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A total of 52,872,634
head of hogs was slaught
j ered under federal inspec
tion throughout the United
States in ‘1924. Our esti
mated hog census is around
65,000,000, an estimated
shortage of close tt> 12,000,
000 for 1925.
cWhere Town ancL
Meet'
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KintED BY C. H. BBAKEBY.
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This page is not intended
as a source of advice, but
rather we wish to co
operate with those factors,
which will make agricul
ture and business compat
ible. We believe the opin
ions of leading business
men are valuable to farm
ers.
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Farmers Urged to Raise Hogs in Face of Rising Price of Corn
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Market Up;
Animals Do
Not Come In
No Chance of Pork Famine
,Nor of Over Abundance;
► Commission and Farmers
T* »
i* See Time to Keep Swine.
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Prospects Never Better
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' p FfrhAim Hiere 1* nothing; In market
, foreriftth, but it Is sinillnr to working;
. t crot»»-word puzzle*: it has n fascina
, , tion for those who study It.
We went into the future question of
1 lings over at the South Omaha mur
1 k ket Inst week ami some of the things
* that w* have heard makes us want
' to get back upon the farm to raising
; pj**.
i "A large per cfnt of the commission
* men are ‘'bullish.” The condensed
* ejhinion is for a steady market for
tne next 00 days an«l after that runs
would let up anti the market would
Ifet better. Praetirully all the men
interviewed expressed this opinion.
We acknowledge the following state
* vnent which was secured by the ns>6t
* ante of the Omaha Livestock ex
ehange. A number of other men were
Interviewed anil the opinion given
Here is representative.— (Agr. Kriitor.)
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Optimistic.
. ‘-'We are very optimistic In regard
3o hog prices for the next three
fndnths, in fact, we are opttmistlo as
♦>.hog prices for many months to
Come.
“All people who keep In close touch
With market conditions, especially
ilhise who actually operate fftid trade
St’market centers, realize there Is
|uat one law that controls prices or
product, and that Is the ‘law of sup
y't and demand.’
VYou can legislate to your heart’s
Jfeoitent, but whenever the visible bup
Is heavy the price goes down,
•eml up If the condition Is reversed.
•!Tl»e reason why we are optimistic In
^-efard to hog prices during the com
•frd months Is because the visible sup
Is short.
Three Way Shortage.
* “This shortage ts apparent In three
le»arate ways. First, according to
Joi-ernment statistics, the number of
Jigs raised last spring and which are
•now being marketed was about 12,000,
joO short of the number raised for
Consumption during the year 1924.
«. '‘Secondly, owing to the high price
ftnd scarcltv of corn, producers have
been loath To feed the corn and make
thslr hogs heavy. To Illustrate, the
ievfrage weight of all hogs sold on the
Thtmhn market during December, 1923,
was 250 pounds. During December,!
19*4, the average market was 22! |
•pounds, making a shortage of 29 ^
Jioimds In every hog marketed This
‘toifue condition exists at practically
•"every other market In the country.
* '‘Think whiit an enormous pound
v«ge iltis aggregates.
“Our third reason for shortage lies!
>n-breeding. Again government agrl
-rultural statistics show there were
,?8;2 per cent less sows fa#nwing In
•19£4 than In 1923 and another de
crease tn the number to farrow In the
Apring of 1925.
“The government report also
show* a reduction of 24 per cent In
"1ait fall’s pig crop. A summary of
'ihfclr report shows that hog produc
■tlqn In 1925 will be as small as any
year In the last 10. It nlso shows
Sthere will be a marked falling off In
^•efcelpta at primary markets In the
'Bojnlng months.
» “During the last two or three years,
Ahe hog has been looked upon, more
afir less. In disfavor by the farmer be
cause he was not paying his way. It
^Aeems Just about time to adopt the
slogan, “Stick to the hog."
About Consumption.
