4 —Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 25, 1959 - ■*'*' tf 1 m ;'c " I * No. 3 Hogs Have More Fat t, (Editors note: Following Is the final article in a series by James E. O’Hara, USDA Market News Service Reporter, in charge of the Lancaster Stock Yards Division. Mr. O’- Hara has in past weeks discussed and described the USDA standard slaughter cattle and hog grades, and interpreted their effect upon the farmer. Lancaster Farming wishes to thank both Mr. O’H’ara and the AMS for their efforts in informing the farmers of Lancaster County of market news and factors influencing the local livestock markets.) Yes and No. The US. #3 grade butcher is the fattest of all grades Th e answer, obviously, is and probably the most wastey. It does not necessarily mean P rice that a hog weighing over 240 Ib S . wB grade *2 on #3, hot this is generally true, but on the other hand a butcher j eas j- npt immediately. But, between 190 and 200 lbs. may grade U. S. #3. when farmers can they in- The price spread between - crease acreage in crops that I 7 ' S ' 1 A n l No - I ra Pf? S «m finish for U. S. No. 3 are have higher supports. 4rom $1 to $2 throughout the Wlde s jj o rt in relation Secretary of Agriculture, .year- Actually, the only time to we ight. Ezra Benson’s entire farm when it may be profitable to Th , , phi’osophy has been based! market No. 3 grade barrows .ji Tnd on the contention that high and Jits Is when the price esiUtalVS ,“ r supports caused the accumu- » nasrow and teed x S s “M™ ot more tto, « MUon _, P , , very plump, and smooth and ]Y ortl l of sur P luses aa but total farm lot prices of fresh pork cuts • *“« 06^ ly output a whopping n% at Ch cago March 26 to April IS, * lar ger than for any previous 1 inclusive. bot d 5111001:1117 year. Total acreage was low- Of all of the US. grades Th ‘ . ~ b l er but yields p£r acre set an probably the least eye- ap- deve i o D me nt of the various Farm income was up a hea pealing to the housewife, due S s are laree auan- ’thy 20% in 1958 over 1957 to the excess amounts of fat. P ties interior faf in the due *9 a combination of high, As tne percentage of No. 1 reg ion of the pelvis, a mod- or p ™ es and «cord Product hogs increases throughout the eratelv thick and extensive 10n - The Department of Agn, country, the price spread will la Jer of fat lining the inslde oult ure now expects a five to become greater and greater surface of the ribs, and sli- ? 1X per and at this same time some ght’v abundant feathering income this year, due entirely commercial feed companies The flesh is firm. * ow€r supports and prices. have an incentive program to Roth exterior and interior Lesson To Be Learned ]\T ___ 1 Hpl _ produce No 1 hogs that will fats are fimi, white, and of The lesson to be learned i\OW IS 100 1 1106 . . . ■yield over 50% of primal excellent quality. from this is that price sup cuts. Carcasses with nearly min ports at whatever level, are BY MAX SMITH The No. 3 grade hog will mU m fat thickness for the not the answer to a .farm sit average somewhere about 40 u g n g 3 grade but with the uation that is steadily wor-> -to 44 per cent yield of pri- f at ' distribution, meatiness, sening. We have production, anal cuts, and it has been stat- and thickness and fullness of controls that do not control) •ed that a 1 per cent increase hams, loms, shoulders, and production and price suppor above 50 per cent is worth bellies typical of the U.S. No. ts that do not support prices, about 25-35 c per liveweight 3 grade shall be graded U.S. The remarkable increase in * 3as ’ s - . . ' No. 2, farm production has been due Official specification for U.S. to i ncre ased efficiencies that No 3 grade follows. EGG POINTERS have upped yields per acre Carcasses in this grade ha- Th and egg d’shes and pounds of meat and milk Zf you ’ re • featuring in family Per bushel of feed; to better •of finish than the minimum , this season 0 f egg disease and insect control and STcceptabL Meatiness based on yield that makes them most appe- and machmery. -of Wn cuts in relation to car tizing ! Hera aro f me basic Some think the answer «ass weight is low vield of rules for the best results - lies in foremg more farmers St cuts S hi|hThe of Use low to mode^ ate beat ** the land and into the cities -total lean and fat to bone is “ cooking eggs Too high where they worfd become _ heat or over cooking tough- consumers instead of produc- Carcasses with the minim- en^t he texture. ers In the past five years mo- When mak’ng custards, re than a million farm famil **' -y sauces or other mixtures that ies have moved away, yeti call for combining liquid production has continued to i an „ c i nf Carmin/1 with eg£f > avo{d curdling by increase Lancaster rarming adding the hot liquid grad- Small farms have been ab- Lancaster county’t own Farm uall y to the beaten egg—ne- sorbed by larger neiqhbors, Weekly ver the egg into the hot li- more efficient production me p o Box 1524 quid thods adopted and total pro omces- ter ’ Ptnna Beaten egg whites hold duction increased. Squeezing 53 Noith Duke st. their form better ; f a little the small family-sized farm- T.ancabter, Benna lemon juice or cream of tar- er out isn’t the answer, eith- Phone DXpress Ca 4 S -3 e 047 t? r is added beforebeating, er. Dnn McGrew, Editor, To combine beaten egg About one out of every Robert g Campbell Adir-tieing whites with other mixtures, three farmers is receiving a TO PLAN TO MAKE SOME rvRASS CILAG® Director & Bus,ness Wumiter fo’d—don’t stir—using a li- fair income—ss,ooo or more , * . suivir, uttass Rata' bsbed November 4 1955 under-and-over