The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-12-07

making a Dig mistake. 1 ney
have marketed too many brood
sows, and now they are market,
ing too many pigs.
The recentimarked increase in
average weight together with a
marked decrease in number, has
been followed by much lighter
average weight and increasing re-
Ceipts at market. These facts
are significant to those who study
the hog situation.
A similar mistake is being
made in the marketing of cattle.
Too many beef COWS are being
sacrificed, and too many young
cattle and beet steers that are in
no better than feeder condition.
To the average American farm
er the world war is still a far-off
event. He has been too busy
since this country entered it to
be fully aware of the meaning of
that fact, or to clearly realize its
tremendous bearing upon Ameri-
can agriculture.
Thus far he has thought of the
war mainly as it affects the labor
necessary to produce and gather
the crops he has planted and their
market value.
When he does wake up to the
true Significance of this great
struggle, he will see that preserv-
alton of breeding stock on farms
is one of the most vital factors to
all the people of every nation, in
order that the worlds rapidly dis
appearing supply of meats, wool
and leather may be replenished,
Everything points to a contlnu-
anCe of the war for some time to
come. The worlds needs will In
crease as the war goes on. Is 1t
not plain that the demands upon
agriculture for food and clothing
will grow greater ana greater
with each month of destruction;
that it will be impossible to pro-
duce an adequate supply, especi-
ally of animal products, such as
meats, leather and wool, unless
breeding herds are maintained,
and that such demands and the
needs for breeding stock to re-
pleniSh the wasted herds and
flocks will continue long after the
war ceases: that this country must
be looked to mainly for such sup
plies and breeding stock, and that
those American farmers who are
wise enough to realize this fact
and prepare for the worlds COM
ing greatest needs which are in
evitable, will reap the Greatest re-
wards for their foresight, in both
money and the gratitude OF their
fellow men?
The short-siQhted policy, which
straneles the bird IN hand and
lets those in the bush fly away;
which, for the sake of a few ex-
ira dollars now, sacrifices breed
ing stock and thereby destroys
the foundation for supplying the
worlds future needs, not only de-
prives this nation of vital neceS-
sites in its struggle to help the
world, but also take away the
foundation for the abundant prof
it's that would otherwise be the
sure reward for waiting and de-
velopine the opportunity which
is thus afforded.
Without sufficient seed, there
can be no adequate crop OF any
kind. A world scarcity and
greatly increased needs every
where for all animal products can
have but one meaning, and that
is sustained market price for all
kinds of live stock during the war
and for years after.
In measuring the farmers sip.
posed advantage in selling his
old corn and animals separately
at present prices for both, the
effects of this shortsiehted policy
upon the future corn market, as
we'll as on future hog prices,
chO,,ld ha 0iuen carof,11 consider