Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-05-19
All New Wealth Must Come out Of
the Soil and Livestock.

the Sol and Livestock.
We are all looking ahead to uros-
porous times. Farmers. Business mer
great corporations. and the citizens -
every village and city in the corn+--.
are IN the position Of the boy waIkipg
past the cemetery on a dark n,ebr
they are whistIing optimism. wbicE is
good and wholesome, nevertheless -
return Of prosperity in Idaho depend4
On Just Two things. first that the farm
ers OF the state raise good croas he
cause all new wealth comez o,+ -
the soil and livestock. second that he
receives cost of production plus
profit
1t is an eviden. fact that the ma
lority Of our farmers are one or txo.
crop men, which is all well and good.
II ne Is raising crops for which there
is an active demand and sells abovs
the cost Of production plus a reason
able rate OF interest on his investment
over term Of years. but the farmer
who raises hay and grain as his major
crop viii find that he is on the wrong
side Of the ledger. The twelve prin-
cipIe crops in Idaho only brought six
tyfour million dollars in 1921. and
those crops on whole we're produced
al an actual loss to the farmer. and
one Of the reasons for this situation is.
the farmers persist IN raising one or
two crops, the remedy is diversified
ton, intensifcation and rotation Of
crops, livestock. the Cow the Pig and
the Hen.
There are two counties in Southern
Idaho that are reasonably prosperous
The majority Of their farmers have a
monthly income. thesbanks are IN good
shape They have the money to Il
nance the production Of this years
crops Some Of them haven't q dol
lar Of rediseount paper in their in
stitution- Dairy. poultry and hogs
brought into one of these counties
s4.090.000 last year Ask any travel
ing salesman who makes the towns OF
Southern Idaho which counties they
are. ne will tell you without a NOM
ents thought. ask him which town in
these counties is the most prosperous
then investigate and you viii find that
$500. 600 was paid to the farmers OF
the surrounding country for dairy pro-
ducts Every county in Idaho can be
made prosperous. in these times of de-
preston. II We can get the proper CO.
operation from business men and
farmers. II is costing US a lot to edu-
cate our young people. but from the
fact that we older ones lack the pro-
per education is costing Us twice as
much as II is TO conduct our schools.
The salvation Of this country depends
on US. and the implements are right
here il we could only be made 10 see
the possibilities we have here a. honie.
on the farms Of Idaho. It must re
brought about through education to
induce our farmers TO grow raousy
crops In 1921 twelve principle crlps
sixty-four million dollars. Of vkicn
there was but very little. If any prr,r-
it to the producer. Three Of our cr1ps
should bring more than that amount.
Dairy s5o.o0O,OOO. hogs s2o009.n0e ot
which over fve-niiIion would be rnade
from waste that is lost 70 the fa-mer,
10 the community. the state md %
society in general Poultrv SO, co.,
900 OF which fifteen million wo.hI be
profit and ten million. products raised
on the farms and sold. through the
hens. The other ten principle crops
should bring as much or more. than
they did in 1921. then our $4,000 ssrn-
ers and every other business in Ida &c
would be prosperous.
Why do We look away. IN the dis
lance. 70 Congress. the war finance.
and the end of the rainbow. VIXEN the
bucket Of gold lays az cur feet.