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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onths or a year of age. Fall pigs should bemarketed in the summer or early fall. If they come earlyin the fall they may be marketed in summer, while ifthey come later they are generally at the proper age andcondition for marketing very late the following summeror early fall at from nine to eleven months of age. It israrely advisable to market before eight months or laterthan twelve months of age, and all else being equal, theearlier the better. One is controlled in marketing notalone by size and age of the pig and condition of themarket, but primarily by the feed supply. Most desirable size for marketing.—The most desir-able size for marketing will depend on the time of yearand the market. The market will usually take heavierhogs during colder months than during the warmermonths. At a large packing center the size is not ofsuch great consequence, for there is always a demandfor every size of hog. It has been found, however, thatthe size that is in greatest demand on the central mar-
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218 SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION kets is that size averaging about 180 to 200 pounds. Forhome slaughtering purposes this is also a very satisfac-tory size. In the w^inter months a heavier weight maybe used to advantage, and in summer a lighter w^eight isreadily salable. The economy of early marketing.—The producer ofpork must continually bear in mind the advantages to bederived from early marketing. The gains are made at agreater expense as the hog grows older; the longerone keeps a hog the longer he has to maintain him orsupply him with maintenance feed, that feed which makesno gain, but which is necessary for the continuation ofthe animals life. Thus, in order to minimize this main-tenance cost and to produce the gains at the lowest cost,we should aim to place on maximum gains at the earliestage possible, in order that the production may be themost economical. Finishing for market.—While the growth process hadbest not be allowed to slacken from the time it is starteduntil the hogs a

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