The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-13
MORE MEAT CRY
eRoMINcLoUDER
Montana Farmers Must Not
Overlook One Essential
For Winning War.
TOO MUCH SELLING
Depicting of Herds Because
of Feed Shortage Is Not
Logical Method.

lV8AN0A V1NSAtOus
Because so much more can be &C
complished through efficient organiza-
tion. the president appointed Herbert
Hoover food administrator OF the ma
ton during the present war Since his
appointment many months ago Mr..
Hoover has been one OF the busiest men
in the nation. taking an invoice. MS It
were. Of the food supply on hand and
that being produced throughout the
whole nation. He gives the public the
results Of his findings. OF these find
ings two are OF paramount Importance.
the need for more wheat and more meat
animals. The former IL more easily ana
quickly met than the latter. and it Is
with that we are chiefly concerned In
this article.
Al Expense 81 Future.
The need of more foodstuffs is Inn
perative. According to figures gath
cred since the entrance of this country
into the war. we are not producing
enough meat animals to supply the de-
mands of the nation on a peace foot
ing, let alone on war basis and say
ing nothing Of the demands made upon
IN by our allies. The population OF the
United States II increasing faster than
are orr cattle or our hogs or sheep.
Something must be done to increase
the output OF meat. Added to an al
ready serious situation comes the
wholesale marketing OF both cattle and
sheep. OF course, this marketing Of
heef and mutton more than meets the
demands OF the present. but It Is 1T the
expense Of our future supply. Cows
and heifors find their way over the
block as we'll as steers, the stuff that
are producers.
Prices Will Advance.
To sum the situation up concisely,
we are facing an unprecedented de-
mand for meat animals with small
supply of breeding stock. There can
be but one outcome, the prices on
meat animals must go up. otherwise
farmers will keep on selling what stock
they have and turn to raising grain.
The law OF supply and demand, tam :
pered with though at times it may be.
4 Is going to force up the price on cat
tie. hogs and sheep beyond the high
prices which already prevail. Thus
the man who keeps his breeding stock
Is not only helping ont the country in
a time Of need but he Is enriching his
Patriots in the Fields.
We read great deal OF stirring
deeds at the front. yet there Is per-
.haps too little said of the work that
goes on behind the lines TO keep these
fighters going. Work on the farms is
going to be just as essential in win
Ming this war as fighting in the
trenches War is no longer made up
entirely OF deeds of yalor. Modern
science has made it a test, not only oil
the individual but OF the nation as well
It IL going TO take all the resources oil
This country to bring the war to a sue
cessful conclusion and the work Of the
farmer Is no inconsiderable part OF oui
resources. Just now the call is being
made upon him for wheat and meat
In answer To the former thousands Of
acres of Montana land are now planted
to the fall grain and thousands NOR,
await spring seeding. But in answe1
10 the call for more meat the respons'
Is less instantaneous. Extensive mea
production is not the result Of mush
room growth. There must go with i
many other things to insure Its sue
cess, proper breeding stock. Dlrns
fences, roughage and pasture. Tn
temptation is strong % pillow up tn
meadows and sow to grSin,
Business Is Permanent.
We must have more meat TIL
country needs 1t and, as we have sale
there is money to be made through i
The grain farmer lives from year I
year. but the man who grows livestoc
works up business which, II need b.
will last him through his lifetim
Not only that. but he leaves his fari
in better shape than when he found i
the acres enriched for his havin
farmed them. There is every mott,
to induce the farmer to grow mo-
cattle. sheep and hogs-patriotisr
money. permanence in farming.
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