THE PRIME CUTS.

Shannon News, 15 April 1925, Page 4

THE PRIME CUTS.

In a paper read before the Cam-' bridge (England) ;and dWrJtFJrmers- Federation, tLd.. and the Cambridge branch of the National Farm- , ers' Union the subject of the type of pigs for different markets was fully , dealt with, and subsequently" discussed. The writers- were Mr. John M. Harris, president of the Western Curers Association, of Calne, Wilts, and Mr•. | K. J. J. Mackerizie, M.A., A&L; the director of the Cambridge University Farm. The authors' views upon the subject of the type of bacon pigs are , of Interest to the colonies. I The flesh of the pig grown thoua- j anda of miles away (the authors state) has to be too heavily cured before it can stand the -long journey between its place of production i and the British markets to please the taste of the best trade, as the home feus--, tomers will have nothing but ithat which is lightly cured with honest, salt. It has been shown during! the war that- this overcured and often much too fat bacon is stuff that is no treat to anyone in Great Britain,.and that everyone that has any sort of elasticity of pocket will pay proportinately more for prime sizable bacoi properly cured. ■■'-•* Unstinted praise is expressed- foi the methods of the Danish farmer, of whom it is said that he, Britain's chief competitor, does not know what trouble means when he is thinking of capturing her best customers, t H« is not content to look at his breeding stock and judge if it 'does what _he wants. The Dane keeps on checking bv ac\al measuremnt the get of! his boars and sows. By taking these measurements systematically he knows if and which of his breeding stdeft are producing what the curer wants I to satisfy his best clients.