Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-06

nutriments and other elements In
proper proportion for growth and de-
velopment without any waste. During
the winter months, roots and tubers,
such as beets, mangels, turni1A car
rots and potatoes, all of which may
be readily grown in this country,
will be found very valuable as sup
Elemental feeds to the grain ration.
In addition to this, We have a rap
idly growing industry, and the by-pro-
ducts from the dairy in the form
of skim and butter milk, We have
another valuable foodsupply which ca
best be utilized when fed to hogs.
Concerning the matter of disease
there is no large section of arabic
land in the United States that is free
from the many diseases to which the
hog is heir as is this Intermountain
country The sunshine is SO bright
and strong, and the atmosphere is
so rare that all kinds of germ dis
eases have poor chance for develop
ment.
AS to the last and most important
factor, which is the demand, or the
markets, we have every evidence that
in this respect this section of the
United States is at the present time
particularly favored.
The last census report for 1910
gave Utah a population of 373,351
people. The same census gave Utah
total Of 1924 hogs, including
young pigs, or trifle over one hog
for every five and one-half persons
on the average, and this would re-
quire that every hog in the State
would have to be slaughtered during
the year; whereas, large percent
age of them are kept over for breed
ing stock. IN the cne If Idaho, with
a population Of 325594 W. have a
hog population & 1924; Ii which
case, we have a little over one-half
a hog for each person, providing all
were slaughtered. 1t can be readily
seen that these two states do not in
themselves produce nearly enough
tbaiv cnnnJu Tho
sheep men of this Intermountain
country estimate that it requires
three pounds of pork products for
each one of their employees, which
would mean that for each employee
on the sheep ranches, it would re-
quire over four averaged sized hogs
annually. In addition to our local
demands, for which we pay the high
est prices, We have to the West of
us number of large cities, particu-
larly Spokane and Portland, where larg
packing plants have been established,
and for which they have found it nee
essary to 60 to Kansas and Nebraska
for their hogs; which they secure in
large numbers each month, paying the
freight in addition to the market price
in order to get their supplies. These
markets belong to our people. 1t
has been learned through the railroad
agencies, that to supply the markets
West of the Rocky mountains it re-
CURED in 191O,approximately $1S,0OO,-
100000 worth of meat products shipped
from eastern markets. The larger
bulk of this, perhaps, 80 per cent,
consisted of pork products. Surely
then, we have for many years to come
one of the best unlimited markets in
the country. With all possible things
in our favor, 1t is not too much to
hope that this Intermountain country
will soon become one of the greatest
pork producing centers in America,
and such it is destined to become as
soon as our farmers avail themselves
of the advantages presented to them
for pork production