Evening journal., 1913-10-24
Agricultural Officials Think
Their Cultivation Would
Avert Meat Famine
SHORT-PRODUCTION
ERA FACING NATION

Industry ana OlneI uepdItuthNdi uiNi-
sion chiefs. The suggestion empha-
sized in these discussions was that
unused swamp and overflow lands IN
The more densly populated portions OF
the country should be turned into
cattle ranges.
According to the Departments Of
hcials who had looked into the mat
ter, there is real danger of meat
famine. and the predictions have not
come from those who might desire by
this means TO justify an increase in
prices In the view of Mr. Pickens,
the high cost of meat is a serious
reality.
Natural Shortage.
1T is now obvious" he says, that
the rise in prices in recent years Is
the natural result Of a natural short
age in production. It is evident that
the country is facing an era of short
production Of meat and that some
constructive means must be adopted
lii the American appetite for this
iclass Of food is to be supplied"
The removal of tariff restrictions
on. meat importations will afford only
a slight temporary relief, in Mr. Pick
ems opinion. He contends that toe
lmuch reliance should not be placed
upon prospective heavy importations
! A study of the statistical situation
does not disclose where the country
lis TO obtain any large quantity of meal
for an extended period.
1T appears Says Alr Piekens, tha
/ England alone can take all the forcigi
beef available Tor export to say moth
ing of the new markets which have al
ready been formed in other European
countries. We shall. therefore. have t
bid against England and other pur
lchasors OF foreign beef, and this com
petition will tend TO keep Hp prices
The L.. tier of obtaining new cattl
ranges has been investigated by ID
Rawl. who Il chief of the dairy div
sion of tho Bureau os Animal Indus
try. In addition 20 ovc.llow lands
rough hill land, not suitable for agri
culture. can be- used for new pastuI
age. in his opinion Many millions q
acres of such lands arc now lying idl'
he SAYS. or air beng cultivated ~
loss and they could be turned into G.,
oellont pasturagc Little is known, say
DR. Rawl cf the best methods OF in
proving such lands lie admits ,h
many difficult problems are involve
I hut irsists that there j., lit'le doubt
: 10 the possibility of converting a vcl
large percentage OF these waste LAM
into permanent pastur1gos.
Dr.. Rawl hollis that u is re0sonab
to suppose that once the development
these pasturages is thoroughly unde
stood the cost viii not BE- prohibitive
The establishment Of these pasture
le believes. seems 20 be a necessity
ordr TO put the livestock industry d
the country on a sound basis.
Dr. Rawl says that an obstacle
presented in the fact TINT the America
beef industry has built up market con
tcrs for LARGE shipments only and thi
must he overcome so as TO aifoid tn
small producer places in which 70 cr
his cattle before tho country can look Z
the farmers for aid in solving the bee
problem
Must Have Peldy Market
Farmers will not produce to any es
tent a crop for which there Is not
ready market" he says. Except IN th
vicinity of some of the larger citie
the older farmingl sections have yer
II
Often there is no market at all for an
mails in small lots. and this Is the onl
kind OF market that is worth much
the farmer II beef is ever produced e.
tensively on the farms, it probably wi
be as side line, and not as the maj
product In this case cattle in larg
numbers will never be produced by OF
man, as in the West. Therefore, q
central market which suits the ranch'
and feeder does not suit the farmer. /
needs some kind of a local market.
"Of course, when meat production
community becomes established, bu.
ers viii come in and pick up the SINS
4 lots and put them together and sh
them to the central markets. But
4 present in many farming communiti'
3 which are producing practically
i meat. there are some farmers WI
Il would, if they had a market, begin
j produce some live stock. because tn
s think they can do so without much a
ditional labor or expense. But whe
is the beginner in such a communi
4 going to find a market? He alone ca
q not find it: he must have the assistsn
Il of some of his neiehbors. By co-opI
q ating, several farmers in a neighb'
q hood can plan to raise the same ki
n of animals. have them ready for ms
ket. at the same time, and ship in G.
Il load lots This will make it possil
n for a few farmers in any community
secure ready market at all seaso
However, until the spirit of cooperate
becomes stronger among the farme
q this plan will not be regarded as fui
Z ishing verv ready markets In co
munities where a large quantity of il
X stock is produced. the farmers cam I
q der fair competition, cooperate q
B slaughter it themselves for local C
sumption if they wish to do so.
H when the farms become the mi
source of our meat supply, as see
H inevitable, much economy will be ga
ed where each community produces
own meat supply Under such circu
stances local slaughteripg of some s.
X on scale sufficiently large 70 be dc
economically seems essential to
greatest economy. This would tend
steady the market as well a. to
crease the economy of product
slsughtering and marketing. At prese
4 however, the important consideration
s good market for animals in SIN
= numbers. II is useless TO expect +
mers to become interested in livest'
production until there is a ready m
r ket."
n Only One "BRoM0 QUININE"
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