The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10

IN LEMHI

I.emhi county 10 coming b the
front IS feeding district for stock.
Five hundred head of cattle are be-.
ing fed for beef on the Mckinney
ranches alone. Some 2,0s1 beef steers
win he marketed By our farmers hr.
tween this date and next May. The
sale OF fat stock from Lemhi brings
over $50, 600 during rue winter aud
spring,
Hogs and sheep in the Anishei conf
ditiun f0r market are new soufce ot
Income for our farmers. The value
II cattle has been recognized Tor saw
eTal years, hat the custom Of feeding
for beef has not been very general.
The feeding of lam1s has proven 20
tie very profitable under the very fa
voEahle conditions existing here,
The result Of this winter experience
Aill greatly inerease the value Of our
great hay crops for future use, ~
has heen thoroughly demonstrated
that our best alfalfa and clover hay
possess feeding value Of not less ttap
tan dollars a ton This value IL baaep
On . meat production, which ~ this
time Ii very stAnle value.
Lemhi hogs have brought tha top
price in all the central markets u
shIch they have been shipped, The
farmers have not established . sys'
EN- of hog raising yet that II wh0lis
dependable. They have not learned
10 utilize the cheaper pork producing
articles whicn are available ln this
aeId. EVEN the great corn belt can.
not produce prime pork AZ cheaply
as the fields ol Lelnhi county will
produce Il under the most fayorahIe
conditions. Ii IL q fSet thai many
farmers are nos fattening their hogs
at loss.
Ii will, some day, be startling
fact for the farmer to discover that
pork caanot be produced at a profit
from grain that Is worth rs much A.
dollkr aud quarter hundred
. This Ii true whather this grain y
arnuud, cooked or fed dry and whols.
The difference in the feed value u
, grain when fed whole or cooked 81
ground Ii just about balanced by tbs
/, labor involved In preparation.
When tue farmers Of Lemhl county
nave perfected practical agstem
! pork production thsy can prod'ae4 tls
: very best pork cheaper tnan tnsy ars
4 nov producing beef aud NUT on
! The hog Ii the iieal stock for tho av
erave farmer. The initial expense .
!, stocking farm IN ho9s Ii very email
The question nf range and feed Ar
absolutely under control. The rati'
\ af increase OF hogs il not less thai
100 per cent more tnan the tncrsss'
Of any other stock. All acre Of pa
ture will produce more pork THAI
any other meat. The possibilities 0
= pork production 10 every acre o
= Iemhi farm land il not less than -
an acre. The coat Of hog farming
.. ass than grain growing Tor marke
n by one.half The labor Of log farnI
n. inn il 20 divided through tbs YEA
al hat the element Of hired help
1t eliminated from the cost account.
In The business Of profitable 10
nd growing demands shs elimination e
n. all harvest expense, The hog Il th
be only harvester that w0rks for nott
n. ing lie nat only labors IN tile Del
No Nithput hire but ne pays 4 pfeuiiui
nd for the grain that 10 given him 10 u
.es natural state. A bushel Of whea
he barley. oats or peas ls tea per cen
~ more for pork production shen gatl
.e. cred from the neld BY the hog tia
n. When fed after harvesting at douh
w. the cost.
- NENTDS HIBBs.