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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1915)
HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 3 Marketing of Livestock II V HTOCiC KDITOil. Til 10 nillnriictury ri'Hli'.lu obtained by tho various co-operative as sociation In marketing Kruln und nulls, leads iniiny la bullovc Dial something might bo accom pIlHlii'il t hrougli thu uho of llkit molh uJd In marketing livestock. Jlut up to tho present Illlli) of n thorough mil in" has been attempted. Onu as sociation In Wisconsin seem t liitvn bOfll successful 1111(1 I UlllO to BllOW lomu satisfactory und tangible ro hiiIIh. On 43 curs of Block shipped by t lie in it net gnln of 10c to lGo. pur hundred iiiu bo shown over uol 1 luff nl liumo. Tin' gruln li nd fruit viiniinl.mlons Iihvu fur their object tho coutriil of I ho I'lillro output mid, ultimately, thu dictation of the price. Willi the livestock growers and feeders an other object Is In view nt leant for tlio present. Livestock Ih marketed tlio whole your through. Stock In put on food to ho finished lit a rertutn definite tlnio mid when thnt 1 1 mo cornea und tho stork In finished there U Just otic thing to do und thnt I to Noll. Tho prulih'iii to hoIvo under these condi tions U to gut tho lust posslbln dol lur nl Hint (line on tho upon market. That market will be governed by dctuund and iupply. (citing, to Market. To iniiny tho stops In getting to murki-t lire familiar, but to thou sands of Hiimll feeders It look like a bit,' undertaking. An a in u Iter of fact It is simple. In tho first pluoe, get In touch with the mnrkot. (lot a weekly market letter. Then a tho time approaches write to your com mission firm, describing your slock and hu Iiik what you expect to uhip. They will Kindly give reliable Infor mation and advice. Thu oust tiling then In to order the rar tor a cer tain ditto. When thut duy comes load tho Nlock and consign it to the firm Unit In to handle I:. Get In the caboose and go with It. Yuu will find upon nrrlvul thut tho railroad haa advised the firm handling the mock an to when It will arrive They will be there' to re ceive It und care for It from thut time on. Men with dally experience will feed and water In n way to net the text possible results an to tho fill. Finally, they will l.o sold by an expert In their particular Hue. A man who known their worth and, what Ik more, who need them und who will pay most. When Hold tho Mock Ih driven to the Hrale and welched by n disinterested pnrty. Hut onu thing rvninlun, then, und that In the check. Tho conitnhslon firm w ill deduct all charges and Inane the check. Now It Hocma Hint with matters go Imple there In no good reason why any nuin should not ship til h own tuck. Do can, and eventually he will. I lien why the shipping bhhocIu Hon? An nHaoclallon will nerve two purposes. Way to 'oHMTHe. First - It will provide for n man it noinlnnl expense to accompany each load to market, and thun pave time for iIioho who are too liuny to go. Second It will provide for the small producer, the nuin with but a few hi'ud who, under any other plnn must sell to a spoculutor. 111m atork can go along with that of bin neigh bor mid reulito for Mm Its actunl worth. An nssoclntlon of thin kind neeija no hard and fant orgnnlrntlon nim bly an effort among Individual to get together tor bettor results. The next tt mo you have a part of a car nf Block to market, rail up your nlghliorn and ace how long It will tako to find plenty of Block of some kind to fill In. You will be surprised to find how many of them aro anx ious to take advantage of any op portunity to get full market value for what they have prod need. It be long to ttiein. fireen Feed for Chlck-nx. Washington Star: Keep the oats proutlng apparatus going all the tlmo at thin season of tho yenr. If flnt la tised, keep tbo t.