4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 28. 1959 U.S. No* 1 Leads Pork Grades In Quality, Amount of Lean The U. S. grades of barrows and gilts are U. S. #l, #2; *3, Medium and Cull. Grading of butcher hogs is based pri marily in differences in "the yields of lean and fat cuts and differences in quality of the cuts. Measurements of the back fat thickness in relation to weight or length are closely related to the yields of -the primal cuts and quality. The back fat measurements are taken over the first and last-tib and the last lumbar re gion The measurements of the length of side are taken from the first rib to the aitch bone. The following list provides a guide in determining the various grades: Either earcass weight' or length may be used with back fat thickness as a re liable guide to grade. These figures give normal • length range for given weights. Carcasses under 120 lbs. or 27-inches with avg. back fat thickness by grade: No. 1, 1.2 - I>s; No. 2. 1.5 - 1.8; No. 3, 1.8 or more; Med., .9 - 1.2, and cull, less than .9 Inches. Carcasses 120 - 164 lbs. or 27 - 29.9 inches long: No. 1, 1.3 - 1.6; No. 2, 1.6 - 1.9; No 3, 19 or more; Med ,10- 1.3, and cull, less than one inch. Carcasses 165 - 209 lbs. or 30 - 32.9 inches; No. 1, 1-4 . 1.7; No. 2, 1.7 - 2.0; No. 3, 2 inches or more; Med., 1.1 - 1.4, cull, less than 1.1 inch. Carcasses 210 lbs or more or 33 inches or more: 1.5 - 1.8; No. -2, 1.8 - 2.1; No. 3, 2.1 or more; Med., 1,2 - 1.5, and cull, less than 1.2 inch es of backfaf thickness. - At present there is no Fed eral graded pork available to consumers, although Fed eral grade standards have been published and now are used by some states and in dividual buyers and sellers in grading live hogs or bulk carcasses. The grading of hogs re flects consumer preference for lean meat, but without disregarding quality. You will notice that the Medium grade hog has less back fat "than the U. S. #l, but the Medium hog is usually un. finished and the meat is rath er tough when fried. But, on the other hand, a chop from a #3 hog will shrink considerably due to melting the excess fat. The -£1 hog combines just the right amount of fat in with the lean to please most cus tomers Grade Specifications for (J. S. No. 1 Barrow and Gifts Carcasses in this grade have near the minimum de gree of finish required for the production of acceptable -quality cuts Meatiness based on yield of lean cuts in re lation to carcass weight is slightly high; yield of fat cuts is slightly low The ratio of total lean and fat to bone is slightly high. ■Carcasses possessing the minimum finish for IT S No. 1 grade are slightly wide and moderately long in .re lation to weight The back and loins are moderately full and thick ■with a well-rounded appear ance Hams are usually mod erately thick, plump, and smooth and are slightly full in the lower part toward the hocks Bellies long and are moderately smooth, slightly have been after being o ff lc ,J to life does not ij Winder it once j is emphasis on rection an crop)! place? Vl&itont, can see thwg s , Farm Battle Slows human bemg S W 1 - - never act hko w All of the.debate over farm T ., ~ „ are more like v , legislation which you will be Dcvotional Keadine: i Coiintuians 15 1- *trody 13 a hve may hearing for the next few n. the spirit and t L months out of Washington .. ■ ....... too. So the reaiw will be interestng but of no • a ■ . about Jesus is t{ ( importance so far as 1959 UllrlSl LIV6S alive, not that h,,' crops ate concerned. again. Congress and the Admin istration have been unable to | resolve their differences over „ , farm legislation in time to happened on Easter make changes that would ap- mornJi® la out on the ply to crops being grown this frin^e '” **3® *■ fi“dern Tlte^, on year. Plantings already have the life of Christ. On the other begun in the South. , hand - who make a , , great-point of the empty tomb and The adoption of new farm - tho phyaical resurrection of Christ, legislation is a complicated xhi» an argument that and time-consuming proced- ion: .Which is more ure at best. It becomes ■ ex- -innpprtairt,- the fact of the Reaur ceedmgly slow when there MCtioß> -meaning- of the are deep , and fundamental Resurrection? differences between the sin cere friends ofragriculture.' - FMt-Witko«t Waning - ' The question which divides Consider-what the effect is if wt Congress on one side aind -the coacaa' President of the United Sta-" tmsl; tes and the Secretary of Ag-z-th*' rigiflture on the other is Very “into simply this: hod; Pul - Are farm prices too Jiigh? - Benson Says Yes - j '&m>t thick, and moderately uni- Secretary of Agriculture; , aKd form in thickness;-the belly Ezra Taft Benson says that mpl pocket is slightly thick, “high prices being paid to th / and full but uspally blend farmers,” some of which are miraculously /smoothly into the -sides. guaranteed by the Govern- come .ahve again and walked out. The carcass is moderately ment, have encouraged farm- n ow - the evidence for this as afact well-balanced and smooth ers to produce excessively* . g gmong. -More than one' person with moderately uniform de- resulted in costly support who se t ou t .to -show that the evi velopment of the various programs and caused high dence jg unconvincing, has wound parts. , prices. up by believing it. A lew years ago There are moderate quan- Benson points to the stea- somft one wrote a very learned tities of interior fat in the lnrrease . i n farm product- article mtending to prove that the region of the pelvis, a slight, ! ° n in I? 58, set a new body of Jesus could - not possibly Iv thin but fairlv extensive record 11% above any pre- gave been putinto a separate tomb, fat vious year Some $3 biFion and that the women were quite surface of the rihs and a - worth of those crops have mistaken when they