Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-24

in price in appropriate proportion to
the increase in most of feeds are those
producing condensed milk and cheese.
Our home milk and butter supplies
are therefore looked at in a broad way,
decreasing while our population is in
creasing. This deficiency of dairy but
ter is shown by the increased sales of
margarine, which show an increase of
several million pounds per month over
similar periods in 1915. Dairy butter,
however, has qualities which render it
vitally necessary for children. Milk
has no substitute and is not only in
trinsically one of our cheapest animal
foods, but is absolutely fundamental
to the rearing of the children.
The dairy Situation resolves itself
into several phases. First, it is to be
hoped that the forthcoming abundant
harvest together with a proper restric-
ton upon exports of feeding stuffs will
result in lower prices Of feed and di-
minish the impetus to sell the cattle
for meat. Second, the industry needs
encouragement so as to increase the
dairy herd and thus our dairy supplies,
for the sake first of our own people
and second of the allies. The people
must realize the vital dependence of
the well-being of their children, and
thus of the nation, upon the encourage
ment and upbuilding of the industry.
Third, we must save the wastes in milk
and butter during the war if we are to
provide milk supplies to all. We waste
| large quantities of our milk value from
our lack of national demand for prod
ucts of skinned and sour milk.
Pork Products.
The hog is the most efficient of ma
chimes for the production of animal fat.
The hog not only makes more fat from
a given amount of feed, but also the
products made are specially capable of
| preservation and most economical for
commercial handling.
The swine of Europe are rapidly de-
creasing and the consumption demand
| induced by the war is much increased,
this particularly because bacon, ham
| and lard are so adaptable for military
supplies. Moreover, our allies are iso-
lated from many markets and large
amount from northern neutrals is
being diverted to Germany.
| While our hogs have increased in
number by 100000 animals, the aver.
age weight at slaughter is falling and
our production is probably only about
maintained. The increasing demand
upon us since the war began is shown
by the following figures of comparative
exports:
Three-year, pre-war period, 1,O55,
614,000 pounds.
Year ending June 30. 1916. 1872,
$4,000 pounds.
Wool and Leather.
Our national supply of both WOO
and leather are less than our needs
and we are importing them more an(
more largely, as shown by the follow
ing figures:
Importations of wool and manufac
lures of wool (valueJ for the three
year pre-war period, S62, ,457 ,965; fo
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1916
$15S,O7S,271.
Imrortations (value) of hides, leath
er, and manufactures of leather aver
age of the three-year pre-war period
S133, III 1893; for the year ending Jun
80, 1916, SIT, 7,SS0,902.
At the present time the worlds de
mand for these products has increases
far above the peace level owing to tn
extra consumption in supplying tn
armies. This demand is now again IL
creased by the mobilization Of 9 larg
American army. In the face of thi:
not only is the European. herd decreas
ing, but also American Sheep have d.
creased about 100000 since the wa
began. After the war is over, the vt
rious countries of the world frOl
which we formerly drew our wool ar
likely to retain it for their own us
until their flocks again become norma
Sugar.
The sugar supply on which our allie
in Europe normally draw has bee
tremendously reduced, so that the
must have recourse to other source
In consequence of the shipping stu
ton the area from which they mu
, draw is also curtailed and, as a resul
| they are driven into those marke
, from which our own supply normal
arises. Furthermore, their own pr
duction has been greatly diminishe
, Before the war, Europe supplied in
, large measure it's own needs, throus
r the production Of beet sugar, as W
, appear from the following table sho'
. ing the average yearly production al
, consumption for the five years befo
: the war (9O9-1913), in some Of Il
chief countries of Europe: