The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-28
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

courageS Indiana breeders of pure-bred
cattle and sheep by stating that there
IS an unlimited market for both on the
farms and ranches of a number Of
western states. He predicts that the
tlme is coming when cattle and sheep
feeders of the central west will have
TO depend on the breeders of their
home states for animals needed for con-
dltloning for the packing houses.
Mr.. Christie for two months has
been making a survey of live stock
conditions on the ranges and in the
valleys of number of western and
southwestern states. He was sent on
this mission by Chicago committees
representing a syndicate which pro-
poses to establish in Los Angeles az
stockyards system which promises to,
rival in size and IN extent of oper-
atoms the stockyards of Chicago, now
the chief American assembling point.
for meat-producing animals.
After the Chicago committee, COM.
posed of ]. A Spoor. A. G. Leonard
and H. E. Poronto, had arranged with
Mr.. Christie for the survey, the exec
utives of the Union Pacific, the Santa,
Fe and the Southern Pacific railroads
joined in the enterprise, as their roads.
tap the cattle countries that were sur
veyed. Mr.. Christie said that he made
a short verbal report to the Chicago
committee, but will make an extensive
written report on live stock conditions
| as he found them on the ranges and
in the valleys of Utah, Idaho, Nevada,
California, New Mexico and Texas.
Interesting Conclusions
| L found many interesting things"
says Mr.. Christie, not only of impor-
lance to the Chicago committee and
the railroads that asked for the sur
vey, but condition of first Importance
to Indiana breeders and feeders of cat
tie and sheep.
California has 100000 persons and
| 1,75O,OOO of them are within market
reach of Los Angeles, where it is pro-
posed to establish the new stockyards
4 also found that California is import
ing rs percent of the beef consumed
by the population and 80 percent of
the pork
i L found that 80 percent of the area
of the states l visited is suitable only
for live stock production, with less
than 10 percent of the soil suitable for
4 general farm and fruit crops 1t is
commonly believed that the grazing
ranges of those states have been cut
, into small farms and are no longer
suited for grazing great flocks and
herds, as they once were. But the sur
| vey conyinces me that there are 6OO,-
; 100000 acres in those states that are
now adapted only to grazing, and never
will be suitable for general farming
, and fruit growing. In the large val
: leys, 1t is true, the old grazing ranges
nave been cut into small farms.
| Raising Feed Crops
: THE live stoc kmen in this group OF
| states are realizing that the future OF
/ their country rests on live stock pro
duction. They are turning their at
tention to raising more alfalfa anu
= other feed crops for cattle and sheep
? They are improving the blood of their
herds and flocks, and therein lies one
: of the great opportunities that is open
: to Indiana breeders of high grade cat
/ tie and sheep. The time is coming
: when the meat consumed on the Pa
5 cific coast will be produced in tho
range states | visited, and the central
? west will no longer be drawn upon
for huge supplies of meat"