The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-07-02
Keep Them Coming

Stick TO the hog-g1ve the snotes
and young pigs chance to make you
some money before the end of the
year. says II. G. Clayton, district
agent. 1t takes good hogs to pay out
AT present prices of feed, but the
right kind will do>so. The man who
gets out of the hog business now will
regret it later.
Lousy hogs cost the farmer almost
two cents a pound more than clean
hogs-don't pay this toll Also, if
you have not bought a good boar re
solve to get one. as there are plenty
CT good ones at prices any farmer can
afford At present feed prices the
farmer cannot afford anything but a
good boar.
II the hogs appear out of condition
let them have access to mixture
composed of charcoal, bushel; wood
ashes, l bushel; Stacked lime, 8
pounds; sulphur, pounds; copperas,
2 pounds.
Remember that the cycle of hog
prices runs from high to low and
back again in about three to five
years. If the present conditions seem
bad, look over the curves of prices for
a number of years. 1t will show that
each low point was followed by a
peak of prices-this peak will come
again.
Can Without Sugar, Says Depart
ment of Agriculture
1t will be wisdom on the part of
housekeepers to can the usual amount
of fruits and vegetables this year,
even if part or all of the fruit must
be canned without sugar, according to
a statement issued today by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
From all present indications, sugar
will be more abundant next winter. |
when the fruit will be used on the
table, the department says. There
will apparently be an increased acre
age of both cane and beet sugar this
year in the United States, Cuba, and
in other countries in the northern
hemisphere. The rise in the price of |
sugar has encouraged increased plant |
ings of cane and beets
No Shortage in United States
Supplies
In spite of world shortage of sugar !
and a decrease of 100000, 900 pounds ,
in domestic production there has been !
used or boarded during the current !
year in the United States Is per cent
more sugar than in former years. In /
fact, a greater supply of sugar than
ever before has been handled in this
country during the past few months
with net imports % per cent, or over
one billion pounds, greater than in
any previous period. 1t is obvious, /
therefore, that there has been no ac-
tual sugar shortage here this year
The difficulties encountered have
arisen from the inability of the con-
sumner TO secure his share of the sup
ply. Unless enormously increased
amounts have been consumed. the
trouble must be laid to boarding and
II is very evident that large quantities
are being held for future use both by
housewives and commercial concerns.
During the past fifty years the con-
sumption of sugar in the United I
States has steadily increased, at an
average annual rate of one pound per
year, until in the last few years the
average yearly per capita consump-
ton for all purposes is. between SIS
and so pounds. This compares with a
per capita consumption of $50 pounds I
in 1899. The increased consumption
Of sugar by the soft drink. candy, and
Ice cream industries during recent
years has helped raise the total aver
age, but to what extent is not known.
Be sure TO save all the hay possible
between now and fall, Present con-
ditions do not forecast any drop in
prices of feedstuffs in the near future.
Plenty of good roughage is a big help
toward eking out the grain ration.
Have you planned to dynamite any