« {Tou will hear some say that the
’hitVanclng price of pork products will
’“rut down consumption. There cannot
much truth In this statement be
JJjaJise pork Is the poor man’s meat,
Jirtp Is still much cheaper than beef.
sThe demand from all sources Is
Anermnua and there Is no sign of a
"Jllflilnlshlng demand.
■ “Indications are that our labor will
b% well employed this year. Also for
eign countries are being financed that
.heretofore have been short of funds to
buy our pork.
It Is true that packers’ cellars are
Alfftwlng an enormous accumulation
for this time of the year.
■ frOovernrgpnt agricultural statistics
«gh$>w an Increase of 25.000,000 pounds
’jnf’ lard, frozen pork, 80,000,000;
4>l|kled pork, 85,000,000, and 31,000,
;j)ap of cured pork during the month
Jpf* December.
January Is showing a like Increase,
Tu$ it Is our guess that all this nc
wumulntlon will. melt away fn the
•tie* t few months to come.
“ “Of course, the packer has bis
problems. Every pound of meat put
In .storage has to be financed. This
fejulres on outlay of enormous
Bums of money, lie Is not sure ot
-the future market, if It does not
Advance, he will lose money.
- “Again the packer must figure on
.merchandising an Immense nmount
’ 4>f. fresh meat; If he does not, his
Accumulation will become greater
than can lie conveniently handled. It
Is ho wonder that he sometimes balks
,hit paying continued higher juices
for product that has to he put In
storage. Packers have had lots of
financial troubles during the list lev.
and have n"i ... them
by any mea ns."
New Truck Unloading Chute at South Omaha Market
The neiv unloading chute at the South Omaha market. The truck division, which was installed in 1921, is
one of the most complete of its kind to be found at any livestock market in the world.
The growth of the South Omaha
livestock inarket In “driven In” ani
mals has more than doubled since
1920.
This class of animals coming to
the market Is well reflected in a re
port of hogs driven in to market
since 1920. In 1920 the total reached
181,546 head. In 1921, 216,267 came
In by truck and other routes than
car shipments. In 1922, 255,410 head
came into the market by the truck
route. In 1923, 360,702 head, and in
1924, 414,899.
Just Started.
In speaking of this increase tin
secretary of the Union Stockyardsj
company declared that the Increase
of hogs being marketed by trucks Is
just getting under way this year.
The new truck terminal which was
built In 1324 has already Increased
the number of arrivals and it is pre
dicted that these new facilities twill
stimulate the handling of hogs by
truck.
Speeds Up Market.
These improvements make it possi-1
ble for the market to handle hogs
which arrive at a much better ad
vantage. They are unloaded at tpe
| cial chutes and «re%shoved Into the
selling pens without delay.
Many New Feeders,
j The handling of hogs by truck has
developed a new line of feeders
around the South Omaha market.
Many farmers who would not have
attempted to hnndlo a full carload
of*animals are now feeding In smaller
lots. They can come on the market
with a truck load of hogs, get an
other load and he back upon the farm
Ithe same morning. Other markets
| have truck divisions, but such im
provements are meager compared
I with the Improvements at the South
| Omaha market.
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Before going any farther just
take a dose of this. It is “good
stuff” as newspaper parlance goes.
It coines from the pen of the old
reliable market editor, Bruce Mc
Culloch, editor of the Journal
Stockman. In an editorial upon
predictions he says;
"This business of forecasting
future receipts of livestock at the
markets has always been a lift and
miss game and since the depart
ment of agriculture lias gone into
tike forecasting business the re
sults have' not been any more
satisfactory. _ There is this about
tlie government forecasters, how
ever, when they miss their guess
they generally have an alibi ready.
"This forecasting hog receipts
is a hazardous business at best,
and not less so when undertaken
by the government than when
undertaken by the Individual. All
present indications point to re- i
dueed supplies of hogs at the mar
kets this year, but from past ex
perience it wi|| hardly be neces
sary to prepare for a pork famine
either in 1925 or 1926.
"This is a mighty big country."