-ays of prout coming on In succession. The hens rnn't have too much of this feed, In renHun, during the winter months. U'n a gront egg Inducer, nd It economize feed. After ont have been Hprouted In the trayn once or twice, scald each tray out with boiling wnter to which a little for malin hag boon added. One-tenth of 1 per cent, of the forniallu In a strong enough, solution. If fonnnldehyde Ih nied, the solution mar bo ono-hnlf J' 1 per cent. This will prevent the formation of mold In tlio trayn and u tho sprouting oat. . . mm VYiv To Know Good Crackers Look for this package on your dealer's shelves. You may be sure that it contains fresh, crisp, well baked, and delicious soda crackers. Pure, wholesome and appetizing. Perfection Sodas are "different" I Dealers throughout Oregon will gladly supply you with these splendid "Oregon Made" crackers II jjpilll Portland, Oregon 111 mi V.H SSI 1 1 Livestock Is the Money Maker ONK need bo much of a necr or prophet to foreaeo tho tre mondouM demand the world will mako on America for food supplies during tho next yenr or two. The problem In how to meet the demand. The high lrlco of -.heal now ruling und likely to prevail for some time will boOKl the wheut acreage. Tho Winter wheat acreage alroudy sown CBinl.llhlieH a new high record, with neurly 40.00U.U00 acres, and no doubt tho Spring ncreage also will bo proportionately as largo. Uut wheat-growing Is more or less of a speculative buatues on account of weather uucertnlnty, fo the farm ers who wlnli to pluy safo will con tin no to depend upon dlvorslfled crops, nnd thoKO who go in ntrong for livestock and dairying will bo the surest of good profits. Tho prices of livestock aro high and bound to continue no for tome time, rcgnrdles of all efforts to Incrcuso tho supply. Tho bankers throughout tho North went have now been active for sev eral years In tho work of promoting the livestock Industry and helping tho farmers to get more and hlghor grnde stock. Bumming up the livestock problem, W. 10. lirlggs, vioe-prcsldont of the Northwestern National Bank of Min neapolis, recently said: U Is not mutter of trusts or com binations, notwithstanding that Is what the Federal Government began to look for when first the fact became apparent that there was not meat enough to go around at old prices. It Is not a combination of rntilenicn, or butchers. It Is the Inevitable working out of economic laws, l.oiilnlutlon enn't grow cattle. Insofar as we can educate people to the situation and Influence tho pro ducers, we may check the trend and even restore former conditions In part, tint laws cannot bring It about and If the years of the Immediate future show the trend continuing, even hlKlier prices than any yet heard of will have to bo paid by meat eaters. The simple fact Is that the country, for several years, has not been proiluclui; meat enough to go around. Marketing of calves Is one of the great evils. How to chock U la a problem. At South HI. 1'uul. for ex ample, of total livestock receipts for tho last three years, nearly S3 per cent has been calves. The farmer who is dairyman finds It less troublesome ti sell the calves. This has been a factor of adverse effect for sevvial years. It Is likely to be especially bud now that prices of farm products, corn espe cially, ore so hlKh. There will be less Inducement to the farmer to feed his stock. I am not pessimistic on tho outlook. On the contrary I think much can be done, t look for tho recent Govern ment report to take Its place as one of the most Important of Its kind. It makes plain to all who may care to study It, and many will study It with tho greatest Interest, the causes for the higher meat prices, with facts and figures. It makes It apparent that we have to produce more cattle, eat less meat, or pay higher prices for it It Is then a problem to be solved not by legislation, but by co-operation between the farmers and the bankers and other business men. Tho prosperity of this great North west Is closely linked with the de velopment of the livestock industry. The days of the great cattle ranges aro past and the possibilities for live stork on tho ordinary farm of diversi fied crops are shown by the great state of Iowa. She leads all other states, according to the United States census reports, In tho value of the livestock on lior farms. The figure! were $3M, 000,000 in 1910, which Is about 25 per cent greater than oven the vast state of Texas can boast, with all its range country. In cidentally, It muy be mentioned that recent reports of the Department of Agriculture give Iowa tho first place in tho vnluo of all farm products, at 1:153,000,000 per annum. Illinois being second at $319.000,000. Edi torial tn Commercial West. Method. "I suppose," said one wife to an other, "that you never argue with your husband." "Only when ho is mending a punc ture," was the reply. "When he Is thoroughly Irritated, he makes 'a much hotter Job of It."
