Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-24

''9SeSSOI' VINO worked three months
should be at the rate of 500 month
instead of $50 a month
den, for example. get pork in from
outside for consumption in the Inter-
mountain territory, and ninety per
cent Of the feeders raised here are
going out to be fattened in the So
called Corn Belt" The time has
come for us to keep our feeders here
to stop shipping train-loads of alfalfa
and grain out Of the state and to go
into the stock business upon a more
elaborate scale, as warranted by Ida
hos wonderful ability to produce al
falfa, corn and other grains.
The corn crop and the swine and
cattle population are closely associ-
ated. Corn consumed directly, or in
directly in the form of meat and other
animal products is the principal source
of food of the American people. It
is the most important crop in the
United States, both in acreage and
value. It's growing is the work of
millions of our farmers, and approx
mately ore hundred million acres of
our land in the United States are so
used Corn is the most truly Ameri-
can crop that grows and requires less
machinery and labor than any other
cereal.
The extreme Importance of corn.
hog and poultry raising is clearly set
forth by The Des Moines Register and
Tribune in a page advertisement in
The New York Times, in which these
statements apear:
IF all the corn grown in Iowa in
a year were loaded Oh one freight
train, the train would be so, long that
the engineer would be blowing the
whistle in Boston while the rear |
brakeman was climbing on the ca
boose in San Francisco. Every day |
the Iowa hog makes his owners mill /
ion dollars. Every year the corn |
crop brings Iowa $29S.OOO,OOO. Why,
he Iowa hen produces more wealth
annually by five million dollars than
Ill the citrus fruit of California"
The quality Of Idaho's corn is very
,ieh on account of the excellent ma
uring weather. In 1901, according
o the Department of Agriculture,
daho planted approximately 5000 acres
nd the yield was twenty-three bush
Is per acre. In 1910, 10000 acres
ad been planted and the yield in
reased to thirtv-two bushels per
ere. In 1920. $4,000 acres had been
ut in and the average yield was
,rty bushels per acre. It must be
noted that these averages
iclude both irrigated and dry farms.
n additional advantage here is onr
-onderful alfalfa and our abundance
small grains. particularly barley
hich supplement the use of corn. all
which goes 70 Indicate that pork
IN be produced IN Idaho as econom-
ally rs in the middle west
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