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A Summary.
"Summing up the situation, we
ask ourselves the question, why
should any of us, as Individuals, de
crease our production of pigs.’
"Therp is an old saying In the live ;
stock business that when the other
fellow walks—run. when he runs—
walk. It seems to tis that as far as
raising pigs is concerned, this is a,
good time to run.
“There are primarily two kinds of
farmers, one the s--* < (lied e; i
farmer and the other, one who raise |
grain and feeds It to livestock, i’rcs i
ent Indications are that the grain
farmer will predominate; In nthe
words, the usual amount of-grain wIM
be raised and not the usual amount
of hogs. What will be the result,
simply that hog prices will soar and
corn will get cheap.
“Hogs and corn must work to
gether; they must dovetail for hogs
cannot he raised without corn and
corn will not he worth the raising
unless there are hogs to eat It.
"Again we say ’Stick to the Hog.’"
Ho£ Futures and How Market Looks
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Two firms were interviewed by the Livestock exchange at the South
Omaha market. The interviews have optimistic tone hut are made rather
guardedly. The opinions of these two firms are representative of those
e "pressed by other close students of the market.
“Hog receipts continue fairly liberal
for this season of the year, averaging
2,<100 per day more since January 1
than the same time a year ago at the
Omaha market alone in face of th=
fact that tlie government reports in
dirate a shortage of around 9,000,000
hogs to come to market during the
present hog shipping season. The in
crease in receipts is caused largely
by the high price of corn and the
scarcity of it in many localities. The
average weight of the hogs Is run
j nlng considerably lighter than a year
ago and we are getting quite a fetv
; light and underweight hogs, which
buyers are discriminating against.
<10 Days Before Bise.
"Wo do not look for any great im
provement In the hog market far the
next 30 tii 40 days, because we believe
|it will take that long before the rush
lof hogs is over. After the 1st of
March, however, look for lighter re
ceipts and a higher market.”
"Since the beginning of the winter
I packing season. November 1, receipts
Inf hogs have been high numerleially.
jordinarily this would work
(to the detriment of prices but
i tills year prices have advanced. This
.advance was due largely to the policy
Inf packers to rlbrount the future as
jiuttch as possible.
"Conditions *u minding the trade
Indicated that hogs would lie market
id rapidly ned at a light weight. Tlie
poor corn crop, coupled with Its ad
anrlng price, and the rather weak
I financial position of a great big per
i rentage of the farmers, made it rea
sonably certain that hogs would come
to market light. Time has proved this
to be a correct diagnosis of the sit
uation.
"The desire on the part of packers
to lay In their winter's park as rea
s inably as possible made theta free
buyers of hogs ns long ns the prire
-was not too high. This free buying
enabled the selling side to fore* ad
vasee.
“Now that hogs are selling at >10
and above for matured animals, pack
ers are not displaying the eagerness
to purchase. The market seem* to
have reai hod a point at which It may
hesitate before climbing much further.
Puckers’ killing sheets shi w that the
margin of prc fit has reached the van
Ishlng point at the present prices ■
live hogs ami pork products. In fact,
some are reporting losses.
“Domestic demand has been gen
orally good. Foreign demand is fair
and if the Dawes plan works out as
Intended should got bettor. There has
been ti large trade In lard with prloos
advancing over >3 per cwt , but lard
is now soiling nbout a dollar off of
the top. The large cotton crop with
the consequent supply of cotton “eed
oil has been an Influence working
against the lard market.
“Receipts of hogs should show a
decrease within the next month or six
works. Weight will probably contln-'
no llrht for reasons mentioned above.
There is nothing to Indicate that
-.ricoH of -live 1'Wi will decline In the
"oxt three months but consuming de
mand must her ome bi-wr If prices arc
to continue on their upward swing. It
Is Tint in -1 to assume that w ith the ex
peeled decrease In receipts, that foil
ing Interests will w age a strong battle
to advance prh ■ s but unless puckers
■ an dispose of their goods at some
[pri fit thev will not follow any further
advance with alacrity. Tn nil events.
