| Show HOG RAISING IN THE SOUTH many southern farmers growing more animals and of larger type noticeable in georgia prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture an important result ot of hog cholera control work which has resulted in a steady decline of the disease has been the stimulus given the development 0 of swine raising in the south with other activities of the department in this line the assurance given to southern farmers that hogs can be produced without fear of losses from cholera choler ft has encouraged growing not only larger numbers of animals but also heifer better types this lias has been noticeable ti particularly in georgia A few years ago that state purchased about pounds of pork more than it produced annually but efforts for the control of hog cholera have gradually extended over the entire state with resulting confidence in hog bog raising by 1918 georgia was producing pork enough to make ship avents to outside points besides supplying a large number of hogs to local slaughtering establishments similar progress has been made in mississippi crissip pi alabama and florida |
