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—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 25, 1959
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No. 3 Hogs Have More Fat
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(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 <J that,
J T he o a^ T era f e cut-out vsdue are in the lower part to . therefore low supports wo,
of U. S. No. 1 over U. S. No. war( j hocks * uld result in less production.
■3 live basis 200-2201 b. bar- B m ' short thick Last year supports averag
tows and gilts was 94c per fie “ es are snort - \nicK, ed 2 q% under both five and
cwt tawd on wholesale car- smooth and uniform m thick f ° w fa™
cwt. based on wnotesaie car- Docket i* thick ten ago > 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