his farm at this
time, should feel mighty proud of
the fac1 as they are growing into
money every day. The hog always
puts a bigger smile on the farmers
face than, any other product from
a farm because he knows he al
ways has q ready MARKET at a good
price for his. product: Hogs have
saved many a farm by paying
taxes. interest and have kept it
running. The farmer who stays
by the brood sow year in and year
out and gives the business thought
ful attention has 11o cause ito wor-
try.
The one feature Of the great
swine businessNnaos Outstanding is
the noticeable fact that good sires
have been the greatest means OF;
progress /, in any :, of the several
prominent breeds Under any con-.
ditions a good sire is half. of the
herd and a poor sire is all the herd.
(The poor sire will affect every lit
ter unfavorably to some extent
no matter how good the dam.o
The good sire is essential even with
good soxs for the best results in
mating.
During the last few weeks the.
breeders have been very busy get
ting their show herds ready for
the shows this fall. They have
watched their hogs at every feed,
ing and have wondered which one
would bring home the bacon from
the fair. The beginner in the show
ring sshouldr't be discouraged If
he doesn't win a prize. He should
not be. disa ppointed by this, but
should consider that the advertis-
ing that his herd received while at
the show was "a great advancement
to. his herd. The greatest sport in
showing IS when you are defeated
to go home with determination
that you will not be defeated ar
|other. year. That word "detern1i-
nation. has spelled success for
many of our big breeders Of today.
Farm Demonstration Agent L. S.
Wolfe, at the big farmers meeting,
held this week at the Southern
Packing Corporations plant at:
Orangeburg. s. c.: stressed the ina-;
portance of raising hogs in South
Carolina, and cautioned the farmer
not 10 use peanuts as a hog feed be-.
cause hard hogs, the Kind the pack
er wants. can not be grown on
peanuts.
The ultimate end of the pork
err is the pork barrel Regard
less o. his lineage, regardless OF
blue ribbons he may carry, and
the aristocratie blood that may
course through his veins, in the
end he Is apt to meet a tragic
death and his carcass go to fille the
larder OF a hungry world
Granting that the preceding
statements are true, then the fol-
lowing ones become equally true:
that the is,1t' mate aim of the pure
bred breeder should be to produce
a type of hogs With the breeding
back Of it that will lost econerai-
cally convert. raw products of the
farm into the finished article. ready
for the pork barrel Iasay breeding
back Of the type beeatise every
breeder knows that he has in HIS
herd certain blood lines. or certain
individuals which produce Uniform
~ large. strong. even litters of pigs
that will go into the feed lot and
make hogs of themselves in less
time and more economically than
other pigs of the same age, and
under the same identical conditions.
TOO often We lose sight Of this I'M.
! portant factor in our consideration
of pedigree.
Just now. when We are down to
rock bottom in all lines of busi-
ness, is an opportune time for the
breeder to thoughtfully and se-
riously size up his herd and ask
himself these questions: Am /
producing hogs that will go into
the feed lot and outfeed my neigh
bors grades or cross breeds %
Twin my purebreds reach a. mar,
ketable age on less feed and sell
for more dollars per hundred
pounds than his? "If these .ques-
tons cannot be answered in the af-
firnnatire. the breeder is not doing
a service to his community and be-
comes a real detriment to the ad-
vaneenent OF his breed. And the
business that does not serve, wheth-
er it be raising hogs or selling
shoes. must ultimately fail. We
must produce the hog the feeder
wants. the hog the packer wants.
Not the all legs, fish back, slim
bodied. razor back, extreme type,
but the strong. backed, deep sided,
active. smooth, we1l-boned type