American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21

crop estimates, there ARE o5Jo66,Ooo hogs IN the
United States, of which %, 1851 900 animals, or 455
per cent, nre on farms In the six corn belt states
of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, ana
Ohio, while 81, 756,000 porkers, or 334 per cent
ARE located In the 10 Southern states, ana the
remaining 21.1 per cent nre distributed over the
remaining 27 states of the Union. Under pres
cnt conditions the South ranks second only to the
corn belt as the leading pork-producing section OF
the country. The remarkable fact about the
growth of the hog business In the cotton states Is
TINT II has developed rapidly during the last hVe
years as n direct result of the untlring EFFORTS OF
county agents to popularlze pork productlon'
Dramatically the South Is the Ideal livestock sec
ton Of this country and present Indications are
thnt II is en- route to come into Its own.
Indicative of the rapid rise of the pork indus
fry. II counties of southern Alabama, although
they did not ship to market a single carload OF
hogs during the year 1~0l2-l0l3, marketed ZOO
carloads of hogs during the period from Aprh l,
1917. TO April /, 1913. Mississippi exported 7,244
hogs In 1914, while In 1917 she disposed of SS,130
fnt porkers, an Increase OF 1924 per cent. For
the most part, the Southern hogs are developed
inexpensIyely, on such forage crops as soy BEANS
peanuts, cowpeas, chufas, potatoes, native grasses
and clover, while corn is used as n fnish teed 10
firm. compact and "bloom" the flesh TO the desir-
able market quality.
The hog supply has developed with the increase
In corn production. In 1909 North Carolina raised
34OO0,OO0 bushels of corn, while In l9lS II mar
vested 04,305, 900 bushels and fattened l,NB9on
hogs. Georgia produced approximately 29t4fo.oOO
bushels more corn In 1918 than In 1909, ard dur
ing 1918 handled 2,507 900 hogs. Similarly "a the
cnse Of the other Southern states, increased yields
Of corn and pork have been intimately related,
while the exlgencies Of wartime production have
spccded up the farmers and, largely In accord
with high market values, have expedited pork
manufacture. Similarly, as a result Of greater
-. .ot,,,ttN mora cotftn hive hppn kent In the
south. In 1914 Mississippi marketed only S6,22o
fat cattle, while In 1915 It shipped 1927 AMI
mails TO the st. Louis market, an increase of ISL
rer cent. During 1918 Mississippi farmers sold
$3.50 head Of sheep In st. Louis, while In 1917
they shipped 1897 sheep to the same market, an
increase OF 232 per cent.
Reports show 1,470,4oS women actively engaged
in regular and emergency war work In the South
ern states during 1917, while 0S0,2T2 girls assisted
along similar lines; n total Of 2,6O0,2t3 women
and girls worked to help win the war by garden
ing poultry production. canning and drying fruits
vegetables and meats, butter making and cheese
mnhine Their achievements are partially pic
tured In 900 600 900 cans of fruits and vegetables
nnw awaiting consumption In Southern store
rooms anc pautrles. Impartial opinion states thai
during the Inst 10 months the Southern states
have canned and preserved 800 per cent NOR,
Fruits and vegetables than In any similar perio,
I'm the irst haif century,
The 6s.22T women enrolled In 3St2 Southern
clubs recently have put up S4,9oS,67T cans o
vegetables and fruits worth over S7,oo00oO. Ii
addition they have prepared over 1850 tons o
dried fruits and vegetables, and brined, pickle,
and stored 800 additional tons of vegetables. Tn,
"a ao6 Southern girls engaged In regular clul
work raised and canned S,sS2,000 cans of rcgt
tables worth $t,5oo.Ooo, as well as canning rn ad
ditional 3,e61,Oc0 containers Of fruits and vegeta
bles which they did not raise themselves.
Boys club work has also developed on an smaI
- .aola ha.anSa 81 fhN pArSavarfny and HAr
s~cientious work OF inc county agents. During 191