I further pains will come slower.”
“FLAPPERS” NOW
“EASTER EGGS”
In speaking of ultra modern young
women it is no longer good form to
call them “flappers." They are now
(tilled “Faster KggS." says the Gil
roy California. High School Afrioul
ture News, beenuse they are hand
painted on the outi-lde and hard
boiled on the Inside.
Every Business
Is Dependent on
Farm Conditions
All Urged to Join Study of
Agriculture Through
The Omaha
Bee.
The page devoted to the poultry
Industry which ran last week has
created a great deal of reader Inter
est. Besides the letters and comments
coming to the agricultural dc\sk of The
Omaha Bee, there were several letters
and telephone calls to County Agri
cultural Agent E. G. Maxwell. Mr.
Taylor, writing from Grand Island,
Neb., sends a letter which Is typi
cal of the many inquiries sent to Mr.
Maxwell.
It follows:
Grand Island, Jan. 19,—"County
Agricultural Agent E. G. Maxwell,
Omaha, Neb.-*-I>ear Sir: I was inter
ested in the full page in Sunday's
Omaha Bee In regard to the raising
of poultry. I am expecting to go into
this business and as I saw your
name so much In this page, I am writ
ing you as to where I can obtain the
desired iniormatlon on this subject.
"This page has decided niv mind
to make It a study from the first and
I am willing to keep it up should it
prove successful.
"Please let me hear from you in
regard to this, for which I am send
ing stamped envelope. Respectfully,
"FRANK A. TAYLOR."
Suggestions Are Wanted.
Should you like the page, we will
never know it if you fail to send In
your appreciation. Should you see
means of improving it, let us hear
from you.
Mr. Banker, Mr. Merchant. Mr.
Railroad Man, Mr. Anybody who is
living in the territory covered by The
Omaha Ree, remember that your opin
ion is what we want. You are indi
rectly dependent upon agriculture for
your own sm '*css. The re ent failure
of farming affected your own busi
■ ness.
If you were selling goods to the
farmer, you should have been brought
dose to farming during the late hard
times. We want you to write to The
Omaha I’»ee and tell them what you
think about this page. Is it the thing
to do? Should a large city paper hire
a farmer to edit part of Its editorial
matter? Should the farmer be given
a special service which "s gotten up
by a trained farmer? Your opinion
will help us to write the kind of sto
ries which help. Write It today.
All Business Is Affected.
We nre talking to the farmer sep
irately, nut because he is a separate
class, set aside ns especially privileged
or i^ue to receive consideration Juat
In i-aiiHt* he Is a farmer. We L i a
the town and city man should be Jusi
as vitally Interested in agiiiiiUui
as should anv farming community.
Rut. Mr. Farmer, we know thai
you never write letters, it is a dlffi
cult task at best. But should you
like this special sendee which The
Omaha Bee has been giving you, it
is to your Interest and to ours to
know ubout it. No other daily in the
middle west is giving so complete at
tentlon to agricultural news as is
The Omaha Ree We nre adopting a
policy of agricultural news reporting
which should Minke The Omaha Bee
a farmer’s ps|>cr. If you like the new
service, writ* us and tell us a 1 amt it.
Your failure to write will signify to
Us that the service is of little Inter
est tu you. Do it today.
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Farmers Fight
Round Worms
Cleanliness of Surroundings
ami Early Care of Lit
ter Uest Aids.
. By K. O. MAMVKl.I..
She In tit 80,000,000 eggs!
All will agree that this was some
hen—If she was a hen!
DM you ever hear of a useful, food
producing animal making a record
equal to that? No? Well, neither
did w«. Thl* living monstrosity was
none cither than a female round worm
—so very commonly found In hog lots
everywhere.
The life of the round worm Is one
of destruction from the time the
young worm hatches until Its life
period Is over. Bound worms cause
digestive troubles, thumps and pneu
monia. retard growth and develop
ment and are especially disastrous to
young pigs.
