The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-02-09
WHEAT VERSUS HOGS.
HOW TO ESCAPE THE RESULTS or
THE PAST BAD CROPS.
Necessity of Diycrsity In the
Farmers Efforts - How FORTY
Seven Cent Wheat Can BE Made to
Yield n Return.

hogs should be read hy every farmer in the
Northwest and especia'iy hT i,ainn iarinsES IA II
treats Of a subject which affects lne
permanent prosperity OF this section aau md, =
from Gen. Mark -. Flower, VINO mas gwen
great deal Of time to inyest isaun- the
points mentioned 1t Is tcrse bur cohPfc-
hensiye as its perusal will show:
The rapid decline in the market Tafnc oi
Theat throughout the world untll the pres
enl ruinous prices have been reachea i"adS
10 inquiry as to the causes that have pro
ducei tie result, aud whether tne'c causes .
are OF a permanent or temporary nat"sr
A few years ago it would have h2"n CON
sidered presumptuous to predict the present
conditions of the wheat markets "a the
world, and yet, many or oaf hl'ht oustAN
ing and capable business men are cohVlhte,i
that the low prices have come 10 STAY, vita /
exceptions and then when the crops /
Of other countries fail from natural eanses.
The price OF wheat, like other cotpthodl-
ties is regulated by the supply ana Ge-
mand, and while the demand has not and
Is not likely to decrease, IL - cqAal1E GER !
tain that the supply is rapidly increasing 7
with the advent Of new competitors who 7
possess many advantages over TIE American
farmer. The United States Win tS vast
empire of productive soil can easily supply I
the bread for the balance Of the "oFld: bur /
can it Go so with profit! If We c@Enoi * |
port wheat ana leave margin OF irout lor /
the producer, the sooner we learA tie fact I
ana change eur methods of agriculture, jAe I
better fer all.
Let Us briefly note who our chief com,
BptIIDTS In0la, kNSSidy AdSlidIiI, asii /
| some of The South American countries, Wlfh F
| their recent advancement in modern meth I
| DDS OF agriculture, and with their iaiey /
| improved facilities for Transporting theif
surplus grain, must from now on, be COZ i
| siderei important factors i'll tue world /
| markets ana he who does not h@oa this
| fact and shape his efforts in husbaadly &C
| cordiugiy viii soon regret his lack OIL Gas
| ccrnment In All the countries named the
! pricr OF labor is not more than 10 per cent
/ of the American price, While N INDIA a
/ day y lapor costs hnt fcW cents. iAala
/ alone, with its vast areas Of wheat fields
! and its recently improved transportation
! facilities. can pour It's alMest dhiilnNed
i surplus into the markets of Europe at prices
/ tnstt ae4y American competition. with
\ these coalitions confronting Us, Is II aat
/ time to call hiatt III exclusive wheat rails
sources2 Have we not other and more
! promising farm proiGcts, natural alike 20
soil and climate. TO which we can turn with
profit in this hour of wheat bankruptcy:
| NRA wheat at ~ cents at tile home station.
the price is below the cost OF pr0dnelGn,
and poverty OF soil and poverty of purse
are the logieai consequence. Like q ship
at sea without a Iuducr, the more sail We
carry the farther out Of our course We 80
The farmers Of all of the Northwestern
| states, inciuaing Southern Minnesota. have
| all passed through the .'wheat peFioa' un-
der Very auca utufe faSDrApie GonIttl&as
than now exist, bnt with the same financial
results-poyerty, mortgages, exhausted saii
and Bankruptcy. II cur farmers viii uUt he
guided hy tAc experience Of their brothers.
there sill remains the ADVANTAGE of reach
Ing the Same ends ~ TIE saiae ali F9'ife,
but IL tt.y Viii change there VIII be
saving OF time anti Of money.
Experience in other States.
In Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Southern
Minnesota when the farmers from Sheer
! exhaustion were driven % abandon oAelu-
sive wheat productions their prosperity be-
gan The farmer must not abandon Nhe:tt
RAISING entirely, but he must exercise trf-
fe of the good sense he IS usually supposed
to possess, and diversity according t. Tie
peculiar circumstances Of his case, raising
81. oO or perhaps ~ l3cr cent ef lis foflAer
acreage, While turning his attention 70 oth-
CT iincs-.iye stock. dairy products aad other
things, accordiHg to circumstances. There
Is an ifrevocabEe economic Jaw that he must
not violate with impaaity and expect MI
ture to reward him; he must not contlnu
onsly, year by year. raise wheat upon the
and expect good results. That immediate ai
Sersity in farming is ur&enl is conceded.
and this naturally raises the inquiry, what
can the farmer in the wheat belt substitute
for Wheatt Without going into the consid-
/, GRAFTON Of the long list Of products that
ms prosta9iy he substituted, we simply
name the hoe. There is product OF the
lara universally commands better
price. The hog Is i staple article that
always commands the market price in cash
, 1 he tar.ner NAp ls pr5vlaea With good,
warm pens anu reasonable facilities cam
!, produce two crops of hogs each 5eaf. With
tat merchantabie hogs he can turn them
!,
will consume the waste product OF tie farm
and return money for it. ia word. Tie hog
Is the farmers friend, and be only requires
reasonable care To trebiy TecOmpense hill
for every outlay Of time or money. The
usual American opinion is tnat hogs cannot
be successfully produeaa outside Of the
.corn belt. We say American opinion be
cause hogs have been ruised in Europe and
Canada and other countries without corn
for more than Il hundred years. icing sue
cessfully fed end fattened on barley, rye
. !
successful experiments have been had in
Northern Minnesota and North Dakota with
wheat feeding. the hogs fed commanding
the top OF the market at South St Paul
and yielding Il fraction over so per cent
! OF choice meat. which is from S TO per
cent greater than results from corn feeding.
Apparently cholera and other fatal hog dis
eases that infest the corn-fel hog never
attack the hog fed upon wheat, barley or
peas
Hogs raised in Scotland and fed upon
, barley command premium in the Eng .ish
market. II is time the belief that hogs can
not be successfully produced on other than
is fully exploded The farmers of the
wheat belt have the advantage OF climate
aud food with which to make hogs that will
Z as surely command premium over the corn
hog as No. hard is at premium over the
, spring wheat of Kansas and Nebraska.
Kaise Hogs.
There nre a few common-sense things
that must be observed to make hog raising
profitable. First of all secure q well brc
hog for breeding. There is as much or
more difference in the quality Of hogs as
there is In horses. A common, long-nosed,
, long-legged, slab-sided hog is of account.
You cannot fatten such a hog Besides he
is famine breeder-he eats everything
placed before him and squeals for more
, Shun this kind of an animal There is no
money in him for anybody. For our eli.
mate the Poland China is doubtless lrefer.
able to any other, as 1t grows rapidly, II
. | compact and makes flesh small rations
besides being fairly good breeder. With
fair care 1t Is ready for the market in from
| eight to eleven months weighing from 20t
| to 2G0 pounds and commanding always the