Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-28
IOWA FARMERS URGED TO PRO.
DUcE AS MUCH AS IN NORMAL
TIMES.
ARGENTINA EXPORTS
SOON TO BE STOPPED
Dean curtiss Urges Production Suffi-
Glen. TO Fill Needs, in Address at
Dedication Of Animal Husbandry
Laboratory at Ames-Winter Feed.
ing Proves Improbable.
Special to Times-Rcpuhllcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, March 2S.-"Hold on to your
live stock and continue to produce as
much as in normal times or even more
if conditions demand it," declared
Dean c. F. Curtiss Of Iowa State
College, in an address delivered here
yesterday at the dedication Of the
new $4,000 animal husbandry labora-
tory, held in connection with the an
nual meat producers and cattle feed
ers meeting.
Argentine, which has been formerly
exporting more beef than all other
countries in the worldys will soon be
shut oft because ships can not be
spared" said Dean Curtiss. America
will be asked to supply this meat. l
believe that within a year there will
be as big a demand for beef as for
wheat and that prices may have to be
fixed to eep them from going beyond
all reason.
Last fall, when the farmers were
asked to feed hogs and steers, they re-
sponded so readily that they were
really a little ahead Of time. AS re-
suit many of them lost money. But
there will be demand for meat, and
/ believe that conditions will be ad-
justed in such a way that farmers Will
make fair margin of profit
DR.. L. H. D. Weld, formerly OF the
University of Minnesota and now
economist for Swift & Co., of Chicago,
delivered an address in which he dis
cussed livestock conditions of today in
their relation to the packing industry.
He declared that in spite of meatless
days, consumption of meat had been
kept up and had actually been on the
increase within the last two months.
This was due, he said, to the work
ing men buying more meat. Along with
this is decreased sale of prime beef
and better cuts.
Result of Feeding Experiments.
On Tuesday, at the two day session
for the meat producers, reports Of the
winters feeding experiments were
made by w. H. Pew and John NJ.
Evvard Of the animal husbandry de-
partments. Results from feeding six
lots of steers, with various corn sub
stitute rations, showed that a ration
that included linseed oil meal in con-
nection with silage, corn and alfalfa
hay, proved more profitable than when
gluten feed, molasses feed or alfalfa
molasses were substituted in the ra-
ton. The tests were conducted with
well known advertised brands OF these
feeds.
1t was the concensus of opinion of
the feeders present that most feeders
in Iowa and adjoining states lost
money in their feeding operations last
winter, especially those who had to
buy their feed. The feeling of the
men was that conditions had cleared
up within the past month and that if
the food administration at Washington
should give evidences of insuring the
feeders fair profit, that they would
continue feeding. Otherwise, many
feeders will cut down on their opera
tons or go out Of business entirely.
About $50 men were in attendance.
including fifteen editors Of farm jour-
nails. Among the men from outside
the state who were on the two day
program weer w. A. Cochel, Kansas
State Agricultural College; III. J.Gram
lich, University of Nebraska; J. r.
Lush, Of Clay Robinson & Co.. Chi
cago and F. E. Drury. prominent far
mer Of Jacksonville, III.