OUR FRIEND THE HOG.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 10

OUR FRIEND THE HOG.

1 : !.f^i'^e^'Zealand, ''witli ... its; steady progress. • •?,'. ;ii"',dairyirig,- / should-.; fcparticularly- well '. j-'jJadaptedt'.for'sraisuißihogs. p.The.",country. ; ] isvC:JKwdl : fshited'-'fpr^yrpnriM^'vlJiit v VHar' ( ;i VCiis'<jrantirig:::is'Soino 'co-operative effort to. ( K^igiventoytEe;hog:;his: proper place:in'the : | v-i-v.ecbnomx.'JfojE'ftthe'-rfarm:;'" Considerable J ■.;,:;;attention' , ,is':paid;;to' the breeding. ■'of ' tut:, the pig' in- '. : i:'-V; , ;diiitry/i3;ne»lecte<i: : ;:Hog-.products should i ?, :J .;v]>e':ainoiig:.the .cheapest of food: , products J ■Sl-'MsNew'AZealdnd/'insread of 'which/they ' J ::&:;■ was.. a¥ great scarcity...of i-pigs, , ,and' prices': '■ S^;:Tuledi:shigh. ; *;;This.;:naturafly.;:,led7to' 3 *f:; ; .fewrmoTO / V:temers''keeriing,.av-few; -pigs' * J iV! ; ;Black, : v_or.-rather: the;■supply';of.hogs■ ex-*;y:Weds;"the\;demand,;'-and nave ] }}-H; dropped; considerably.'A It vis, /very; likely 3 go but \ ;U>;(bf : ,:pig-rcaringf"-'.The- demand :-would..be •:,!is;much;str6nger.than it is in New ; Zealand 1 j prices inot;so.nigii;:i\Ham.;- ( ;>>yand bacon; 1 and pork are too expensive for i i:-'Z jinost.-ipeople'.to indulgo'.'.in .more' -'.than '-. and this• sKould-not be:eo." '■ •;? y/:VThe\export: bf; frozea pork'.''is.';.open to '.' /-v;f;CNew.- Zealand, ..but :thV business be' 'j : :'yi carried"out with;sonio' system;' arid •some,' ■;■' iy\y. regard-Vtb v.the ,reguirements.*of.vthe: im:!.4-: "porting'.Smarkets:: ■ If China: can,' .'■ ::*s.fully- export pork, ■ so: can New; Zealand, y.jiy'bufc the '.farmers; must; show some? diter- ?:••■ minatjo'n:'to succeed.' ,Thb low prices;'now T a :;';.':?.;current'liaTe caused.some'.little discussion;. ? to start, '/bacon:'; f.ictories i :'t* have / lieon v suggeste.d;in.several -localities. 1 i ;,-. "Co-operative baconfactories-donot appear- t t/c.'to.i.haye,': been a'very: gfeat':success,"nhd i ;•.;.;' Bov'eral'.that have'been.started,at various J ■>■ ,v, times in various ■places-have!had>to: cease • :v-;;Soperations: from one cause - and another. of "capitalVarid; poor -'-.tirade- r most, harm, , -and this will bd i .;':■'.'.>'re/cumng':- feature '.of;.-.the industry.' e : .: ; ';Parmers'vvery'.;seldom pint up .sufficient A ;v> "capital ,fpr -such; .an enterprise, .conse- ' ■■■i- iquontly,-.the.working costs * : ;;; : .'increased .-byfinterest.' charges 'and; other: \ i' v /.incidental .expenses. ■ Furthermore, 1 -such \ te:.'' concerns ;expect to, share, in .the-trade' at j V , ;:... the-same; prices, as theirjeompetitors,'and j ■j.-.-j;.--.do.':not:;for'...a : moment-'see ; that' a big i vJV/busmess/'is^to^bebuiltAip^pn;^ , lower '•'. '■•:■-.',; Tange-,.oi!.'.prices. ■' ~:\: : . :-"'. : j\'-':. : - : ." ;: ' .. '■ ".'•.;.■;"■; No»V Zealand;could pe'rhaps'find trado -■ •-." -,■.:■': for.' several..more I ;bacbn-; factories;-v'ipro-. ■; . ;•-. were 'lowered-'.sumciently fo" ,;;.;. bring ! thd." prodμcts within ■ the reach of ■■? ;i-.a!l^;;Th'e.local•market:will always be' ■ :j::.;: worth' cultivating, but at. best thore , is 'a J ; ■•:'.'•■;y:Diit,".to"- , local consumption, because of ■ :■:;..: t&e; : Emall population. '.:Thp safest/ outlet .' :■■;■■!: forstKe.-pig-raisers is tho-.'export trade.- ■ : ;r-.:lf;,the\pig-farmers , , of the. different dairy- I ?:.'::'.JDg districts were to. combine: and form .'-,.-■": associations'.for -tho^-'.purpose :of :exportt;-.';; it. : is ;5 certain, f i : :";eome. good results would be.'nchieved. '. :■-,' 2

;' Tfio'-Eopnaranga corresporident "of-.-, the l"Wairarapa/Daily Times '■' says that about' SO-ppr'',cent.vof.4ho , .cr6ps;ot i the district .is either,!in stack or ..in': the. stopk, : and an , estimate ; of the result. may iiow'be more accurately made. The autumn-sown crops: reversed, the experience of 'sevcrnl years:;in-,-succession,:^by^being decidedly lnfcrioritb; those' sown in..-thb..spring. As an . example,' oho -paddodi, .whose produce ; last, year built up: six stacks, this jear..lias'formdd.only"one., Oh-tlio other land,;tho spring crops, havc.iinproved on their: usual performance ; s, quite, : as well:,as the"bcst. : of former- year's,--l)u£ the-heads ;have: hot filled' well. ■'■■• Cater-' pillars-aiid smut- have alFected them".but' :little.'-; ..The general result, wiir'.aTerasd ' about ithirty: bushels '.instead of tho foi'tyrfiye.bushels of kst:ycar.t :"/=.;; v;,f

' i Ins addition to the' company -I formed ' to' run a-iveeklylino of. moat steamers from BouthAAmerica. to. London, English iilea -.show/that' another powerful 1 -syndicatelias beeuifqrm'ed to develop a.direct trade in .'meat, between. South America- 'and Man-chester,-:yia. the Canal.:..'lt. , is building •■nips'::'specially for ■■ this : trade, ; and it 'ap'prars.Vprbbttbla that it is mainly Mariohest'er'.capital that is irt the company. Of course'; all this has.' some bearing on :'the>'.'New..'.-:Zealand' , ''trailei , .->;:'').■••:'.; .'-. ./.'-