Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-02-05

ana business experience ID make q
market n the Eastern States for
Eastern meats and system Of hand
ing the i've stock of the farmer thai
viii aol be al profit Tor some one
Use II Mr.. Parks venture succeeds.
ta1G II is succeeding1 others can and
VIII follow In his interview Mr. P.
R PARK said.
ne east Is dnuing greater interest
n farming, and particularly live
stock. every day, as the best thinkers
and students realize that live stock
IS the salvation of the decadent state
IF agriculture n the East
The possibilities Of beef produc-
Ion. either as Z pa-- of dairying or .
separate industry. appeal 70, those
Who have struggled with the labor
problem and whu realize that some
( changes must -omc II the near fl
tlrr.
The Angus cattle. while the young-
est breed IN The country, are rapidly
! forging . The front (feco If the Ia.
! carload at The International n De-
cEmDer We're Angus. or grade Angus
Sta%rst The absence OF horns their
QUICK maturity. their economical di-
gesuon stamp hem as the Baby Beef
breed ana The best qualified for east
sI-n farmers % raise. An Angus bull
OF good breeding. crossed on a dairy
herd viii throw calves all black ana
9oco OF them without horns. ana
while we 90 not recommend this
cross for dairy purposes. i IS Z good
ross TO make # one is about 70 give
up the daIr-T Or II one has more pas
-ure or feed than they care TO use
for strictly dairy purposes.
New England Best Marke.
New England has the best mar
ksts. OF he world. Ine best prices
are paid IN Boston. New York and
local markets for all kinds OF high
grade meat products: II has the m
st pastures and al il lacks IS the
boosters. # the western spirit OF
boosting could be infucred into the
present population Of New England
you voul1 hear no more Of the ten
dollar per acre buildings Included
sale Of farms. You would hear Of
$500 ana Sao0 PER acre farms. with
buildings priced is extras
The and IS right. the climate is
right, The MARKETS The best. Then
Why does Ma Ssa CilCStTts for In
stance. import from outside its Dor
Ter taf7e II what II consumes The
answer rs We see il Is: \ state of
mind. Ike the whipped dog.-a mind
mat ha-ks back 70 the tine when
@iHers We're sold II the west by the
thousand n 80 much per head ana
II the cast for cents ! pound
dressed when the farms sold for
more t.4l ,hey DO -0da-.
The VI St IS now fenced ana mas
been swept Nth drought that has de
uuaed irzt The southwest for three
years ara the northwest for rvu sea
sons. 40 steers ara now selling for
around - cents per pound alive II
Chicago anu the price CT the easter,
farms nave declined SOC. Perhaps
We dope J, wong, but ne look for 4
movement Of M renters and owners
81 western farms ID he east and pre-
G!cI -la- present values will double
when he east wakes Up and We AL
aec1.ne ~outtrs for our wonderful
: count ana conditions.
Looking al the west troIn the east
ana reading the accounts CT tat-
struggles of me pioneers blasting
siumps. clearing ard and building
nakesnit. nous > barns. fences etc.
u uoi.s as though t2lesa Pioneers had
not canvassel The country ve--- care
fully.
We Rave tne Opportunity
In ne east We nave Just as good
la-L. Ill fenced with buildings n
GOOD repair. for 10 more per acre
tl4n thev ar paying fer the raw
sr-1np and. IN addition. II man.
instances these farms are located On
.-r \ roads with telephone. train and
schools nea-5-- and I'll 4 thousand
mics aea.e3. me best markets y the
world. Are the wesierncrs not living
ter, years Of the best Of their lives
struggling with siurnps building
houses barns and al kinds OF out
buildings
We know that the average vest
er1er viii answer: II the eastern
ana was any good. why did the own
ars leave :" As a matter OF rac'.
The owners die Tot leave these arms
They died on them. Why do nor
other loca. people buy them Be
cause they see and hear nothing n
their iown that would indicate these
values were low: IN fact they see
other farms all around them selling
AZ about the same prices. and -hey
only measure values on COM
narrative basis. They see nothing
about them but scrub cattle
twenty i've year system Of rotation
Of crops-mea1i1g no rotation &C
tua.ly no blowing so long as grass
will grow sembialce Of Z crop II
nav They see nothing. talk moth
ing and act nothing bur pessirnisIn
rwelve months OF the year
Change the State Of Mind
-.-Th. trouble with New England IS
i state Of mind. and until this pes
sirnlsIn Is blot.ad out Ue viii con-
time TO have low priced farms ana
nisl priced farm products. discon-
tented farmers anu scolding city
jewellers
We really need a new deal The
farmers OF the east should forge.
nat the western farmers licked them
IN The -o's and SOS and figure il our
FOR themselves.
4 Take an Iowa renter pairing oTc
an land costing $500 TO $500 per acre
OF giving up half his crop as rent
every year How can he beat you
* raising live stock on land costing