Evening star., 1934-06-17
CATTLEMEN FACE FEED SHORTAGE In MIDWEST AREA
IOWA CORN is RELIANCE
In DROUGHT EMERGENCY
Farmers and Livestock Raisers, Hit by
Low Yields i'm Other Grains, Look to
Limited Source of Cattle Feed.

@T PAUL. Mimi, June 16 (N.A.
NAO-In the corn belt and
in the corn crop lie the hope
~ Of farmers and live stock rails
ers of the Northwestern and
Western States.
With wheat. oats, barley and hay
crops indicating close to the lowest
Yields in history, the feed supply must
come. if the need of the Nation is
met from that small section of which
Iowa is the center
In this area-Iowa, Illinois, South
ern Minnesota. Eastern Nebraska and
Northern MisSouri-the corn gives
promise of near normal yield. Acre
age of corn for grain has been re-
duced. but the relaxation Of A. A. A
adjustment contracts to permit almost
unlimited growing OF corn for FODDER
opens up possibilities of greatly In
creased cattle feed.
DR.. E. w. Sheets. Federal agricul-
tural relief director, and Dean w. G.
Coffey, regional director. consider the
corn belt as offering the only possible
solution of the feed problem.
900 900 bushels of corn sealed under
the Government loan program is To-
Gated in the corn belt States. Also
best prospects for the corn crop are
in that territory and the chances OF
raising additional forage crops are
best there.
Good as Silver in Mint.
"Td consider that sealed corn as
GOOD as silver in the mint" Is the
way DR.. Sheets expresses 1t.
And Dean Coffey, who says he al
ways had favored the corn loan plan
declares that now he really is begin
ming to appreciate its value-the corn
is on the farm where 1t belongs, IN
stead of in the hands of SPECTATORS
and this certainly is godsend to the
farmers this year"
The Dakotas cannot raise enough
feed for their needs in the coming
wear. A large acreage of cane, sor-
phum. millet and sudan grass-al
crops designed to furnish maximum
of food with minimum OF moisture
and of growing SeaSon-wlll be pu'
out, but the seed supply Is nmlteo
and prices are beyond the reach OF
many farmers.
Even the Emergency Relief Admin
istration is having difficulty in obtain
ing SUFFICIENT seed of these grains. In
some parts of the West and North
west, these crops are preferable tc
corn. but in the corn belt States
corn can be grown successfully for
fodder even if planted late this month
and many acres of corn probably VIII
be planted for forage and fodder In
Minnesota, the Dakotas and other
Northwestern States.
Some 500 carloads of sorghum ano
millet seed and sudan grass have
been distributed to South Dakota
farmers by the F. E. r. A. anc
through local committees under dlrec'
ton of a Statewide organization
formed for this purpose. Seeds were
bought early and sold to farmers al
cost in most instances.
With feed short this Summer and
prospects for insufficient supplies te
feed animals through the Winter, tht
question arises whether the feec
should be taken to the cattle or the
cattle to the feed There is much
sentiment favoring the latter course.
Farmers in the DakotaS are talking
now of sending their cattle to 1ows
for feeding, while shortage of pasture:
in Central Western Minnesota ha:
forced a considerable movement II
the better pastures in the extreme
Northern part of the State.
To safeguard Minnesota grass fol
Minnesota cattle, Gov. Floyd B. Olsor
is maintaining an armed guard along
the western border Of the State anc
along a part of the southern border
to keep cattle from the Dakotas ano
Western Iowa out of this State.
Presence of 521 National Guards