The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-03

"o'e"t ~ eP"uhos' zll.z6; Exports Of
pork products In pounds, 1901, 271,.
900; Domestic consumption in terms
OF pounds of pork products per capita,
'Nes AiSti s~.NN TpgYE
3 II. table Q De insufficient evidence. a
hlers glance at the prices of pork
products today is proof that we are
- sauehtarinE, consumins at home. and
EeSpoftins more pork products than We
are producins. 1t is interesting to
note that we have increased on,
pork consumption despite high prices.
Two Ways to Solve Hog Problems.
IL we are to maintain our supplies
't's' thea aiiies. we have only one of two
courses;- CIR a combination of both ):
First. we must reduce our consump-
ron OF pork products to the prewar
normal or better; and. second, we
must Increase our production. If we
ofscontinue exports, we will move the
German line from France to the At
h,ntic seaboard.
Pork products have an influence I'm
this present world situation wider
than one would ordinarily attribute
10 them. The human body must
have. a certain amount of daily intak e
of fat, Whether this fat is by means
OF dairy products. by vegetable oil, or
or pork products becomes a secondary
question In time of complete nationa
stress. because pork products to some
degree win substitute for the other
Iiafs. ~.f
flinitfica mas Enormous Feed Crop IN,
Hand.
Due to, the blessing OF the AL
mighty and the energy of our farmers
we have secured one OF the largest
torn crops lin our history. We also
have abundaht crops Of oats, barley.
fahr corn, soy beans, velvet beans,
cottonsecd and peanut meal. and we
will have larger supply of mill
feed than norman. Not all of these
ure hog feed. but they wfll enter tho
general feeding question by adding
To the general pooh OF feed.
II we aggregate ali OF the feeding
stuffs. and II we substract the amoun,
OF fodder grains which we can ex.
pect TO export in view OF the present
shipping outlook. we will md one as
founding fact which should givc
american farmers pause; We have
to-day somewhere near the equivalent
OF 1000, 100000 bushels Of feeds morc
than last year ,rhis IL an increase of
nearly % per cent.-for which we
fave no corresponding, number of ami
rnals to feed unless we begin to in
crease them at once. In other words.
az our animals have not kept pace
with our increase In concentrates, we
have much more feed this year than,
we have animals to eat;it Therefore,
IL farmers to fnd markets for
feed. 1t must be to q great extent
through am increascrins animals.
The monetary interpretations OF this
situation must be that VIC will have a
lew range OF prices for feeding stufrs
and, In view of the European situation
and our own shortage i'm hogs. we will
have high average price for pork
products. Therefore, ic must be to
the vital advantage of every farmer
to raise hogs.
Start a "Kccp-n-P -Pigr Movement.
This situation is one that can bc
partly solved by our suburban popu-
lation. IL every suburbanite took to
lis care pig and fed ii on the hous
garbage, he would increase our fa,
supply and do so without call upon
cur general feeding stuffs In Ger.
many 100000 hogs are supported by
these means. We need "Kecp-a,
Pig" movement in this country-and
a. properly cared for pig Is no more
insanitary than n dog. Such a move
rncnt would necessarily require some
changes In village and urban ordi-
RANGES; but tho national welfare
would be warrant ample for such a
course OF action.
Our Diminishing Wool Clip.
Some OF the other animal question.
might touch on briefly as we'll, al.
though the same line. of argument
applies all along. Suppose we take
the case OF sheep. Oar sheep have
been diminishing steadily since tn,
war began. We produced In 1916
only 35 per cent. OF tho wool that we
used. In providing uniforms for snif
lions and millions OF men the worll
Is using more wool than ever Uefor,
In It's history. We have never seen