found an slightly small auantitv of gone ° r will soon go > into em Pty tomb —mistaken, because featheSne q tty government storage. the body had never been there in The flesh is firm Lower price supports wo- the first place. But how did that n .j, - " . , . uld cause prices to farmers writer arrive at such a conclu - . „ interior tQ de ,oi ne and thus discour- sion? Only by the skepticat writ e nrm, wnite, ana 01 a g e them from producing too mg-off, as worthless, all the tgsti- I 1? Carcasses muc h Bensoh contends. If / mony there is in the Gospel'S that wun lat ttnekness typical of f armers reduced their nrodu- the women did know, very well, jne thinner one-half of the c / 10t1 b v only about 10% the where the body was supposed to U. S No. 1 grade but with government would be- spared be, and that a mistake under the the firmness, quantity and the expense of storing the circumstances was impossible, ristribution of interior fats, excess production he believ Nevertheless, if we never get and belly thickness typical eS- our minds off the empty tomb and of Medium grade shall be jf f o nd prices were lower, the physical resurrection,, we shall graded Medium . he argues, consumers would miss too much. Nowadays espec- Carcasses with fat thick- soon begin to buy more and tally, with all the medical miracles ness typical of the fatter one- thus eat up the surpluses. that are reported about people who half of the U. S. No. 1 For every dollar less recei-, grade but with the fat distri- ved bv farmers the cost of , bution, meatiness, and the food to consumers would de- _ ~ thickness and fullness of dine by 38 cents, that being |\j r\\*j I q I rip 1 rTf)p hams, loins, shoulders, and the amount farmers get from vv 1 UIIV • • • bellies typical of U. S. everv debar spent by con- jjy MAX SMITH No. 2 grade shall be sumevc; fo»- food TTC „ a ttttoim wtth FI U. S No. 2. Congress Says No' 10 USb CAU-L , „ , 1 , Farm critics of the Secre- —The trend in nearly all phase t tary in Congress say he is ture is to use more commerci DeeKeeperS I O 7 mistaken; that lower prices One vital practice is important« k i , . . would bankrupt small farm- mind; namely, when any fertilize /Vl©©! r rid ayers and concentrate land in used containing nitrogen or The annual meeting of the the h s ads of j? ig the seeds or the plant roots shout CouS aoorts were bees at work and honey actuP i ]v has mc reased The crops. result has been that costs of - oDern+in-* the USDA have in creased by over 400% in the pa ct '■’v v»ars. “Manv of us ” Whitten said m a I'ecent House speech, “tried 'n te'l him that farm ers. id'’ o others, had large investments, high operating coc+s- =i(i that farmers faced . with increasing costs and lo wer nrices, have to try to TO DOCK SPRING LAMBS—The best mak« up the difference with the tail from a young lamb is before it is a , greater production.” many successful sheperds will perform this op el ' Th- vear may dec’de whi- lhird or f our th day. The older the lamb the ff 6 ch—Benson or Whitten—i if f rom the operation. Removing the tail priirsunportl were reduced the appearance of the lamb and make it bv p" average of 20%, and the flock from a sanitary standpoint. In adcW 1 " prod”c*ion increased by 17 % lambs that are to be marketed should be cash For 1959 supports have be- they are a month old; this will improve their en lowered by another 15% mar ket time, especially if to be sold after average What will the effect make it possible for a more efficient gain f® 1 be on farm production, and * ' on food prices? er ' Lancaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Weekly p O Rn\ I I'M P^nna Offices -53 Noitb nuke St Lancaster Penna Phone - Lancaster 4-3047 Dan McGrow Fditor; Robert G fa-mu' 'll Advertising Director " -■'ti'-ss URmag-er Established V'vemher 4, 1935 Pubb'died eve-' Saturday by Lancaster Farml-m r anraster. Pa Tnteied a= ’n ’ '■'asq matter at Lancaster Pa und"*- Act of Mar. 3 IS7O addition > -mfry at Mount Tnv Pa Subscription Rates- $2 per year; three years $5. Single copy Price • cents "•mberq ° -uaper Publsh crq - \qqocintlon National Editor. 1 1 Association * This Week in Washington bp Clinton Davidson Farm Lesson for March 29,1958 TO ROLL LAWNS WITH XIGHT ROLLER - cases it will be better if the lawn is not i oiled spring of the year; the purpose of rolling is to roots and the soil into closer contact in case there some heaving of the grass roots. In old lawns tins necessary; in new lawns more heaving and rou# need this attention. When rolling the lawn it 151 to use only a light roller (partly filled with w a ' cl ' when the ground is partly dried out. The practio ing the lawn each spring with a heavy roller * ground is wet in many cases will cause soil cofl>P ! the grass roots will not have room to expand at properly. 1)1 Meaning Without; On the other f emphasize th* , Resurrection, thji more than that, cause he* lives w. ‘ Then we shah b«, ter of the messat what -happens i; same time, "]/f ( Easter Faith 1 ' - Of belief in irmnoti but we are not E Easter facts’” gj. seem, there are* just that'pomt of * get rid of all the they- use, what t cornea down to this) what iutppenrlfii and we don’t cn cemed with the s never happened. To put all one'sj and disregard tl ' Easter is to built tion and leave it,i ity. Tha Maanings oil A. study of the will show any rea{ Christians prized meaning They net if anything, about I in sermons or lett Gospel stories Cia the cry. But th pointed to someti more precious tte again. The NewTi dwelt lovingly on I the Hesur-ectiori ■stamp of approval was the triumph sin and death, a ti .all his people will ■it was a sure tol beyond death; it ‘tian’s glimpse ui of heaven; it wasj love and power (Based on ontta Hho Division of Cli "National 'Council o! ■Christ' in the li. S Community Press Sh time 1