PRODUCTION OF PORK.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 February 1925, Page 6

PRODUCTION OF PORK.

POSSIBILITIES OF FUTURE. Addresses are being delivered in various centres of the North Island by All K. W. Gorringe, instructor in swine husbandry. He emphasised the need 9I better sanitation in the pig runs and more comfortable housing. He. pointed out the danger arising from insufficient housing and poor feeding, farmers relying too much 011 dairy produce, which, in some cases, was skimmed whey. This whey was quite insufficient tas a food for young growing animals, and should be fed in conjunction with various fodder crops, which the farmers could easily grow to great advantage on their good lands. Air Gorringe referred to the great value of the artichoke as a food for young and fattening pigs and for brood sows, sand its feeding value was the highest of till root crops, ana where it was grown the pig did all his own harvesting and could be relied on to gather every tuber. Air Gorringe referred to- (he increase in the number of pigs in New Zealand, For the year ending Alarch 3J, 1924, the number of pigs totalled 414,271, an increase of 14,018 over the previous year, while the number in 1919 was only 235,347. It, is expected that there will be a substantial increase for the current year. This increase is .being met by a reliable export trade to Great Britain. One firm alone has exported 8000 carcases already this year. Only the very primest- export bacon carcases are exported, and these have t:> sta’nd the rigid inspection of Government officials.