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• Case-the quiet cab
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• Recirculates up to 75 per cent of cab air.
• Outside air filter keeps dirt out of cab.
BINKLEY & HURST BROS.
133 ROTHSVILLE
STATION RD.
LITITZ, PA.
[7171626-4705
PAUL ?” OVER ’ S CLAIR J. MYERS SALES & SERVICE
INC.
35 EAST WILLOW ST.
CARLISLE, PA.
(7171243-2686
DEPENDABLE
MOTOR CO.
East Main Street,
Honey Brook, PA
[215J273-3131
Pork production then and now
NEWARK, Del. - “Feed
your herd as regular as your
wife feeds you.”
That reminder from an
1895 issue of the Swine
Breeders Journal, even
assuming the unlikely
possibility that all hog
producers were husbands
and well-fed, would surely be
Console control panel
(right-band) in
cludes levers for
power shift, range
shift, throttle, Draft
o-matic, Draft-o
matic sensing, two
remote circuits and
power takeoff.
Lake Road R 1
Thomasville, PA
717-259-0453
STOUFFER
BROS. INC.
1066 Lincoln Way West
Chambersburg, PA
[717) 263-8424
out of place for today’s hog
production methods.
But, then, so would the hog
of 1895. For in those 80-odd
years, there has been a
dramatic change in the looks
of a market hog, according
to Dr. Richard Fowler,
Extension livestock
specialist at the University
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Featuring
• Tinted safety glass
• More safety features include: SMV
emblem, two flashing warning
lamps, two reflectors, seat belt, and
curved muffler extension that
carries the exhaust up over the roof.
• Pedal-operated tilt-telescoping
wheel tilts from 35 degrees to 90
degrees.
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PEOPLES
OAKLAND MILLS, PA
717-463-2735
A. L HERR
& BRO.
312 PARK AVE.
QUARRYVILLE, PA.
[7I7J 786-3521
of Delaware. He says
producers have gone from
the thick, fat, heavy pig of
the turn of the century to the
lean, meaty hog of today. In
that time, the versatility of
the pig has also been
dramatized by another
change - it’s gone from
almost total outdoor living to
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NEVIN N. MYER
& SONS, INC.
RDI Chester Springs, PA
[2ls] 827-7414
ZIMMERMAN’S
FARM SERVICE
BETHEL, PA.
1717) 933-4114
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Pec. 4,1976
America, and by the end of
the 1600’s, the typical farmer
owned four or five hogs.
As settlers moved west in
the 1800’s, the pig went
along. They were herded in
droves until the coming of
railroads. Hogs fed in the
Midwest were driven 500 to
800 miles to markets in
Philadelphia and other
eastern cities, averaging
five to ten miles a day.
The current U.S. swine
breeds were imported from
England or were developed
in the United States,
primarily in the 1800’s.
“Tailor-made” breeds began
to be developed in the mid
-1930’s by experiment
stations to emphasize cer
tain characteristics felt
desirable. They were
developed by crossbreeding
of purebreds, primarily with
the Danish Landrace which
was imported in 1934. Once
developed, they were
selected within their own
population as purebreds.
After World War 11, the
demand for fat fell and the
demand for lean meat in
creased, prompting the
development of today’s
leaner hogs. Some things
really haven’t changed that
much, however. Sur
prisingly, there were more
than 45 million hogs
marketed in the United
States in 1895. The number
has only grown to about 70
million annually today.
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modern confinement
production.
In 1895, hogs probably
were driven to the nearest
railroad collection point for
shipment. Farmers received
about $5 per hundred pounds
for their pigs. By com
parison, the average price
hog producers received in
1975 was about $46 per
hundred pounds.
The history of the in
troduction of swine in this
country is quite interesting.
Early European explorers
brought pigs to the
Americas. Columbus, in 1493
on his second voyage,
brought eight sows to Cuba
and they soon populated the
area. Cortez brought the
first pigs to the North
American mainland
(Mexico) and in 1600 pigs
were brought to present-day
New Mexico. In 1539, DeSoto
brought 13 sows from Cuba
to Florida to provide
“walking food” for his ex
pedition.
The first British pigs came
with colonists in 1585, but
within a few months the
settlers had eaten all of them
and faced famine. In 1607,
the Virginia Company sent
the first pigs that survived -
three sows. Colonizers
continued to bring hogs to
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