The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-16
WHAT OUR FARMS NEED.
More Money Made by Raising More
Live Stock.

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What our agriculture needs-mor
than fertilizers; more than tariff OF
free trade; more than notoriety;
more than speculative advertisement;
more than ecomium of demagogues
and vote-getting statesmen; more
than new-fangled notions and easy.
farming schemes--is live stock; be-
cause live stock includes all Of these;
because 1t markets to the world, and
changes raw materials of the soil in
! to finished products that go wherever
steam, water or electricity may carry.
A noted stOckman from the old
world said to me not long ago:
America, at least much Of her terri
tory, Is the natural home of live stock,
and no section Of the world can equal
1t, all things considered, In the pro-
duction of live stock, economically. Z
What are your standards OF a
country that naturally is re-eminent
in live stock?' I asked.
They are soil, climate, and right
kinds Of feed" he replied. II am
satisfied that your country Is just In
the infancy Of marvellous career In
the production of every form of live
stock. :,
The Trinity of Successful Stock Rails
Soil, climate and feeding stouffs!
There are the trinity Of successful
stock raising.
This man with whom / talked
knew. His words were not idle fancy
based upon meaningless sentiment,
for he was extremely loyal to his ma
tive land. Successful as cattle and
sheep breeder in England, conspicu-
GUS as a traveller and as a stock Judge
in our own country, his Judgment
was neither biased nor inexperienced,
and the sentiments he expressed to
me were words of wisdom that he had
got from his own knowledge and ex-
perience, and these we're his author
ity. This man Is no dreamer. He is
a dOer; and his large herd of cattle,
his magnificent flock of sheep---all
fine In quality, splendid in form, and
profitable In management describe
the man who thought that we did not
appreciate the rich heritage we had
in way Of live stock production
Ours, then, is a live stock nation.
Even now, but eer a century comes
and goes again, we shall have made
tremendous strides In every phase of
this craft OF business. Nature made
our country pre-eminent for live
stock No fighting to establish new
conditions at variance with those OF
the ages past; no experiment to make
with questionable results; no con
illusions guessed at before the prob
lem is demonstrated; rather, it is
for us to take hold and do what soil,
climate and the magnificent forage
and grain crops call us to do.
How will live stock aid me, an
average farmer, to increase my year
Ivy income,
BY making the greatest profit out
of the crude things that come out
OF the soil. But ii you have print
tive live stock, you cannot expect very
large profits. Delicate machines pro-
duce high-grade work. Finely-bred
and carefully tended animals are prof
liable; and just In proportion as the
owner is skilled and trained in the
fine art of right breeding and right |
feeding, will he succeed in the pro
duction of profitable farm animals OF
any class.
The Greatest Drawback
The greatest of the drawbacks TO
profitable live stock husbandry is poor
grade of the breeding stock. In our
own times there is one word that de-
lines the quality Of great part of
live stock; that word is
scrub" but it is not to our credit
hat included in it's dominion such
arge numbers Of individuals are to
% found. Do you cultivate your corn
With hoe or with a cultivating plow?
DO you harvest your wheat or oats
With a sickle or with mower or
harvester? Do you travel long dis ,
ances now on horseback or do you 1t
70 on steam 0 relectric car? Let me [
Isk you Do you honestly think that |
J razorback hog, a thin, poorly-bred /