The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-19
AGREEABLE DAYS
SPENT IN OCALA
Swine Growers of the State Adjourn
After a Pleasant and Prof.
table Session

Following are the names OF the OIL |
GERS elected this afternoon by the rep |
resentatives of the State Swine Grow
ers Association, to serve during the |
ensuing year:
President, L. S. Harvard, Live Oak. |
First vice president, w. NJ. Gist, Nc
Intosh. Second vice president, L. "a.
Willis, Evinston. Third vice presi-
dent, j. P. Bass, Pierce. Fourth vice
president, w. C.. Blood, Ocala. Secre-
tary, VIM. M. Traer, Jacksonville. |
Treasurer, H. G. Clayton, Gainesville.
Choice of the next meeting place !
was left to the executive committee.
The State Swine Growers Associa-
tion met in annual session here yes
terday morning with President Bur-
dett Loomis Jr., of Pierce, presiding.
The growers were welcomed to Ocala
by Mayor E. G. Peek, to which there
was response by DR.. L. A. Lyons of
Tallahassee. The attendance at the
convention has been gut as the result
of the rainy weather on Tuesday and
the threatening weather yesterday and
today.
The meeting yesterday morning
was held in the armory and was feat
ured by the presidents annual address
and addresses by l.. NJ Rhodes, state
marketing commissioner on "Why
Florida People Should Eat Florida
Pork" and by K. c. Moore, Marion
county agricultural agent, on "Home
Curing of Hams and Bacon" Com
missioner Rhodes stated that the
movement having for it's slogan "Eat
Florida Pork" could succeed only if
the growers and farmers put on the
market only first class products and
in an attractive form. He stated that
the people would purchase food pro-
ducts of quality and standard pack,
and said that the Florida pork could
be marketed direct from the farm or
thru cooperative marketing associa-
tions. He pointed out that Florida is
at present importing from other states
68,000,0 900 pounds of pork. He also
called attention to the fact that the
existing difference in price paid to
producers and the price paid by the
consumer amounted to several mill
ion dollars annually.
Mr.. Moore captured the audience at
once with story of how hogs used to
be butchered on a certain plantation
in Virginia. 1t seems that the ne
groes kept huge log fires burning all
night in which were heated large
stones. Next morning the red hot
stones were placed in a small water
hole. Then with a great hullabalo
that scared the hogs half stiff, the
porkers were driven thru the water
hole. Now there was on the other
side of the water hole, briar patch
and the hogs came out of the scalding
water so fast that they ran thru the
briar patch and all of the hair was re-
moved and the hogs were thus made
ready for butchering.
A splendid exhibit of cured hags
and bacon was made by Mr.. w. M.
Gist of Mcintosh.
1t had been planned that the grow
ers should have luncheon at Silver
Springs yesterday, as guests of the
Marion County Board of Trade. On
account of the threatening weather it
was decided best to have the luncheon
indoors and it was served in one of
the buildings at the fair grounds. Au-
tomobiles reported at the armory at
one o'clock and took the growers to
the fair grounds where a most delic-
ious picnic luncheon was served by a
committee from the Daughters of the
Confederacy. The luncheon consisted
of sandwiches, two kinds of salad, two
kinds of cake and hot coffee, and for
the time being at least, the weather
was forgotten. From the fair grounds
the growers were taken to Silver
Springs where they viewed those won
derful waters thru the glass bottomed
boats. They then returned to town
and many of them visited the Marion
County Creamery.
Last nights session was held in the
Board of Trade room, where number
of most interesting talks were made
Mr.. Chas. F. Leach of Monticello, dis.
cussed Selling the Consumer Direct.
He laid particular stress on the diff
ference between raising hogs in Flor.
ida and raising them in the corn belt
pointing out that it was a serious mis-.
take for northern and mid-wester1
farmers to attempt to produce pork il
Florida by the same methods used il
the corn belt. Mr.. Leach stated thai
Florida was not a corn country. HI
said, however, that Florida could pro