American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-01-20

saows. We have started q movemen,
Ar American Falls which VIC hope will
make II a livestock center, and that is
10 secure exhibits of the best livestock
In the northwest at our county fair.
I have been In the habit Of visiting tn,
Lewiston Livestock show and each
year notice a marked increase in the
numbers shown and improvement in
quality. This is the greatest educa-
/ tional show / have ever attended. l
am told that when the show started
there was not a pure-bred mare on
Neg Perez prairie. while now they
are numbered by the hundreds.
The sheep and cattle industries
should be fostered and encouraged.
They do not enjoy the permanency
they should. Sheep alone the
| alfalfa produced on $4,000 acres of
irrigated land. Sheep growing has
been looked upon In the past as a
strictly range proposition. The time
is rapidly approaching when the Idaho
farmer will find 1t most profitable to
have a small band Of sheep on his farm
Our climatic and typographical con-
ditions favor livestock production. AS
settlement has advanced stockmen
have moved before II. They have been
driven TO their last stand. The open
ranges outside Of forest reserves Oh
lands that can be cultivated Is mar
rowing every year. These interests
are OF such vast Importance as 10 de-
mand the best constructive thought
OF our public men to the end that they
shall not be crippled, but on the con-
trary become greater than they are
low. The interests Of our farmers
and stockmen are not ~antagonistic.
They are interdependent and will be-
come more so as our development In
creases.
Every encouragement the state can
extend should be given to the livestock
industry. To that end our livestock
sanitary board, and the state officials
dealing with livestock interests, should
be removed from politics and placed
on a basis OF efficiency under civii
service regulations. For that matter,
all other boards and officials having
to do with AIRY of u productive inter
ests should be under such regulations.
These interests are too vital TO be sub
ject to change with every Incoming ad-
ministration.
An example OF efficiency by which
we may all profit Is the handling OF
the hog cholera epidemic in the Twin
Falls country, by DR.. w. A. Sullivan
and his assistants. When we com
pare what has bee accomplished Their
with what we have all seen done else
where, we do not need any argument
to prove the benefit that Will come
from adopting a similar policy in the
handling OF our several state depart
ments. My admiration of the work
Of these men Is beyond expression.
Permit me here to say that ! have
great faith In hogs and have done al
| can to introduce hogs to every farm
In Power County. For several year
past our bank has given a specia
prize OF $25 to the boy or girl unde
, sixteen who showed the best pig a
our county fair. | believe In diyersi
fication. In growing hogs, cattle o
sheep on every farm, or all of them
possible, and the marketing OF on
; tcrops through them. Such diversifl
cation will bring about a greater meas
ure of permanency. stability and pros
perity.
One great problem remaining to b
settled Is the financing Of the farme
and ~stockgrower. ! will not take tn
time TO go into this subject exhaust
lively at this time, but merely cal
your attention to the possibilities g
handling our source as set out |
detil by me at the State Bankers Con
ventlon at Weiser, In June, 1913, Dur
ing the twelfth session OF our legisla
ture, OF which | vas n member, | In
troducod resolutions which, had the
passed, would have been the b%eginnin
OF such a system. II was too new a
ldea and a too radical departure froI
present methods. TO secure supper
enough to win out. 1t started think
ing along new. lines, however, and
am glad to know that leading men
all parties within this state are adop'
ing and advocating II, and leadin
bankers and f%inanciers OF the North
west have pronounced It sound
| principle and safe in business pra'
, tice.
Farmers should be able 10 secuI
! money ON as favorable terms and co
3 ditions as any other commercial lin
{ Our banking laws and the regulation
!. imposed upon banks for the condu'
/ OF their business. make II impossip
{ for them to supply money to farme'
3 on such terms. With a view to rem
dying this condition Congress
8 wrestling with the problem OF rur
credits. Idaho does not need the he