Farmers are beginning to learn
that a few precautionary measures
will greatly reduce Infection by this
recognized enemy. The system of
sanitation worked nut by the t'nlted
States Department of Agricult uro < o'
operating with farmers of McLean
county. III., Is a sura means of cs
raping the evils of not only the round
worm hut other diseases caused by
filth found In hog lots.
This system ronslsts In handling
pigs from the time of birth until they
are about 4 months old, In such «
manner as to avoid, or reduce, the,
chanties of Infection.
It 1* recommended rtierever pos
slide, that sows be allowed to farrow
In Individual houses on clean ground
If this Is not possible the farrowing
pens should he cleaned thoroughly
with boiling water and Ive.
This Is the only suie towns of kill
ing round worm* and their eggs
Most disinfectants wlfl not effect the
eggs at all. In all cases the *«w
should he brushed well and washed
before entering the farrowing pen.
After the pigs nre 2 weeks old
they should bo transferred to a pas
tore or piece of ground where hogs
hnve not been raised previously. If
kept on dean ground for four months
and never allowed to venture neat
the old hog lots, you can b* fairly
sure your young pigs will average
ISO to 200 pounds at fi months of nge
- providing they hnve the right feed
ing and care.
Douglas County Snrressful.
Partner* of Douglas county hnve
been onrrylng out this system of hoe
lot sanitation with very good success.
An average of six pigs per BOW was
raised last year while the average for
the state was approximately 4
Mr. Phil Frazenr of Fort Crdok,
raised an average of seven pl*» pet
sow from tK>th spring, and fall ni
ters. Ills goal this year Is to rnlse
eight pig* per sow
Major I.cedy of Waterloo, had lost
almost all of hi* phrs for the post
two years. Ho became Interested It)
the McLean system of sanitation and
last year raised 41 pig* from si*
sows, farrowed In the spring. His
fall pigs also averaged ns well.
Mr. Charles) Orau of Bennington ex
hibited a 10-plg litter at the county
fair, which averaged iso pounds.
These pigs were raised by the Me
l.ctin county system of sanitation.
Nafford Brother* | *e System.
Kafford Brother*, of Waterloo, who
have been following till* system for
two year* with very good result
soy:
"Our opinion I* (hit Uclng some
plan to raise your pig* on elrnn
ground I* the only wav you can of
ford to raise them el all By keep
ng them In fresh surroundings «
great deal of troll bio U fvoldvd. ’
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Backyard Poultry Philosophy
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By C. H. B.
Psychology plays a big part in the
marketing of form products. Per
haps nothing can stampede a market
as docs a report of disease among cer
tain classes of farm animals.
I am thinking sp* ( ideally of the
recent poultry embargo which was
thrust upon poultry breeders of the
corn licit stales by the New York
hoard of health. •
Before any estimate can he made
of the results accruing from the ac
tion of the New York nuthort’les,
let’s look at the human hide of the
question and see what happens when
such * reports become current.
(letttng really personal nbout the
poultry scare, let me tell about tiiv
own household. The other night Mrs.
Ulakely and I Went shopping. MV
had procured everything necessary
fur the weekend menu except the
meat part of the allowance. She said,
"what kind of meat shall we buy for
our Sunday dinner?” 1 thought for
I moment then suggested that we
buy a hen.
On Chicken Wagon.
Now, Mrs. Blakely Is a real firm
girl, raised and trained by a sue. ess
ful corn belt farmer. Hhe has re: ted
I her shnio of farm poultry and knows;
more about the business than the
average city shopper M hat did she*
do? She threw led It hands In the uni
and replied. "Why I wouldn’t think
[of bill ing n fowl it tlds time''" 1,1b«-.
j most bustmnds 1 could only look
dumb nnd wonder what had puf her
upon the "eh!-ken wagon."
