The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-03-08
LIVE STOCK FIELD FOR IDAHO
Continued from Page q
THE HOG SHORTAGE.

Hog raising goes we'll with dairying
and with other lines of live stock pro
ductlon. Every week several carloads
of hogs pass through southern Idaho
on the main line of the Oregon Short
Line railroad, billed from Omaha, Ne
braska, to Portland, Oregon The
consumers of pork, bacon, and lard in
the Northwest pay the farmers of the
cornbelt good profit for breeding,
growing and finishing these hogs and
in addition meet the freight charges
from Omaha to Portland. In this way
$18,OOO,OOO we're sent out of the four
: Northwestern states last year for pork
and other products of the hog. Alfalfa
pasture will return in a single season
from $50 to $40 worth of pork. AS
indicated in our experiments at the
Idaho Station, such grains as wheat,
barley, field peas, shorts, and other
homegrown feeds can be used eco
nomically in growing and fattening
hogs. Ida now has not far from
10000 hogs 1t should have 100000
SHEEP.
In spite of the fact that our state
ranks fourth among the states of the
Union in the number of sheep, there is
need of extension of the industry
Range fockmasters are experienced in
that method of sheep management and
have their phase of the industry well
in hand There is room in addition,
however, for a small flock on hearlyl
every farm. The West is just begin
ming to face the problem of weed con- ,
troll, and as the lands are better fenced
and better improved in every way the
cleaning of fence rows, corners of the
fields, and other neglected places be- ,,
comes necessary for preventing the
spread of weed seeds and for improv-
ing the appearance of the farm and ,
home. A small band of sheep will do :
this service more economically and eff
fectually than any mechanical contrlv-
ance. Sheep do we'll in cleaning up
neglected places in the potato field, in
the stubble field, and wherever vege-
-able matter grows that is not harvest ;
I'd as salable crops. They eat nearly l.
Ill young weeds and, as indicated by u
Investigations in Minnesota, practical 81
y destroy 43O out of the 480 varieties u
# weeds native to that state. Each D
we of small band kept under such 1p'
should annually produce o.
lamb worth from 81 to SIS, and from q
4 81 tn 50 worth of wool u
GENERAL BENEFITS OF LIVE STOCK. n
In number of other ways that can til
ot be discussed in all article Of this st
ength, live stock. will fit in we'll with tie
he agricultural conditions that exist an
18th us. 1t is particularly fortunate tn
lat, at the same time that profits are so
ecured that compare we'll with returns nc
lade in the Eastern states, such quail
es as endurance and quality Of feet
nd legs in the horse and strength of
one and vitality in hogs are developed nj,
ere to better advantage that in the ca
Mississippi Valley states or other agri- les
1ltural regions with similar climatic IA
I'd feeding factors to contend with. ha
Live stock will be the means of di- ~
,rsifying the industries of Idaho, and
e increased use Of animals in con- mr.
,ction with our agriculture will mean bu
# increased price of lands, the main sta
nance Of soil fertility, home market ced
r our grain and forage crops, more an
oft from the farm, more stable agri mo
ltural conditions and greater partici- nor
tion of the family, especially the roo
US, in the interesting problems Of wa,
e stock management. A
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