stonerock

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OHIO,remember the pig tela-sale every other thursday night, I hauled the pigs with a chevy two and a half ton truck 18' bed , doubled decked could get 200 feeders on. would leave the first producers livestock at eight pm heading to cataz ohio droping pigs as I go then on to about six more producers and about 10-14 farm stops then back home about saturday evening. trip payed a dollar a head, would have six hundred to twelve hunderd head on and off the truck
 
Remember hauling pigs into that sale at Cadiz many times.
Bill arick sorting pigs in the alley way. Many memories.
 
I used to go to the telemarket sales at Interstate Producers Livestock Association. I never bought any feeders sight unseen - they always had pigs on the local floor that I could bid on. That was a neat idea though - they guaranteed the purchaser would be happy with the pigs.

Years ago, you could walk out on a quiet night and hear hog feeder lids banging from every direction. Absolutely every farm in the neighborhood had hogs. I don't know anyone who raises hogs anymore. My son wants to get some - I don't know. I can still remember how destructive they were. I think he's forgotten.
 
I've never forgotten that they stink. Helped my old neighbor sort some pigs one day. A couple got past my gate so grabbed each one by the leg and got them where the were supposed to be. Stink would not wash off my hands. About 3 days for it to be gone. No I will never forget, they stink. But they do taste good. gobble
 
(quoted from post at 22:48:45 01/11/18) I've never forgotten that they stink. Helped my old neighbor sort some pigs one day. A couple got past my gate so grabbed each one by the leg and got them where the were supposed to be. Stink would not wash off my hands. About 3 days for it to be gone. No I will never forget, they stink. But they do taste good. gobble
I was tooled up with a pig farmer once. Couldn't get away from the smell. Also have a good friend that raised hogs. Couldn't stand the smell of his place. The smell just lingered around him. He said it was the smell of money. I don't think you could pay me enough to smell like that. My hats off to you pig farmers.
 
Yeah, the smell. Believe it or not - you do get used to it. "It's the smell of money" was a popular saying among us poor folks who were feeding hogs.

My father-in-law worked for Interstate Producers, and he observed that you could tell when a young hog farmer got his debts paid off - he quit raising hogs, ha.

In the 70's, everyone and every thing in this neighborhood smelled of hogs. Prices were good, feed cost was reasonable, and a young man's back was strong.
 

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