The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-09-19
THE REVIEWS SPECIAL
FARM NEWS DEPARTMENT
John H. d. Gray
EDITOR
Live News About Crawford County Farms
and Farmers

falfa, etc.-as a basis, with a grain
feed that can be readily grown. and
also dairy byproducts, the very high
est grade of-pork can be produced at
a minimum cost Variety of feed
alone is an item of immense import,
ance in feeding. An animal tires of
a constant ration of one kind. and is
more easily put off feed at such
times than when he is occasionally
supplied with a change to keep his
appetite keen. Not only has variety
of feed an influence on appetite. but
it results in a better quality OF pork.
| Barley is OF so much interest and i'm
portance in the production of prime
pork that it demands more than a
| passing notice. This grain has not
been relied upon to any great extent
in America as the principal part OF a
hog-fattening ration, but the practice
of Danish farmers and the results of
experiments can very well be studied
Danish bacon, which figures so prom
inently in the English markets, is pro-
duced mainly with barley and dairy
by-products. Farmers in those parts
of the country where barley is prom
inent crop can we'll devote attention
to their opportunities for pork pro-
duction. The purpose of these re-
marks is not to minimize theyvalue of
corn in meat production of any kind.
Corn is, perhaps, with favorable eli
mate and soil, the most economical
grain that is at the command OF the
stock raiser and feeder in those sec
lions of the United States where it
can be grown successfully. 1t is nu-
tritious and highly palatable With
out its use it is difficult to imagine
how the animal products of the Unit
ed States could have attained their
present position in the worlds COM
MERGE: and so long as meat products
are a factor of American agriculture
corn will probably be a leading ele-
ment in meat production In this
country, and the corn belt will natur-
ally continue to be more or less the
center of feeding operations.
Shippers of grain. hay and feed are |
advised by the Bureau of Markets, |
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, to be on the lookout for what is |
known as shippers order bill OF lad
ing" transactions with unknown or
persons. Shipping. car
lots to such buyers under no obliga-
lion other than to pay for the ship
ment If they finally take it out of the
cars, tends to encourage speculation
and is liable to increase freight con-
yestion. Some of these buyers order
products shipped in the hope that the
price will 60 up in the meantime and |
enable them to. sell locally to local |
dealer who. will pay cash. Unless
they succeed in selling to others, many
Of these shippers orders" consign-
ees have insufficient capital to pay
for the goods, which sometimes fall i
back on the shipper. In case re-
Gently investigated by the department
1 man without financial standing, who
posed as a commercial company, sue
ceeded in purchasing large shipments
Of hay and mill feed. AS there was Il
no advance in price and as he had no
cash with which to meet the drafts,
he held the goods for several weeks /
in the cars on the track. Some of the Il
cars were on the track for over TWEEN
ty days before unloading. When he I
succeeded in selling car, instead of \
paying his own cash for it. he sent /
his customer to the bank to release
the draft. The day the department in
vestigator was on the ground this |
man had thirteen cars of hay and nine |,
cars of mill feed on the track, papers /
for seventeen more cars enroute and |,
a number more still to be shipped. 1t /
was stated locally that in the same I
kind of transaction in the past Sc
we're decline in price rendered this
individual to pay for thirty cars of
produce. which the shipper was
forced to sell at material loss. The
shippers in this case easily could |
have obtained facts as to their Gus |
toner's responsibility from the mer-
camille agencies or from local banks
or merchants.
O. IN =. g,
kuhl & Jansen are putting new
under one of the large
barns on the farm three miles north
west of Manning.