The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-01-14

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Pleasing Profits Are Almost Sure to A.
prepared by the United States Depart |
ment Of Agriculture)
Texas formerly was famous as the
nome Of chaps, spurs, pintoes, and
cowboys, but with the plentiful ap-
pearance of barbed wire fences and
the influx Of small livestock farmers
these relics Of the range in many cases
are winning the discard and are being
replaced by A-shaped houses. stopping
troughs, self-feeders. and plentiful
patches of forage crops-the land
marks Of the hog.
County swine breeders associations
have been developed on some scale and
for the most part have been Of two
kinds; one for the purpose of ship
ping market hogs, and the other with
the end in view Of promoting and sell
ing registered breeding animals. 1t
has been customary for either Of these
organizations to purchase feed COOP
eratively whenever the need Of import
| ing feed arose.
About eight months ago a co-opera-
tive shipping association was organ
lied in Smith county. Texas, by the
| extension swine husbandmen Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. During the past winter and
spring this club has marketed nearly
$500, 900 worth Of hogs at an approx
mate saving Of 100000 to the pro-
ducers. Previous to the formation Of
this marketing club it was customary
for the local buyers to purchase the
hogs, ordinarily paying about or 6
cents below the market price for the
fat stock. The get-together club has
saved for its members much Of the
profit formerly made by local stock
buyers. Its secretary reports that un'
der cooperative shipments the aver
age cost of freight, shrinkage. com
mission, and yardage for a hundred
pounds of hog on the hoof has amount
cd to only 81.
| How Shipments Are Made.
The secretary Of this shipping or
sAnization is the local county agent
and whenever enough hogs are ready
to ship from farms Of the club mem
bers to make up half carload hi
orders a car and advertises the fac
that he will ship hogs from the county
seat on q certain date. At the specified
time the other farmers in the count!
chat belong to the association assem-
Bile their hogs at the station. wher'
the stock is loaded and shipped to tn
Fort Worth market, the county agen
accompanying each shipment in orde
to see that It is sold to the best ad
vantage and also to make sure tina
the different grades of hogs are weigh
ed separately.
When the stock is loaded at tn
shipping point the animals are weigh
ed and usually classified into thre
grades and thus tagged. A receipt
} given to each member who is shippin
hogs for the number Of pounds ths
he delivers to the car and the grad
that his hogs came under. After tn
hogs are sold and the county agen
\ returns to the country, he divides tn
net receipts among the various shil
l pers. after the entire costs have bee
. deducted, according to the number
l pounds Of pork, on the hoof. each ma
{ ahipped.
Recently the hog farmers of Smlt
county have organized a pure-bre
swine breeders association that is III
der the same auspices ana has tt
i same officers as their market associ'
a ton. These stockmen intend to pu
chase, in the North, one or two ca
+ loads Of good, registered breedir
stock of the highest type and qualit
The local banks have agreed to furnis
the money, giving the members OF
years time in which to pay the de-
l. and requesting each Of the membe
e to purchase at least one pure-br'
il animal. Animals OF only one breed
e hogs will be purchased in order tn
n the county may specialize In quail
hogs of special market uniformity,
addition to selling breeding animals
the surrounding communities.
a In Nacogdoches county a swil
l. breeders association has recently be-
t formed In order to improve markt
n Ing conditions. The local buyers ha'
. been paying ID to IA cents TOR goo
fat hogs, delivered at the railroad du
ing the period when market prices
Fort Worth and at Houston, for al
y mails of similar quality, ranged In u
, neighborhood of q cents poun
. Pleasing profits are almost certain
q attend this cooperative marketil
u project as there has not been sing