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...ideal figure for modern hogs features large meaty hams. To produce these delicacies, says Dr. Hubert Heitman Jr., professor of animal husbandry at the University of California at Davis, hogs should get ham-building exercise. He tested his theory by building a stand-up feeding trough with a cleated shelf in front on which the hogs could rest their feet. "It's sort of like a person eating off a mantel," he explains...
...first the hogs were outraged. They could eat standing up for only a minute before their ham muscles weakened and let them down. It took several weeks be fore they were used to the new feeding system and their ham muscles were strong enough to support them. Professor Heitman watched their hungry struggles fondly, noting how their rear ends wiggled as they reached for their food. "I felt," he says, "that I was looking at very much heavier hams...
Tests on butchered stand-up hogs proved the professor right. The amount of ham as a percentage of the carcass increased by 5.6%. More experience will be needed before stand-up feeding can be generally recommended, but Heitman is hopeful. "A 5% betterment in hams," he says, "would be terrific for the industry...
...indication of the quality of the entrants in this meet was the distance medley relay, in which the varsity finished fifth. Winner Villanova ran Charlie Jenkins, Warner Heitman, Alex Breckenridge, and Ron Delany, four of the finest runners in the country during the past indoor season...
...Buggyman Heitman has 80 men working six days and three nights a week. Last year they turned out 9,000 wagons and 3,000 buggies by hand. More than half were sold in Louisiana, where descendants of French Acadians dislike automobiles. The bearded, button-shunning Amish Mennonites of Pennsylvania also give Herman Heitman much business. Explained he last week: "The Amish people are unalterably opposed to ostentation in any form...