The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-07

crop estimates, there are 65O66,0O0 hogs IN the
United States, of which 90 1851 900 animals. 455
per cent, farms in the six corn belt states
of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana and
Ohio, while 21756,OOO porkers, 1874 per cent,
located In the Is Southern states, and the
remaining 21.1 per cent are distributed over the
remaining 81 states of the Union. Under pres
ent 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
that ii has developed rapidly during the last five
years as direct result Of the untring efforts OF
county agents to popuarlze pork production
Dramatically the South Is the ideal livestock Sec
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 not ship to market single carload OF
hogs during the year 1912l913, marketed 1882
carloads Of hogs during the period from April l,
1917 to April /, 1918. Mississippi exported 1924
hogs In 1914 while in 1917 she disposed of SO, 730
fat porkers, an increase of 1924 per cent. For
the most part the Southern hogs are developed
inexpensively, such forage crops soy beans,
peanuts, cowpeas chufas, potatoes, native grasses
and clover, while corn is used finish feed to
firm, compact and "bloem" the flesh to the desr-
able market quality.
The hog supply has developed with the increase
in corn production In 1909 North Carolina raised
$4,000 900 bushels of corn, while in 1918 1t har-
vested Ga 1865, 900 bushels and fattened 100000
hogs. Georgia produced approximately 20, 4T5 900
bushels in 1918 than in 1902 and dur
ing 1913 handled 2,507 900 hogs. Similarly in the
case 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 1872
fat cattle, while in 1916 it shipped 156.237 ami
mails TO the st. Louis market, an increase of 1871
per cent During 1915 Mississippi farmers sold
$3.50 heud Of sheep in st. Louis, while In 1917
they shipped 1917 sheep to the same market an
increase Of 232 per cent.
Reports show 1470,40S women actively engaged
In regular and emergency war work in the South
ern states during 1917 while 980272 girls assisted
along similar lines a total of 26O6213 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 partially pic
tured IN 2O0OO0000 of fruits and vegetables
now awaiting consumption In Southern store
rooms and pantrles. Impartial opinion states that
during the last II months the Southern states
have canned and preserved 500 per cent more
fruits and vegetables than in any similar period
in the lest half century.
The 02227 women enrolled in 1872 Southern
clubs recently have put up 34.9936 GIT cans of
vegetables and fruits worth over $4,000 600. In
addition they have prepared over 1850 tons OK
dried fruits and vegetables. and brined, picked
and stored $40 additional tons of vegetables. The
1906 Southern girls engaged In regular club
work raised and canned 900 cans of yege-
tables worth S1,50O000, rs well as canning "a adj
ditional 100000 containers of fruits and vegeta-
bles which they did not raise themselves
Boys club work has also developed on an emaz-
Ing scale because OF the persevering ana con.
scientious work Of tho county agents During 1917