Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-11-27
Organize a "Ho z Club"

OISdulkc IlVS NiuU
We can make Clearwater countys
one of the greatest in the state if the
people here will wake up and boost;
if the people will get together and
develope the country. We need not
try new crops or do any experiment
ing. All that is needed is to do what
others under less favorable conditions
have done. We can raise corn and
roots and pumpkins q nd alfalfa and
clover and all that, a I'D we can ship
out of here every yea thousands of
dollars worth of fat hogs and prime
beef cattle.
We can produce po ultry and eggs
for the outside markets. We can
find good markets, too, if we will
produce enough of these things to
justify buyers entering this territory.
The doubtful ones should look up
what State Senator Polhemus of
Washington did over in the central
part of that state. II was in a rich
valley where berries grow very pro-
lificly. Everybody had small
patch but the market was never good.
1t did not pay This man advised the
people to raise more berries. He
conceived the idea Of making berries
the business of that district so that
buyers would come in- Most people
would have said:
"We have tried few berries and
the crop does not pay We are not
fools. We are going to grow some
thing we can st H."
But Polhemus prevailed. Every
body went to growing berries, and
Palhemus went after the market. He
started canneries. He found mar
ket, and the people grew rich.
Buyers will not come to Orofino for
few pounds of butter fat, but if we
had carload of ere am day this
county would be overrun with buyers,
and the producer would get tor
price. Buyers will not come here fol
one car of apples, but if we had one
hundred carloads of fancy apples there
would be plenty of buyers. Camas
Prairie has become famous as live
stock section. Hundreds of carloads
of hogs anGi cattle are annually ship
ped out. There is top market for thu
producer.
We must learn here in Clearwate
county that it does not pay to foo
0 with small business. We must d
e something on large scale.
. Cattle and hogs ar the first an
n best and absolutely safe crop for an
, farmer, big or little. It is some
: thing that can be produced on seal
: to fit any condition. 1t is crop tina
I can always be marketed.
n 1t requires small capital to star
s in the hog business. One good broo
q SOW will start, because the poor ma
r can always hire the ervice of blood
n ed sire.
IS We would suggest ''hog clubs.
:. Yes, "HOG CLUBS. = Get that?
y What is hog club?" Just whs
'e it says, sir. Four or five farmers 6
, together and buy one blooded boal
: Then each member gets one or MOI
blooded sows. That will start ths
community in the hog business.
Let the farmer start right. Don
"a waste time with scrubs. Raise tt
le best breeds only, for it is the mo-
a. profitable. And starting right meal
lg cleanliness. Disease is the result
or filth and is the penalty the farm
~ pays for neglect. St art right. Pr
IL vide clean, pure water, and take ca
n of the stock. Study food values al
ne make every move count. If you
re not know how take few weeks {
8. and attend the Idaho Agricultural Co
ss lege short course for farmers al
OF learn how to raise healthy hog
lie Find out how to feed hogs. Learn t
It: relative food values Of crops, and g
10 results.
's, In five years Clearwater county c.
Dr. be noted for blooded hogs, and the q
'er nual income from this source W
on reach hundreds of thousands Of d
Ids lars. We will be a wealthy cour
'p- and our population will increase
,ly leaps and bounds If we will wake ,
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