Total. . . . 17,697,000 18,890,000 20,217,000 20,710,000 3,013,000 



The control of hog cholera is no more difficult in the South 

 than in the corn belt, but the control of parasitic pests, both in- 

 ternal and external, requires more careful attention than in the 

 North. Economical pork production in the South is based on the 

 use of forage crops and the proper use of these crops in rotation 

 helps materially in handling the problem of internal parasites. 



In many sections peanuts are largely used for grazing hogs, 

 resulting in the production of an oily pork. Mast-fed hogs have 

 long been subject to "dockage" on sale. Now the peanut hog has 

 joined this tabooed company and all Southern hogs reach North- 

 ern markets under suspicion. So long as the fresh pork market 

 is as strong as it is at the present time, this condition does not 

 preclude profitable hog production. Sooner or later, however, the pj-jij-,;,;^^ Be- 

 problem must be solved, and methods of finishing devised which ing Solved 

 will harden the meat of hogs raised on forage crops which pro- 

 duce fats with low melting points. This is undoubtedly the most 

 serious problem in Southern pork production. A similar problem 

 was satisfactorily solved by Danish and Canadian scientists, and a 

 number of investigators in the Southern field, notably Gray, of 

 North Carolina, are now engaged upon it. There is no reason 

 to believe that it will not be solved in due time. 



The first great problem in Southern beef production is tick 

 eradication. This problem is now fairly on its way to the half- 

 mile post. Needless to say, the second half will be made in much 

 better time than the first. It must be admitted, however, that the 

 first territory to be cleared of tick infestation was the territory 

 which was most promising for cattle production, or in which 

 a certain amount of cattle production has been in progress for 

 a considerable time. From one standpoint, the easy work has 

 been done, and the territory still under quarantine includes some 

 sections in which tick eradication work will be extremely difficult. 



