The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-08-13
FARMERS CONVENTION
COMES TO SUCC ESSFuL
CLOSE THIS MORNING
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have to take Off their hats to the old
Volunteer State, and take a back seat
in comparison.
He said the American farmer has
placed America first In the list of ma
tons in the world. He has produced
and produced until he :, has almost
Eankrupted himself What. the farm
er needs today is not sympathy, but a
bearing upon the subject of what com
pensation he is entitled to.
For years and years the farmer has
not been getting what he has been
entitled to for the products of his
farm. There Is a reason for this. We
don't find farmers familiar with the
economic situation always. Many OF
them do not take into consideration
the fact that the change of premiers
in France and Great Britain may off
set the price of his corn, or that a
strike in Maine may raise or lower
the price of some other proucts. But
the time is approaching when the
farmer will be kept better posted on
economic situations and otherwise.
One of the greatest organizations
fol- the good of the farmer that has
ever been perfected, said the speak.
err. Is. the American Federation Of
Farm Bureaus He strongly com
mended the,Cpresident of the organi-
cation, j. R.tbHoward, knowing him
personally and being fully acquainted
with his ability.
Mr.. Eagle in discussing the cause
CT declines on live stock prices said
"The butchering of veal calves is moi
an economic waste for the reason
that the greatest number of them are
of dairy blood, calves Improbable and
uneconomic to grow and fatten. They
are brought in to freshen cows and to
increase the production of milk, and
when this is done they have served
their purpose.
During the war the American PEG
PIE got out of the habit of eating
meat and they have not gotten back
to it yet. Anti-meat propaganda has
mislead many people and deprecated
the real value of pound OF meat
for food and nutrition. At present
beef steak prices in Germany are
twelve times what they are here"
Mr. Eagle discussed the profits o.
meat packers, saying that they made
less than two cents per dollar on each
turnover, and had made sworn state
ments to this effect. He said false
statements to the contrary had done
much to hurt the. live stock industry
from top to bottom. .,..s.,
In closing Mr.. Eagle urged the farm
ers organizations to take deeper In
teres in packing as a part Of theit
live stock business. He scored the
public, and shifted the burden of re
sponsibility for the decline in prices
to meat consumers.
Prof. CssA. Wilson, of the College
of Agriculture, discussed Practical
Rations for Cattle and Hogs" He
said farmers have never received bet
ter prices than during the past two
years for live stock, and much care
should be taken with the feeding 1t
is not the finishing period that deter
mines the profits on live stock, but
during the growing period.
He urged that waste lasd be utiliz.
ed for pasturing livestock, and sug-
gested that more blue grass pasture
be maintained. Blue grass is a par
tial solution Of our present labor
shortage. He said cattle will finish
with a shorter feeding peroiod II they
are brought through the winter in
good condition, showing gain OF
from so to IS pounds. Prof. Wilson
advised against letting the cattle run
in corn stalk fields until they have
lost the summer fat, He recommend.
ed silage as an excellent winter feed
for cattle.
Prof. Wilson said he did not know
Of a more ideal place to finish the
feeding of cattle than in Middle Ten
nessee. He said northern states are
now adopting methods of finishing
cattle which have been advocated by
the Tennessee Experiment Station for
several years.
The speaker said 1t is not practical
to grow hogs these days with forage
crops. He suggested blue grass pas.
lures for sows and pigs.
Prof. C. A. Mooers, of the College Of
Agriculture of the University of Ten
ressee, was the next speaker. Dis
cussing the clover crop, the speaker
a