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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
14
Two lean meat hogs were bought this winter in Morgan County to improve local herds. The hogs are registered York shires and owned by Wade West of Falkville and Jerry Hart of Falkville. Assistant Agent Luther Douglas appears in a photo with West.
Cattle disease blackleg spreads in Alabama herds prompting vaccination. Farmers urged to vaccinate calves age three months to three years and again under six months if kept. Vaccination costs about 10 cents per animal, reducing loss risk. Nearby Cullman County potato slip project features electric hotbeds built by Farmer Wallace Hathcock with County Agent H G Pinkston supervising.
Morgan County hog growers plan to cross local lean hogs with Yorkshire bacon stock to create long, bony pigs preferred by packers. Twenty gilts and one boar from Maryland are used with $5 service fees covering Hart’s prize animal. Assistant Agent Luther Douglas notes dual benefit: improve local herds and profit from purebreds, with bids already coming in.
Tests by the APS Agricultural Experiment Station show that proper exhausting of air from products and head space prevents buckling of cans during retort processing. No 2 cans buckle around 41 psi, No 8 cans at about 22 psi, and internal pressures rise with higher sealing temps. Lower sealing temps raise pressure. 180 F sealing eliminates buckling for 250 F processing. Product type and head space also influence buckling.
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