Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-02-27


United States, of which 29651O0o animals. or $50
per cent, farms in the six corn belt states
OF Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, and
OHIO. while 21,756O00- porkers, or 1874 per cent
are located In the 10 Southern states, and the
remaining 21.1 per cent are distributed over the
remaining ~ states Of the Union Under pres
ent conditions the South ranks second only to the
corn belt as the leading pork -producng section Of
the country. The remarkable fact about the
growth OF the hog business N the cotton states is
that 1t has developed rapidly during the last five
years as direct result of the untring efforts Of
county agents to popularize pork production
Dramatically the South is the ideal livestock sec
ton Of this country and present indications are
that 1t Is en- route to come into its own.
Indicative of the rapid rise Of the pork indus
try, II counties Of southern Alabama, although
they did not ship to market a single carload Of
hogs during the year 1912-1918, marketed 1882
carloads Of hogs during the period from April /,
1917, to April l. 1918 Mississippi exported 1924
hogs in 1914 while in 1917 she disposed of SS.73O
fat porkers, an increase of 1924 per cent. For
the most part the Southern hogs are developed
inexpensively, on such forage crops as soy BEANS
peanuts, cowpeas, chufas, potatoes native grasses
and clover while corn is used as finish feed to
Arm, compact and "bloem" the flesh to the desir
able market quality.
The hog supply has developed with the increase
in corn production. In 1909 North Carolina raised
S4,OOO,OOO bushels of corn while in. 1918 1t har
vested 64365,O0O bushels and fattened 100000
hogs. Georgia produced approximately 29,475, 600
bushels more corn In 1918 than in 1909, and DUR
ing 1913 handled 2507, 900 hogs. Similarly in the
of the other Southern states, increased Yields
Of corn and pork have been intimately related
while the exigencies of wartime production have
speeded up the farmers and. largely in accord
with high market values, have expedited pork
manufacture Similarly, as a result of greater
hay production, more cattle have been kept in the
South. In 1914 Mississippi marketed only So 900
fat cattle, while in 1915 it shipped 156.2S7 ami
mails to the st. Louis market, an increase of 1871
per 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 232 per cent.
Reports show 47O,40S women actively engaged
in regular and emergency war work in the South
ern states during 1917 while 9SO272 girls assisted
along similar lines; total of 26O6,213 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
making. Their achievements are partially pic
tured in 200OOO,OO0 cans of fruits and vegetables
now awaiting consumption In Southern store.
rooms and pantries. Impartial opinion states that
during the last u months the Southern states
have canned and preserved 500 per cent moro
fruits and vegetables than in any similar perjod
in the last half century.
The 62,227 women enrolled In 3,S12 Southern
clubs recently have put up 34993,e77 cans of
vegetables and fruits worth over $7OOO,OOO In
addition they haye prepared over 1850 tons of
dried fruits and vegetables, and brined, picked
and stored 500 additional tons of vegetables. The
1906 Southern girls engaged in regular club
work raised and canned S,8S2O00 cans Of vege-
tables worth $1,500,00O, well us canning an adj
ditional 3,961,0O0 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-
scientious work of the county agents. During 1917