The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1920-09-02
: AMONG THE FARM BUREAUS I
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rfc8A< tho HfOflt Oh farming IN IA,
Spokane Inland Empire. and how th'
Inland Empire can increase III profit
OF farming In south western Idaho Il
outlined In a statement by william
Kerr. swine specialist OF the Univer
atty Of Idaho extension division who
says that the south Idaho farmers ear
! grow stock hogs profita5ly 10 supply
1 the needs OF the northern wheat farm.
; ers for . means Of saving this waste
on pea crops that they grow, instead
. of summer following their wheat
fields.
I Wheat farming In the Spokane see
tion depends Increasingly on the US
OF field pea crops 10 restore fertility
TO the soil. says Mr.. Kerr. He polnff
out also that the southern Idaho hog
lndusty depends on finding a nearby
market The Inland Empire farmers
have paid high prices for their hogs
TO CLEAN their peas but are not able TO
raise their own hogs early enough 10
supply the needs on account OF wea-
Their conditions. The lower valleys
of southern Idaho. on the other hand.
can easily put late February and
March pigs on tho market.
/ Cooperation between farmers OF
tho two sections both in selling and
In buying these hogs In carload lots
10 suggested BY Mr.. Kerr as offering
an unusual opportunity for mutual
benefit In the two sections.
The irrigated farms OF southern
idaho are we'll adapted 10 production
OF hogs" says Mr.. Kerr. However.
under present prevailing prices OF
grain and present system OF hog pro
duction and marketing. tnis form OF
livestock husbandry has not been
very profitable. The yoar 1919 rep
resented the largest exports OF pork
this county ever shipped and indica-
tons point eonciusively the necessity
of reduction In the total number OF
hogs produced In the United States. |
for wo cannot expect this export trade |
10 be A. good in the future. This |
naturally Indicates the necessity OF |
hogs being crown under conditions |
that enable production to be- made
profit. Advantage should be- taken,
therefore. OF all conditions tending to
make tho industry profitsbls.
The economical production OF hogs
for market naturally divides itself In
to two distinct pcriods--the growing
period and the finishing period. The
growing period extends form the time
the SOW 10 bred until tho pigs weigh
100 to ITO pounds Zach. while In the
finishing period the hogs Increase In
weight from 100 oriz0 pounds to
marketable sise Of OTIS to 2z5 lbs.
THE latter pesriod must be spent
In . district whore there In q surplus
OF some form Of concentrated grain.
Hogs will not generally pay the
freight on grain shipped from long
distances. but must be used as
means Of marketing surplus grains
In the more concentrated form. A
very large percentage OF the hogs
marketed from irrigated farms have
been finished regardless OF the as
uurancs OF loss In the transaction.
II farmers on the irrigated farms
had continued to grow hogs and
planned to ship them comparatively
10 sections of country that demanded
lhsm. there has harcry been . time
turing the last three years that hog
production would not have b~en a
,rofita bls business.
Before We contemplate an tn
rsass In stock hog production 30
must look for . market whore stock
logs can be finished economically.
|oathwestcrn Idaho can readily find
his demand by supplying stock hogs
or the pea grain fields OF the Inland
Umpire surrounding and adjacent TO
rokans.
vtaishiHg Hogs ON Pee Fields
Practical demonstrations In
lany OF the large wheat growing
ections OF the Inland Empire have
hown that winter wheat following
sld peas outyisids the winter wheat
summer failow. Years OF
'tnter wheat summer faiiow meth
a. have gradually consumed the
valuable humus OF tho grain sec
oas. 90 that tho soil falls TO con
rive enough moisture TO tide the
rain crop over critical periods.
pine lexuminoas esops must be
rought Into tho rotation to supply
anus and nitrogen. As practical
" 10 supply these plant foods aud
crease the Yield OF wheat. the
rmsrs viii not be slow to make the
'anRs.
AT the present time. high prices
. being paid for the peas by seed
mpaniss undcr contract. but as
rger and larger aereaxes are plant
there may come q time whom
her means must be used for find
& . market for the pea crop.
No other animal can make as
a. use OF the peas as can
. modern porker properly develop
In siss and form on alfalfa pas
~. skim milk and grain. One OF
. greatest expense OF producing
. peas 10 the harvesting. threshinE
q marketing. This the hog viii
more efficiently than any other
ru ssxshins. In fact he Is 80 sf-
dent that much Of the profit OF
. produeticn ~ lost anisss the peas
altered In harvesting are cleaned
hogs. Conservative estimates
~ that the pea stabels. after har-
stsd. Win carry one stock hox per
~. and during . period OF 90 to 10
~ this hog may be pat on . grain
more than zoe roarts. This
In 10 from psas that otherwise
'uld ~ wasted
''undsr soaditions OF pasture and
3vtne foeds. this section 10 not