Identifier: southernporkprod00ewin (find matches)
Title: Southern pork production
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Ewing, Perry Van
Subjects: Pork industry and trade Swine
Publisher: New York, Orange Judd Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ave pigs or hogs of breeding sufficient tomake it possible for them to be developed into prizewinners. Next, which is equally important, is the supplyof the proper kind of feeds. The kind will depend on thekind of hogs to be fed and the length of time the feedingis to take place. After that, some shelter or shed spacewill have to be available, for show hogs cannot be run inthe sunshine and weather to any great extent, as it injuresthe hair and skin. Also, proper exercising pens or pad-docks must be available, these preferably to be sown tograzing crops. In addition to this, a place for washingthe hogs, oils, brushes, soaps, straw, crates, troughs, andthe like will have to be provided. As stated, most ofthese can be had on the average farm, and what littleextra is required for proper fitting will more than repayfor itself. Feeding for the show.—It is necessary to feed liberallyand judiciously when feeding for show purposes. Theuse of foodstuffs conducive to an excessive production of
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114 SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION fat should be avoided, since such feeding is apt to resultin an abnormal development of fat tissue in comparisonwith the lean. The distribution of fat and lean in thecarcass can be influenced to a limited extent by themethod of feeding. Proper covering and firmness offlesh are most desirable. Unnecessary expenses should beavoided. Vermifuges, tonics and appetizers may be usedto advantage. The feeding of sugar, molasses, and starchis an expensive procedure that is seldom justifiable. Thecooking of feeds is also of questionable value. The em-ployment of some of these and similar methods is some-times justifiable. Of course, in show fitting one is notjustified in figuring too closely on costs of gains, andespecially in the case of breeding swine when very highprices may obtain. Linseed meal is a food that we arejustified in using in the South in show fitting only. It isvery rich in protein and generally contains considerableoil, which is supposed to have a ve

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