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SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION 



Classes of hogs grown in the South. There is no 

 reason why the pork produced in the South cannot be 

 equal in every respect to that produced in the North and 

 West. To be sure, the hogs that are marketed in the 

 South at present vary some from those marketed from 

 the Corn Belt. The hogs that are produced in the South 

 do not as a rule have the breeding, uniformity of size and 



Typical unprofitable Coastal Plain pine-woods rooters. Courtesy 

 S. M. Byars of South Carolina. 



condition of the northern and western hogs. Also, a 

 great many swine from the Coastal Plain region of the 

 southern states are fattened on peanuts or ground peas, 

 with the result that the pork has an oily constituency, 

 and is termed soft pork, which is greatly discriminated 

 against by most packers. When swine are fattened on 

 peanuts, it is usually the custom to top them off with 

 corn or other feeds to harden the fat. 



