The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-02-24
"Demand for Hocs,"

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 6. 1905.
Mr.. Oswald Wilson. City:
Dear Mr. wilson: In reply TO youI
request | will give you as briefly as
possible my ideas as to the reasons
from standpoint of profit, why more
hogs Should be raised in Texas.
FOR the sake of argument we will
concede that supply and demand gov.
cThs the profit to a great extent that
IS made on any commodity. The de.
mand, that is to say the consumDtion
oi pork products in the state of Texas.
IS over S2O,OOO,OO0 per annum. During
lSo4 the hogs raised in Texas an,
soId 10 the packers in Texas was less
| IMAM S3OOO0O, and while it is true that
quite large amount of hogs nro.
uucts are killed and consumed locally.
sui the greatest part of the consumD-
tlon Is produced by the packing
houses. According to these figures #
would appear that someone other than
texans are raising the pork products
mat we eat. Now what are TEXAS
farmers here for? Are they here to
eat the products Of the Nebraska hog
ia!SeFS TO support the hog industry
tneFe, or are they here for the purpose
ol making money to support their own
industry? As long as the packers
nave 70 ship finished pork products
from the North to Texas. then so Ion.
VIII Che Northern hog raiser and the
idlIloaus eat up the possible profits of
Tue southern hog producer.
NOW, let US consider tha noScih;,;
ties on the other hand Hero we bo,,a
me finest state in the Union for pro.
duclng hogs. This statement NAV hn
ulSputed, and still in the face Of nroh.
able dispute, | make it, "
we nave climate so much in favor
VI raising hogs for market that in tbat
respect alone we excel all others We
nave no severe, long winters like tbo
lorthern hog producing states. cOnse.
iuesuy the fattening process is both
tucker ana cheaper, for the reason
ldt ID a cold climate food is con.
'uneu by the animal to keep I'D the
lhlmal heat and he has no chance
o make flesh while this goes on In |
MS we gain, because our winters ara I
o snort and mild that all our food put
mo the hog will go to make flesh We
re not troubled with cholera to any
AteHt, while the industry is criDnIed
I oIher states by that dread disease
very year or two. We do not have
invest heavily in shelter housas &C
0 the northern farmers. and we oro
~ ~ a. tne expense Of serving the food l
VI III winter as they are. Texas will t
|, any grazing foods that any a
'heT state will produce, and consii. t
ABLY more than most of them land s
;. cliedper mere than North and We can f;
fora to have larger pastures II 10 h
ue that all Texas is not a good nr,, :,
icer OF Indian corn. but where tbot Q
~ -: not grow the kaftir and maize va. y
cues VIII. Then again, on account u
or other states, and believe every It
our climate, our percentage of II
'aths among the little pigs is small CT
to other states. and on ssmo W
count our labor expense in takine fe
re OF them is correspondence less al
NOW, II we have these adyantagoo &C
Kan VIII admit that we do have 81
en- and II, also, the hog has been ~
mortgage litter of other states ,.
W much more will he do for MS, LIZ
KING all these advantages into con. al
leratlon and the fact that the pack. la
are calling for three times the wi
mber OF hogs for 1905 than ware Ia
'hlshed them in 1904, and it seems
me we have every reason to saw '
IL more hogs should be raised, DO,
mere are other reasons, too that ust
ect not only Texas but the countrv is
a whole The demand for pork pro. spC
cts has been growing stea1iIv Isrg. pa,
ana the supply of hogs offered
adlly less in the past few wears T
e stocks of provisions have been wb
adliy falling behind, and at the lipl
ne tlme so have the number of hogs for
natural sequence is that prices
st remain more or less steady with
ny probability of an increase for
re time to come. The above are o-,
lie OF the reasons why we sbould -
&c hogs, and now suppose Won see
someone can give some good rea. I
$ why they should not be raised itor
nat we can have both sides of tho il |,
10 consider. Yours very truly ma.
c. W. MATTHEW'S, wit
Secretary and Trnacuro,