The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-03-31
|MANY PEOPLE
VISIT TRAIN
;cneakers Urge More Pork
production and Bet
tor Farm Methods

.verape of five hundred peo-
pie ,0as lsr sheep and dairy cattle at
% nos,i o;9bteen stops made by the
ine .; ianae;.v.Iiiyestock demonstration spe-
0al' which visited seven eastern
slai a.,;ncton counties from March
=, masS = o. Stops were made at Ben
= ~ I City and Kennewlck IN Ben
lon county.
washington farmers were urged
mroduce enough pork to supply.
. pll ,ocal demand. The speaker
.sowed .se that the hog population
sas. ~ actually decreased in the state
las s',s;us the last year and that un-
IuIs 1- ns1esent conditions millions of
asI asilors are spent annually for
uOs uOrL and pork products from Can
ID 81 and the Middle West. Farmers
ssre sr advised that herds of short,
~ w. hogs found on many farms
.su .sr he he improved by the use of
Sis E tyue sires. The offspring are
- ms.e. 's sseryiceable, medium type
sogs. @ The difference in the product
|, frnT' irem the long and short hog was
shown s by long, deep bacon sides
and and others of the short, shallow
oyes-fat kind.
HOG men were urged to strive
for larger litters. Two pigs were
sxhibited which had cost their
ouner about SIS each due to a
litter Of only two. Had there been
dr or more pigs the cost would
have been on more than one-third
. Of this amount. The profitable ami
NAL is the quickly maturing one
which weighs around 200 pounds
at six months of age. Better
breeding and feeding practices will
produce this kind which can be
marketed economically before it
Is ten months or year old.
The quickly maturing, blocky,
meaty lamb is the kind which the
buyer desires. Flock breeding must
be conducted to produce this type
for there is no use to produce
what the buyer does not want.
/ The public used to demand a year.
ling mutton.
The use of Hampshires, Shrop-
shires and such breeds was urged
for general farm purposes, with a
cross where necessary between
long wool, long legged breeds and
the blocker, fine wool breeds, as
Hampshires and Shropshires. This
cross will tend to produce a bet
ter carcass for the meat buyer
and better quality of wool for
the wool trade. Farmers were
shown the possibilities of produc-
ing milk fat lambs for the eastern
trade.
Eugene Harms, wheat and
sheep farmer of Whitman county,
showed the possibilities of a profit
Of around $40 a eve per year thru
she sale of lambs and wool. In adj
dition to this income the farmer
benefits through weed eradication,
consumption of waste products by
sheep, and added soil fertility.
That economical production is
the greatest single factor in de-
te,rmining profit in dairying was
we message given to owners of
oalry herds. High butterfat and
milk yields will make a cow re-
urn greater profits. One animal
On the train produced SO more
pounds of butterfat than another.
sne paid her owner SIS more per
.on for the hay she consumed, or
"a per ton as compared to So for
ae lower producer.
The, value of cow-testing asso-
cation work was emphasized.
Members have the benefit Of ex-
pert advice and demonstrations in
,eeding practices in addition to
having assistance in culling their
nerds. The Importance of type in
selecting a dairy COW was illus
uated. Inheritance plays large
part IN determining her ability to
produce proitably, but breeding
records and conformation should
uso be watched.
Charts showed the value of pure
sled sires. Herd production may
e increased by this means for
,Ees of known quality will pro-
suce daughters of greater produc-
'ag ability than their dams.
Inc final proof o.. the production
sollity of individual animals is
.Ound in actually weighing and
ytlng the milk. The desirability
u the practice was urged upon
.armers whether or not they are
hons. -,
The train visited communities
" as rule, grain or fruit is
me ny principal agricultural crop.
= me value of these side lines of
.ssestock was brought to the at
ention of farmers. The train was
.an :. through the cooperation of the
~ tate college of Washington and