The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-07-20

and change OF feed " "a good preventive.
Losses from death should not exceed
from y To 1 per cent. q season.
In marketing your Fat sheep you
should again show conservatism. In
my long years OF experience have
found that whenever you have fair
profit you should let go, when your
sheep are fat and ready for the sham
bles. A short feed Is generally MON
profitable than n long che. even IL the
market should go up "A few notches.
We have had several good years In
sheep feeding business and ann afraid
this fall fools viii rush In where
angels fear to tread"--with an apology
To the angels.
Don't be In too great n hurry tn buy.
I think there viii be plenty OF feeders
To go around. and next spring you may
be glad you did not get all you wanted.
believe have told you about all l
know about thccp feeding. and 1 hope
you VIII ask me any amount OF ques-
tions. which Will answer to the best
OF my ability.
VIII you bear with me II In conclu-
sion 1 digress a little and touch upon n
subject which. although closely allied
with our interests. does not pertain ex-
| actly To- sheep feeding?
We have OF late heard so much
about the beef trust" which. OF
stock In any packing house and am
not here as an advocate OF the pack
ers. But l avn n firm believer la the
memorable law OF supply and demand,
and also believe that the surplus To q
great extent determines the price.
America Is still. In spite % the great
Increase ln our manufactures during
the last decade, nm agricultural COM
munity, the products OF tho farm,
ranch and plantstlcn forming GO per
cent. of our total exports. The OK
ploitatlon or foreign markets IL there
| fore a matter OF prime Importance TO
our farmers and stock ralscrS. This
work Is carried on To an extent that
Is perhaps not generally realized out
| side of the larger packers and firms
| engaged in the export trade. IL may
bring the truth home TO as more clear
~ NJ ! mention some details obtained
from one OF the big packers.
IL is the practice or this arm To have
representatives continually visiting the
many markets OF the world where sale
OF American meats IL possible. In
some OF those markets where the
trade in American meats II long cs-
tablished important branch office. have
been established. with saiaried men OF
ability and knowledge OF the business
In charge.
But the greatest attention Is given
TO those markets. where our products
have as yet obtained only the slightest
footing and where their sale ~ attend
ed with many obstacles. To such
places men expert In their particular
line OF business are continually going.
at great expense. and. too frequently.
with dlscouraging result. In this man
ner, however, new markets are con-
tinually being opened TO us. and the
customary experience Ia gradual
or taiu
less when legislation IN he shape OF
prohibltivc Import duties iutcTVenes
Several foreign countries at the
present time have absolute or re-
strictive tariffs on our meats. For i'm
stance, Germany absolutely prohibits
the importation Of canned goods and
Sausagcs. Dressed beef. mutton and
pork must consist OF the, entire animal.
accompanied by the lungs. heart, Nv
or. kidneys, etc, In one piece. Cured
meats are burdened with heavy iuspec-
ton fees. which In some cases increase
the import duty about 100 per cent. In
France the duties cn American meats
were recently increased so per cent.
which practically prohibits importa-
ton. The duties I'm Austro- Hungary
Italy. Spain and Switzerland are nearly
prohibitivc
During the last two months one
packing firm had two representatives
In one or the other OF the Chinese ports
through which supplies To the bellig
erent armies In Manchuria have been
passing: another at Mukden, Cheering
our Russian friends with visions of
Chicago beef In ship loads: still anoth-
er In Japan, where the native supply
OF meats Is becoming exhausted
which IL n fair representation OF what
all packing firms are doing
So much for Asia In Africa there
was one man going down the west
coast To Cape Town while another was
coming up tho eastern side OF the con-
tinent. on his way back from the cape.
In Europe there were at one time
six OF their men with headquarters In
Chicago: another man was In South
America: two In Central America: two
travelling throughout the West Indian
islands; one In Mexico, and one in
Porto Rico.
In addition 10 those special repre-
sentatives making foreign trips the
Arm has local salaried representatives
or agents In every market OF import
ance throughout the world.
These trips are In themselves I'M
profitable. They involve a big ex-
pendittre In time and money. But the
packers seem TO be alive TO the neces-
for the increasing supply OF packing
house products, and no doubt hope TO
benefit in the future from their efforts
now.
In the arraignment OF the packers
n great many sensational ana untruth-
ful statements are now appearing In
the public press.
For instance. I'm mn article In the
April number OF Success. entitled The
Private Car Abuses" by Samuel Mer-
win, he makes the statement that dead
hogs are removed from the stock yards
and rendered into lard. and that the
packers are deliberately selling dis
ensed meat. inspection having been
discontinued. Any one with the slight
est knowledge OF this line OF business
knows these statements are not found
ed on fact. every animal being govern
ment inspected.
Mr. Gerwin further states that this
kind OF product Is forced upon the peo-
pie because the packers control the
transportation OF all perishable prod
ucts.
asked one OF these writer's OF fc-
ton why he did not write the truth.
and he coolly informed me that the
truth did not pay because the people
wanted something sensational.
Let us exercise conservatism In our
judgment OF the packers as well as IN
sheep feeding. my friends. and we Will
be more happy and more prosperous
for IL.
Did you ever see weeds grow like
they have this season. Don't spare
them. Clip their heads Off.
Mich Ado Aha,,t Mo.h.,n