Honestly, | never thought of the
poultry embargo. | bad been studying
jihe icsidts of this attempt to corral
[an imaginary evil ami had only been
interested In the thing from a news
standpoint. But right her* at home
things ha.1 begun to happen which
made me sit lip and think. If a farm
raised girl had Ittcotne panicky from
the publicity given the matter what
must be the attitude of those shop
per a who^mve never had an oppor
tunity fto Know the farts about ant
mal disease* and their potential abil
ity to Infect man.
Hhe should have known that even
tuberculosis in the fowl is non In
fectious to man? She should have
known that even If we admitted the
d(eease here In Nebraska that scienti
fic authorities had assured us that
It was not a disease which would nf
feet the edibility of poultrv?
Become* Panicky.
But she had let that little Inside
feeling called self protection distort
! her reasoning and had become panic
' stricken. She could Just Imagine the
whole poultry industry creeping and
crawling with potential possibilities of
a lingering death to those who dared
to devour even a cooked fowl.
I didn't "laugh It off." n* the comic
writers advise, but I began to reason
with her. In a moment she was
laughing at her foolish Ideas. But
how about other shoppers? No doubt
many people kept light on eating
poultry ns usual, after the action of
the board of health had been taken
but more than likely titanv of them
looked at the kettle and then at*'
spnringh .
One thing about the deal that w»
do know is the consumption of poul
tr\ fell off enormously right after the
newspapers g« t through telling th**
world that corn belt poultry was
taboo ’ upon the New York inqjkct
Knabes Grand Champion Barrows
Grand Champion Carload Hamshire Barrows, Ameri
can Royal Livestock Show at Kansas City, 1924, shown by |
Harry Knabe, Nehawka, Neb. (Mr. Knabe at right.)
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Put the Pure-Bred H o g Business
Upon a Sound Cash Basis
By C. H. B.
According to the best information
which can he had at present, hogs
are coming into their own again. The
expertsanver at the Omaha livestock
market declare the market will see
strength in the future. These state
ments made by some of the best au
thorities should be hailed as welcome
tidings.
What about the "comeback" of the
purebred swine business? Will it see
the day that good purebred hoards
once saw? Will the game ever at
tract men of ability as it once at
tracted thousands of novices? We
say novices, for surely the boom days
of the purebred swine business were
built up'in novice support rathe,
than sound business policy. llrced,
papers went into absurd contracts
which were never paid for by
breeders, fieldmen advised purchases
v jiich never had bankable credit bai k
of the paper which changed hands in
the transaction. Good honest breed
ers practiced "swapping equities.'
They fell in with the system then in
vogue. They didn’t call the new men
novices, for at that time no one knew
them to be gullible. Most promoters
actually teileved that we had enter
ed a new ace in the world of swine
breeding. Men who had been d ing
conservative breeding for. a genera
tion lost their heads and plunged
Into the stream of unsound promo
tlon which was running wild. All of
those mistakes are now history. But
I it has been claimed that history re
pents itself every so often. The qitrs
j lion uppermost in the rands of breed
ers today is. shall we re-qaanlze up- n
a cash bad* or -*hall be swing l»a< 1,
! into the old custom of financing our
sales through m-lit.
(ledit Itll'ioi-* a I .ilium.
1V: !i i ps f. i - i ■ ■- a result
I of oier expansion. However, the re
cent purebred boom had this one ks
son which should not lie forgotten.
Failure was partly due to a credit
system which never had any sound
basis Most of the pa tier takrn as j
settlement for purebred hogs was not
worth tiie stationery upon xvhtch It
was written. Hankers who made the
mistake of believing it tangible credit
are out of the banking business to
■lay. It may he that never again will
ttie Industry have the opportunity it
I had during those goid days. If Kink
era and financial Advisers would have
"set tlght”*and done only sound cash
business, the game would never have
been where it Is today.
A farmer wishing to buy a good
purchred animal should not expeit a
breeder to accept a note for the an!
null unless the note is negotiable at
a sound bank. The banker should
| not accept notes for purebred an!
