The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-01-25
LIVESTOCK DAY
AT UNIVERSITY
PRACTICAL TALKS ON THE DE-
VRLOPMENT OF ANIMAL IN
DUSTRY MADE UP PROGRAM
Sessions Well ed-HOusekeep-
ers' Week Also Receiving Marked
Attention


The livestock pavilion at the uni
!. versity was too small this morning
to accommodate the crowd of interest
ed farmers and stock growers wh'
gathered to hear the discussions of tn,
breeding herd, swine feeding fol
market, problems of marketing, ant
type and dressing percentage. All O
the talks were extremely practica
and much additional information O
value was brought out by the we'll
timed and sensible questions asked by
auditors.
The session was opened, by E. ]
Iddings whose clarity, enthusiasm, ant
abundant knowledge on all the points
to be covered, always make him the
most popular of speakers. Mr.
Iddings's summary of feeding expert
ments on the university farm was
topic of profound interest. Z
The address by Thomas T. Kerl OF
Coeur d'Alene was an unexpected fea-
ture of the program and most well
come. Mr.. Kerl as a practical hog
man had a radical theory to advance
which developed some opposition and
also a great deal of approval Mr.
KerPs chief contention was the mad
visibility of producing two litters OF
pigs per year; and he emphatically ad-
yocated the selling off of all stock as
rapidly as it could be put in condition
for market, recommending the pur-
chase of new thorough bred boars eve
ry year and new high grade sows
from dealers in the breeding business.
The address by Mr.. McAlister of
Portland Union Stock yards on mar
kets was timely and reassuring in
tone. Mr.. McAlister analyzed the try
ing conditions of markets the past
year; he suggested the shipping OF
hogs in community carloads; and he
pointed out that the farmer has been
spoiled by the past prevailingly high
prices for hogs
Perhaps the most suggestive and
most directly helpful of all talks was
an impromptu address made by John
McFall of Shoshone. Mr.. McFall is
a graduate of the mining department
of the university and has always been
one of the men the university has been
extremely proud to call an alumnus.
After leaving the profession OF MI
ming during the general slump in that
business, Mr.. McFall went into farm
ing and stock raising on a large
scale. He marketed 5000 hogs in
Denver last year and got a better
price than any other grower. He
owns 800 sheep; and he has about 100
head of cattle on 560acre ranch.
The statistics he presented as to
breeding, feeding, and marketing
were extremely valuable; and, in
spite of his extreme modesty in adj
yancing his methods and theories, it
was plain to every one that he knows
his business perfectly and is practic-
ing it with shrewdness and success
Mr.. Hagan furnished figures in re-
gard to the average dressing per-
centage of several types of animals,
and related interesting episodes in re-
gard to the conditions of livestock
prices twenty years ago in the local
market.
Soils and farm crop day at the third
annual Farmers and Housekeepers'
week yesterday proved to be great
ar success than was anticipated, for
during the afternoon session more
han $50 persons were present to hear
he program. The soils of Latah
were fully discussed by p P.
Peterson, of the soils department of
he university The origin, mode of
formation and value of the different
,oil types were presented and an ex-
3lanation of the recent soil survey
# the county was given.
L. w. Fluharty, of the office of
arm management of the U. S. depart /
nent of agriculture, gave a very inter
sting talk on Factors Influencing
he Profits in Palouse Farming" ByI
he use of charts showing data collect
d from several hundred farms in the
'alouse region, Mr.. Fluharty was able
0 show that systems of farming pro-
luced the greatest profit end demon
trated how the profits on the farms
q this region might be substantial
Y increased.
The progress being made in wheat
NUT investigat was ably present.