The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-28

crop estimates. there 65,O66OOO hogs in the
United States. of which 29,651 600 animals 45.5
per cent. farms In the six corn belt states
Of Iowa. Illinois Nebraska. Missouri. Indiana, and
Ohio. while 21.756,OOO porkers. 334 per cent.
are located in the Is Southern states. and the
remaining 21.1 per cent are distributed over the
remaining y states of the Union. Under pres
ent conditions the South ranks second only TO the
corn belt the leading pork producing section of
the country. The remarkable fact about the
growth Of the hog business in the cotton states is
that 1t has developed rapidly during the last five
years direct result of the untiring efforts OF
county agents popularize pork production
Dramatically the South is the ideal livestock
ton of this country and present indications are
that IT is route to come into its own.
Indicative of the rapid rise of the pork indus
Try II counties of southern Alabama. although
they did ship TO market single carload of
hogs during the year 19121912. marketed 2.352
carloads of hogs during the period from April l.
1917 70 April l. 1918 Mississippi exported 7,244
hogs in 1914 while in 1917 she disposed of IS. 73O
far porkers. an increase of 1924 per cent. For
the most part the Southern hogs developed
inexpenSisely such forage crops soy beans,
peanuts. eowpeas ehufas, potatoes. native grasses
and clover. while corn is used as finish feed to
firm compact and bloom" the flesh the desir-
able market quality.
The hog supply has developed with the increase
In corn production In 1909 North Carolina raised
vested s4 1858 600 bushels and fattened 1599 600
hogs Georgia produced approximately % ATS 600
bushels more corn in 1918 than in 1909 and dur
ing 1918 handled 2,5Of 900 hogs. Similarly in the
ca of the other Southern states. increased yields
of corn and pork have been intimately related.
while the exigencles of wartime production have
speeded up the farmers and. largely in accord
with high market values, have expedited pork
manufacture. Similarly. a result of greater
hay production. cattle have been kept in the
on
fat cattle while in 1916 it shipped 15e 237 ami
mails to the ST. Louis market. an increase Of 1s1
FER cent During 1915 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 23o per cent.
Reports show 147O, 40S women actively engaged
in regular and emergency work in the South
ern states during 1917 while esO272 girls assisted
along similar lines; total of 2.606213 women
and girls worked to help win the by garden
ing, poultry production canning and drying fruits
vegetables and meats. butter making and cheese
making Their achievements are partially mic.
tured in oOO0OO0OO Of fruits and vegetables
now awaiting consumption in Southern store
rooms and pantries- Impartial opinion states tia,
during the last Il months the Southern states
have canned and preserved 500 per cent more
fruits and vegetables than in any similar period
in the last half century.
The g. e2cs7 women enrolled in 1872 Southern
clubs receatly have put up 34.o9667 cans OF
vegetables and fruits worth 100000 In
addition they have prepared 2.7jO tons Of
dried fruits and vegetables. and brined picked
and stored 500 adeiitional tons Of vegetables The
133O6 Southern girls engaged in regular club
work raised and canned s.SS2OOO cans of yeee-
tables worth 81 100000, wen as canning an ad-
ditionaf 3261.ooo containers Of fruits and vegeta-
bles which they did not raise themselves
Boys club work has also developed on an amaz.
ing scale because of the persevering and con-
sctentous work Of the county agents. During 1917