I mala unless such notes are secured
I by •ther animals to Ihe extent that
i only prevailing market prices for
j slaughter are used as a basis of os
' tablluhlng values. In other tv< nls a
1 purebred aotuallv is not worth any
more than it will bring upon the live
stock market.
Potentially the purebred Is worth
much more, but don't forget that It
was i^u potential value which "bust
ed" tn> hog breeder, lie didn't have
the money to take up the bad notes
when they came due so away went
equities when he was forced to cash
In on llie credit which he had ex
tended. The brooder who pais cash
for his new stock and sells for cash
cannot whipped.
\ Wide Open Field.
ToJay breeders are thinking
strail;liter than formerly. Those fel
lows who have weathered the storms
of the past are to be congratulated.
Perhaps they wilt now reap benefits
equal to their former sacrifices. In
the new day for the hog breeder let’s
hope for an appreciation of the work
being done’by our breed promoters
but let » not try to establish the pure
bred upon bubbles of unsound ciedlt
When hogs begin to »>u>i upen tin
open market let's get all we can foi
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WYANDOTTES FOR SALE
Choice White Wyandotte*, exhibi
tion or production stock, *injrle< or
non*, won fiist prir.o in both clause«
■it the Omaha Poultry show; also at
Mato show Write fm particular*.
K. t I1AN51 N. Uni ptsce. N.h
the purebred, they will never Bell too
high if Bold for cash, and let's de
mand sound bankable paper when
cash is not available.
When this sort of program is ad ok*
ed by breeders and farmer buyers the
business will become an economic
factor in the development of the
swine business. The breeder who is
sold upon the idea of a lifetime job
of building better herds has a pro
gram before him which should cheer
even the most discouraged heart.
A settlement of N^bra^ka farmer* wh"
located in Wallace Ounfv. Kansa% some
six or *M*ht year* »s<», have shown the
native that he ran make eood whrr** -.ho
one rrop farmer fail*. The Wallace County
Investment an«i Immigration Co. of Wal
lace. Kan‘11, dr fired to locate about fifty
all-around farmers.—Advert i semen t
FANCIER HAS NEW
■ POULTRY BREED
Fanciers are attempting to estate
lish new breeds from time to time.
The latest attempt was leported at
the t.'hlcago poultry show. A. F.
Itolf Is developing a breed which has
peculiar sex markings. The males
are a creamy white and the females
are barred.
The baby ricks when hatched can
lx distinguished along sex lines, that
Is the males are white and the
females dark. Many advantages are
Claimed hy this sexlineage process. I
enables the fancier to seleot his
cockrels at an early age for develop
ment. He can develop a special flock
of females by crowding them from
the time they arc hatched out. The
remainder of the hatch can he raised
In an ordinary commercial manner.
The breed was developed by cross
ing a while leghorn male upon a
barred Plymouth rock female. loiter
female blood was Introduced from
the Black Minorca breed and Barred
Hock blood. The breed has 1 en
called “Cameos.''
POULTRY MANUAL
FILLS LONG Nl )
The American Poultry Journal ha°
Just completed a book called. "All
Breeds of Poultry." it deals with the
origin, history, description, mating,
and characteristics of all recognized
breeds of poultry.
The little volume has been sent to
the agricultural editor's degk for re
view. The publisher says, "It Is not
for sale, it is a token of our Interest
In the great American industry."
The book g.n be had by request,
providing you are a real booster for
the poultry Industry.
The editor of this page wishes to
sav that he has never before owned
a book so complete as Is this little
comprehensive volume. It tolls the
story in a scientific style, yet It is
free and easy of expression, making
i it a book which should be of Interest
I to all poultry breeders.
Your Guide
from
Chick to
Grown Bird
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guiding chic k» to profits.
HERE is a special Red
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feed can pull those little money
makers through to healthy and
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*
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M. C. Peters Mill Co.
South Omaha, Nebraska