The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-12-07
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- QUos0oo.
The partial fAllufe Of the ooen crop
for tWo successive yoaxD over . IAfye
portion Of the great "c0rn belt, and
the largely lEcroased price IN conse-
Quence. has detefmined many fhfmefe
Who usually have been In the habit Of
feeding Q large portion Of their crop at
home, 70 change their system Of dis
pooling Of their surplus 70 marketing
directly instead Of feeding 1t home.
under the belief, it b 70 Be assumed,
that the direct market afI6rds the bet.
ter returns. Actingon this belief. and
with the superstition that the nign
pf1ceo which C0rn haD COMMANDED
precluded it, home nee beyond sctual
necessity In any prohtable way, .
large proportion Of farmers have % far
disposed Of their stock Of swine - to
have on hand only complement fof
home use, while many have not h0of
on their premises sven for such use.
The condition Of the markets since
the close Of the Lest packing season ana
which still continues, shows such cal
culations to be erroneous, and thaf the
best net returns during the past year
for corn have been received by those
who have fed to cattle and hogs instead
Of marketing direct. There 10 scarce
doubt but the same relative conditions
win prevail during . year to come.
The shortage In number Of hogs TO
market the present fall and approach-
ing winter, will prove. when the
years packing.is complete, to be the
greatest during many years past, wniie
the shoats, to be hela'over for another
seasons feeding and the increase Of
the race. will scarcely approximate
one-fourth Of that Of average years.
1t 10 q significant fact that nearly
the entire supply Of pork meats ana
lard for commercial purposes. other
than local, comes from the portion OF
the country In which the visible sup
ply of corn ID the Highest, and In which
the stock has suffered the greatest
depletion. With this view OF the cnse
which must be conceded, there can. |
not b doubt but that high prices |
must rule during the packing season |
already opened, and that which ID to |
follow . year hence, and the farmer
who has the nerve to cast the golden |
grains before 0 bunch of thrifty shoats,
instead Of hauling the same to market,
will be handsomely rewarded In the
outcome.
And we have not shallow Of doubt
but they who feed that class Of young
steers which most certainly respond
to generous treatment, will be like
wise rewarded with prices for the |
same. fully equal to those which pre-
vaile'l during the early part OF the
present season.
Another feature of the case: IL Is be- |
lieved by many producers, and IN
some instances not without show OF
color. that transportation companies
bear severely upon the shipment Of
their grains towards the great market
centers. In fixing an unnecessarily
high rate of carriage for their services
Be this IA IL may. the fact must he
apparent that. while the wants of the
civilized world for meat foods must DO
applied, Il can be most profttably
sdone from the parts of the country
most remote from the great central
markets; and the commodities most
highly concentrated, and Of greatest
value, will best bear the expense of
long shipments, all other points OF
being equal.