The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-09-02
More Meat to be Made.

America has been hearing much In
recent years OF a shortage in supplies
OF livestock, notably meat animals,
but, unless all signs In the Industry
fail, such stories will soon give way
to reports OF expansion in production.
Perhaps the most notable expansion
will be witnessed in hogs, with cattle
second and sheep third
What are the signs Of expansion In
beef cattle production? There are
many One is the eagerness of buy
ers at public and private sales OF
pure bred breeding cattle. Another
Is the strong demand for heifers and
cows at all stockyards and on ranges,
In Texas recently sales Of range cows
In large strings have been made at as
much as eighty dollars head. A
phase OF the trade In breeding heif-
ers and cows at stockyards that
polntssto enlarged production is the
fact that such states as South Da-
k0ta, A rlzona, New Mexico and Colo
RADIO have been coming even to Kan
sas City ior supplies. This Is an ex-
traoIdinary development. Another
interesting feature OF the heller and
COW markets has been the decreasing
sales from both farms and ranges and
also tile decreasing slaughter by
packers. The contraction In calf re-
ceipts at practically every market In
the country also means an enlarged
production Of beef In the future. Be-
sides, more farmers in the Middle
West are starting small beef herds at
the present time.
That there Is enthusiasm over beef
production now In the face of losses
ranging from ten to forty dollars a
head In feeding cattle last winter re-
fleets confidence In the industry A
share OF this confidence is undoubted-
ly the result of changes In feed pro-
ducing methods including the erec'
tlOnsof silos and the cultivation OF
such crops as feteriLa, Kafir, milo and
other drought resisIants, which are
giving the country increasing qumti'
ties OF cheap feed. Agricultural col.
leges ana other agencies advocating
beef prod uction nave undoubtedly
had much influence.
: In the hog producing industry the
! principal influence in expansion Is
the reduction In losses from disease
being effected through the use of an
tl.cholera serum This Is the pre-
vaIling opinion among both commits
sion dealers at public markets anC
| the large packers of the country, |
Is supported by the statistics of thu
/ United States Bureau OF Animal In
, dustry Ia the counties where thu
government Is supervising anti,chol
era work and also by market receipts
] Of hogs.
Advances In prices OF feeding lamb
/ on ranges regularly for some years
. the record prices on all grades o
a sheep already paid In 1915, and tn
: enlarged carrying capacity of West
/. EN- range states are going to brinI
3 an increased production of muttons
. The high prices the West has bee
receiving for lambs have induced he
+ hockmasters to employ more labo
/. during the important lamblng seaso
Q and to feed ewes at critical times i
: the winter season. All this mean
}. that expansion is being accumplishe
at Increased expense, but sheepme
= of the West say they are willing /
a spend more money to increase the
a lambing averages so long as ii
Il market returns are high. In til
q farming states the progress towar
). enlargement of the output OF natl,
ia mutton is slow, but high prices al
!. exetting a strong influence whic
n ~ill bring results eventually.
"a At the ope ming Of 1915 the uumbt
= Of cattle, including dairy cows,
"A the United States was placed by Il
a