Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-12
by JOE l.. POPE

- - fN'H'us dH uttitne ni Inc
Fort Worth Stock Yards Company. II
among the reuplc of the Plains coun.
Try 81 Texas. preaching the doctrine
OF diversified farming as n means 20
greater success among the producers.
directly or primarily. and incidentally
Tor the benefit OF the general public.
Mr.. French. although connected with
n great corporation, ~ doing work
Of construction. aud one destined 20
greatly enhance the interests OF the
entire populaCe. Three years no.
there was a small quantity of grain
produced IN many sections AZ the
Plains Country. This brought about n
condition making Il necessary 20 10.
duce the number Of livcstock. aud par
iticularly of hogs handled In those
areas. Then camc "a season of un.
iprecodented grain production. but the
animals were not present IN sufficient
numbers 10 consume and transform Il
into meat The next season brought
an, even greater production and now.
as before. the showing Of feeder and
siockcr hogs In entirely too small TO
adequately handle cheaply priced
grains.
Attention is called to the fact that
there are sections In Texas with an
undersupply OF feed and an oyerBup.
ply Of feeder and stockcr hogs Fine.
80 far. why shouldn't the people Of
this country buy and ship directly
from certain other parts Of Texas the
animals needed here. 10 badly? This
has been done before. with fatal re-,
suits: Animals were crushed into the
Plains Country Of Texas. and soon.
instead Of profits through feeding
there were Losses through an epidemic
Of cholera. The fatal mslady came
with the herds, and soon many thou.
sands Of dollars were swept out.
Intmunixes Animals
To overcome this trouble the Fort
Worth Stock Yards Company prompt.
cd by a desire to he of service. and
incidentally to Increase tho yield ~
hogs In Texas proposes to take hogs
In transit from other sections of the
state into the Plains Country. unload.
immunlze them against cholera. pncu.
monia and other lung and bronchial
diseases, spray them FOR the cradlca.
ton Of superficial disorders and the
elimination 'of parasiiiCai insects fun.
iRatc, stetilizc and dslnicct the cars
and load them for resumption of the
journey, For this service, q nominal
charge II made. cqualling approximate.
~ one cent and u half per pound. This
may seem high. and yet when Il Is I'm.
derstcod with what degree 81 thor.
h.Ha asal. - lpN In
their work. and the immunity against
disease assured, the matter assumes
a different phase.
No Extra Charge Made.
Mr.. French calls attention to the
fact that the railroads do net charge
demurragc on cars held fer reluading
of hogs being treated against disease
They allow the cars To- be- held over and |
then pick them up and continue the |
Journey as though no break In the haul |
had occurred This cooperation upon |
the part ~ the railroads. ls one worth /
great deal h. the purchasers u hoca. |
According to Mr. French. the rail. |
roads are 90 be- relied upon to help |
much In emergency situations. Under |
normal conditics.p. any break IN q |
haul such as Ii necessary for the treat. !
ment Of animals In transit would be |
, Offect with an extra charge. hut the /
railroads are interested IN Interesting |
the profits through production and /
They therefore make this investment In |
The scheme
The visitor pointed out the fact that I
M The present rate. the sorghum grains !
of this rection uf the STATE are worth I
Approximately thirty.fivc cents per |
bushel. he states that hy feeding the |
grain % hogs the market price viii /
run up to eighty cents per bushol. or |
twice M much. II was pointed out that
In order 10 assure results such as here |
IN indicated. Il viii bo found necessary |
IN feed the hogs from ninety to one /
hundred DAYS
when the two way haul Il the hogs (
shall have been completed. the intcres, 4
and other expenses paid. Mr. French |
states that n most apprcclnllc ncrccnt'
UEc a gain will hc found to have NJ.
oi1cd by reason of feeding the Sur
ghum grains 10 hoRs
Texas Imports HogS.
Zach year an average of Onc hun.
drcd and sixty.fivc thousand live hogs 1
are shipped from outside into Texas. 4
IN order "a supply ono ~ the greatest I
packing plants q; rrrt Worth This ~
startling when u In Understood that II
measures the importation az but one ~
, the big packing companies. hive not
the figures on the other plants but I
am sure that the total would b. nothing
short az startling. I'll
"Astonlshmcnt has ceased tu be- oX.
pressed IN connection with fact that ihr I
annual rate of shipping finished pork
products into the state Of Texas. sup.
plemeniing the vast volume consumed I
from the home production. represents
the enormous aggregate At $50 zoe. 400,
And this. too. In stntc where we have
such a wide diversity NJ soils. climatic
and other conditions favorable to the
greatest production.
''Thcrc are IN the state az Texas IN.
day. two Hundred thousand farms with.
out even n brood SOW. This statement
~ facts embodies n tragedy. II each ~
these two hundred thousand farms each
kept . hrood SOW. and II this animal
prodnccd only one niE dressing up To
one hundred and eighty wounds pr
year. a saving ~ sai.0oO.00O would he
shown. as against that loss.
"Ten Thousand hogs per day needed
10 supply the Fort Worth trade ter.
riiory. and these should all be pro.
tllocd I'm reasonably close nrnximitv ~ /