motion, net p°r year. They produce mal weather silage making time is only a Da£e*t e cr rarmine. Dancaiter pa y For omlets and souffles fold three-fourths of all crops and also, hay-making is approaching rapidly and art Enters as 2nd cia*. matter at Ie heavy mixture into the livestock going to market. ed ? We continue to maintain that it is a & o<^' Xanc-aster Pa under Act of >tar b°aten egg Tx 'hite not the Few of them are producing . j Jov "pa ' li, ' ona, entry Wo,,nt Whites into the other mixture at-full-capacity. dairymen to make all or part of their fir st “ 'subßcription Rates- *2 per year; Don ’t overmix or you will on J b ° O ° lber +^ wo £* oold , bo into grass silage; more feed nutrients are three years *5. single copy Price lose some of the air you have encouraged to prepare for , . n f rt s cents beaten into the egg whites and seek off 1 farm emo oy- time °* uncertain weather conditions. EaiH r |o C^f on Ne NX P n e a r , SrTrfV bring higher feed values in the crop Jai Association Patronize Lancaster Farm- h*g for themselves and their cult con ditions to properly field-cure hay. * ■»' • '■* •* » ins Advertisers. families. is one of the answers. By James E. O'Hara ' Tjiis Week in Washington by Clinton Davidson Answer To a Debate Farmers themselves have answered one of the v most hotly debated questions in Washington—do high price supports cause excessive pro duction? Price supports for most crops this year average about 10% below last year. Farm ers intend to plant at least five million more acres in the supported crops than they did last year. Most of that Increase could be explained by the ending of the soil bank acreage re serve program. While 1.7 mil lion acres have been - dropped from the- acreage reserve, on ly 13 million acres have been added to the conservation re serve. Farmers are planting more corn, wheat, cotton, crops for which the -smallest reductions in supports were made, and fewer acres in oats barley, soybeans, grain sor ghums and potatoes, crops less hard hit by support re ductions. Bible Materlsl: I Samuel 16 1 through 18-M. Devotions! Heeding: Psnlm S. N A Man Rises Lesson for April 26, 1699 (Note to the reader: If you attend Sunday school, you may use a “quarterly” or other book which prints a certain passage of Scrip ture as the lesson. These printed passages are always taken from the larger amount of Bible roate /rial which is referred to at the head of this page. This, column is not' confined to th.o p rin d verses, but fs baaed in general on the whole ma- terial, or some part of it which may not be In the printed section. The reader Is al- ® r - Foreman vreya, invited to read the entire Bible material and not the neces sarily small amount'which may be printed in the quarterly or used here.) Success Begins Within Among the men of history,,David the king of Israel takes a high rank. There are al ways reasons outside a man who succeeds, helping his success. Would Abraham Lincoln 1 have achieved his peak of greatness had he lived in 17th-century England or in 20th century America ? Would John Calvin have the same world-wide influence as pastor of any modem Presbyterian church as he had in the Geneva of the six teenth century? Would David have made a good President of the United States? The answer in each case is No. Nevertheless, circumstances only help on What is already there. A man without the seeds of success in him is not going to be pushed ho a high pinnacle of glory merely because-the times are calling for a great man. Thus to find the se cret of David’s success, as with all other great persons, we must look within. ' “Such Popularity Must Ba Deserved” TO BE .CAREFUL WITH FI The value of commercial fetslii sh the desired plant food, tin ward the greater use of feitil crops. . All growers are warned lizers containing any nitrogen should not come in direct contad er the seed or the plant roots be toxic to the plant and failure Also, these fertilizers will kill l inoculant on peas, soybeans, e ~ „ . x . gumes Max Santa TO BE CAREFUL Spring is always a H the farm and many pieces of heavy machmetj to modern production. All machinery is reasons operators become hasty and careless; protect j your family by keeping all shields and guards' not permit extra passengers on machinerj atf to be safe. TO SPRAY FOR LEGUMES—By this time! ty-mmded forage producers have already sP rJ ' tie bug and weevil control on alfalfa and clov® important in recent years in order to get ® from the crop. Many who have hesitated c ar ’ son have regretted the failure to spray, result* 1 ed yields of lower quality forage. I Samuel of David's ti 1 when it uvi, body loved d : Saul, who And no ivon*, taken a better to be jealous Jonathan lou soul ” He Bai .prince’s iob c , sword and in-’ soldiers lo\ C( ) him for a i ea . their battle* he was a p ( was too good loved him ni him, what n ) t] more, God v s ho succeeded We have tli 18) of how ii looked to anol haps about hi looking for a being a small’ The young rn the recommei the job, saw, him than sun cum. He mei first of all know of it i S( it was a ieiy, from geneiati, speaks of hn) but goes ug) points. A Good Pecsoni The young David proceed! “man of v ai ” an exaggeiati, the rest of the young man ever need a fij on David ” Da\ character v,e good soldier word for it hems and beai (“caught him said). But Dai well as i ugge; him “prudent more than ca; people. But tl omraendation with him.” Got yet this youiif by a fact wljn at all; the f: never alone, him. A peisi kind of unpi kind of; certainty of were cndoisei (Based nn the Division i National Coutici Christ in ihn I Commnmt} Pres