Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-13
"LET US HAVE A HEART ;
HEART TALK"

TEAK IAIks
Be you producer, consumer dot.
man. farmer or manufacturer: are
giving thought to economic condit;os
as they are today in America? Ta us
what are your views on the neoa.
importing $10,000,0OO to s12OOO OSs
worth of dairy products the last Sa s.v
year, and what do you think aho".
our having to import $4,O0O,OOO wo rss
of meat animals during the same na.i
cd?
What got us into such shapeq
us talk 1t over. Was it cheap prodn.
ton on the low-priced lands of n.
west, or were we scared by the coD
slant hammering that the politician.
gave our industry, and which the cits
press has only too thoughtlessly heoS
willing to publish as news, to ttA =,
feet that we were being robbed by n.
trusts? Or was it mere indifference
to some kind Of live stock productor
on the farm because we were breedina
scrub stock and it did not paw NJ
matter what it was that has nut W
where we are, we are losing gronnd
Profit, labor and all the hugaboos tb.t
enter into the subject have been
cussed and discussed, but the serion,
problem is before us of overcoming
the need of sending $125,0O000 900 IN
$150.000,000 Of our good American gold
to foreigners for our food supply. Va
are as intelligent as any nation ON
earth and as capable as the people NJ
any country to solve the problem Of
economic production. It is one that
must be seriously considered by all
the people and each and every onA
must give of his talents and means to
solve it.
The price of land in the middle west
has been enhanced very considerably
in the past ten years, and our state
agricultural colleges have done spleu.
did work in showing us what can be-
produced profits ply on these high.
valued lands, and dairy farming seems
to be the answer, but this must be en-.
gagged in intelligently. You must first
then intelligent farming, so as to Sc.
cure maximum of production at mini.
mum of cost. AS the merchant, manu-.
facturer and railroad president must
seek new and modern methods to at.
tain the best results in his business,
and is constantly expending large
sums to equip himself for present day
competition, why should not the far.
mer and dairyman seek the best OBJ
tainable information on subjects Of
interest to him?
Each year at Chicago, We have the
National Dairy Show, which gives
actual demonstrations in problems Of
breeding and feeding for greatest
profit in all of the dairy breeds. These
shows give you practical demonstra-
ton in all that is modern in machln.
cry, both for the dairy and for the
farm. Experts who have solved the
marketing of and caring for the dairy
products for best results, here give
you their findings. Why not take adj
vantage Of it? Do not get it into your
head that you are too small in the
business to get value out ofthis show;
the small men and the beginners real
~ are the chaps the show is for. The
creamery man, the milk dealer, the
butter maker, the ice cream man, all
receive their benefit at this great
show that is founded for no other pur
pose than to advance the interest OF
Hhe dairy COW.
Think this over and come and see
US October "a to November at the
international amphitheater, Chicago
the only building, except state fair
buildings, where the immensely OK
your industry can be fully displayed.
Will you do your part to advance the
cause? The problem is before the
country, (Which shall 1t be, Beef or
Dairy?"