The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, March 13, 1915, EVENING EDITION, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 20

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Newspaper Page Textmmmmmmuam MffiBBil .1 f HOME AND FABM MAGAZINE SECTION a Present Status of Hog Market "r f ' : r . . ' .M l ORE iiv run stock ftniTor.. L'ST nt the present there Is no B miostlon that concerns the hog raiser more thnn the prospects of tho market for the future. This Is of vital Interest to him for a very cooil nml liresslnc reason. Keed Is abnormnlly high and It Is a fact that lie cannot feci! hogs ?i.ou wieai nnu Roll them at n profit with prices at the present level. However pressing as the situation Is, the hogs that are coming are fair ly good, showing that farmers and feeders have held on well, hoping for nn even break. So far the advance has not come and ns to when It will como there Is still a wide differ ence of opinion. One thing, however, Is certain and that Is, finished hogs had Just ns well bo sold. Their gain will bo small at best and a dollar a hundred ndvanco In thirty days would little more than break even. It Is generally believed that hogs will not be much higher here until the big Eastern markets show some strength. The receipts at the sis prin cipal markets there for tho past six weeks of this year exceed by a mil lion the same period for 1915. and stocks have accumulated In packers cellars as never before, due to tho re stricted outlet caused by the Euro pean war. The 'Packer' Position. Packers could have put up the big hog crop at a still lower figure had they not feared the consequences for another year. And they would like now to see them higher. If they are to sell the big pack at a fair profit. With light receipts and fair de mand at Pacific Coast points, it looks like a higher market here in the very near future. But. naturally, we can. not expect a very wide margin over Eastern quotations, hence we must look to the supply there. I'p to date they are coming heavy and good and Jut so long as this condition exists and shipping Is restricted, hogs will be low. . , There Is some sympathy too with the cattle market. Just so long as cattlo remalu low. hogs will have hard sledding on the upgrade. Tho hog men of the West have been hard hit, but so has tho cornbelt farmer of tho Middle West, who fed cattle. It takes a lot of nerve to feed good, old. yel low corn at present prices to S7.50 and $S steers and watch them eat It a whole ear at a bite. Stick to It. As for the future, we may expect Just this when we get back to nor mal we shall have normal prices and hov win cive us then a nrorit. amr kets are uncertain, but we must see It through. Feed the nogs out ami when thev are finished, load them and go to market. This Is no time to sell the pigs and tho brood sow. The "In and outer" has ever been tho loser. It will be true this time, and the man who sticks will win. When International troubles havo been adjusted, then wo shall come Intn our owu. Prosperity will re turn and with it the weekly pay check. And there Is no one who l!nn"s bet ter the e'ffect of the weekly pay check to the American laborer, than the stockman. John Smith said that "ho who does not work, shnll not cat." We know that when the working mnn does not work, he cannot and does not buv meat. We know that pros perity Is real. The future of the hog market, then, will depend upon the outlet to for eign markets, and the resumption of business in this country. Hogs will be higher, and that soon. Out Just when thej will be a great deal high er is dependent on conditions that no man can foretell. There remains but one thing that Is reasonable certain to the hograls ere of the Northwest and thnt Is. that the mau who stays with It will be winner THE MO STUDIO i:i,KS UU1LUIXO, I'OUTI.AXO autistic rnoToaiiAPiiv AT .MODUKATH PIUCKS. Copy of tliln advertisement presented nt Tlio Mooro Studio will cntltlo tlio holder to epo clnl reduction on nil stylos of work, toirothor with a 7x11 photo frco of charge. Shipping Direct Mean Money in Your Pocket rom jour farm in n tiitt.. it tlio Portland StocVarW Thte way iwl aro Coins business ToA',' . T'10. Jj'lpper makes n profit win. out nddltur anything to ft, , ui 1,'t your slock; ho ina&i nBood n?8fn nt nur expense, or cour L1".0'" rs n scnlco to you I but whni:. ,. f Vayl,n8 "" om?tUln7jolu,n slly do for yourself? "n 3u.ur "v-" V"rra: u.o or 7,Vink2 VA-'"" " 'i wnn.fi the 00. The farmer la the nun entitled t iI0..pK"if lnnd0. otl l"i itock, it least that'll our belief nml o . aonef ' yoU h0"v ''"' "' No matter how small jour thin, menu iir atnclc tnny lie ft .in .ft you to set in touch nlth a reliable stock mnn nt the Portland "toe, jurds-a mnn ho will net for ou ShfpMrs" "W aCt" '" " '" YVrllo to u for full demll lojjr, The Stock Editor OIllXlO.V-WASlll.VOTO.V.in.UIO PAitMr.it. .108 Panamn Hide;. Portland, The Evolution of Agriculture Con-Tuded From La Week IX the past 23 years the average age of a hog going to the packing house has been reduced more than one-half and at the same time great ly Improved the quality. Almost equally radical has been the change Tho gVoXg tendency however fact tbat whero tho "Farmer.' Instl , i J?...te.nd!.n.i10.Be.er' tutes" were under Independent ninu- . Liiiiiiiii'i i uiiiHii iiiriiiini' w rt iincirniii . . and told In terms familiar to the farmers themselves rathe than the college professor who detailed the results of experiments worked out by the experts and paid for by the state or .Nation. Tradition, prejudice and point of view here became apparent in tho FREE LESSONS IN twnanAA - r j the rural llfo of any community, to Impair individual interest In tho oc cupation ns nn occupation was caus ing such a marked movement from the farm to tho city that studeuts of economic and social life whatovor their calling or occupation might be, becarno alarmed, and have, during the past decade had a very strenuous campaign of agitation regarding Im provement of country llfo conditions, and "back to tho farm" movomont thnt Is beginning to bear fruit, ns Is Illustrated by tho Introduction of this; subject In a school teaeliors' conven tion. Tlio evolution of agricultural edu cation has been Quito ns radical as thnt of agrlculturo Itself. Tho mis takes that havo been mado havo boon In a largo measure duo to n wrong point of view. Tho mnjor portion of mo mon engaged in tlio work rolled too much upon toxtbookri and theo retical deductions from laboratory experiments-, hnndlcapped by tradi tion and prejudice. Tho so-called Colleges of Agrlculturo turned out teachers, preachers, merchants, bank cm and old-Job men: but very fow real farmers. Experiment atatlonB were established, but tho experiments conducted wero moro often for tho purpose of demonstrating some pot theory rather than tho solution of a practical problem of toll manago muut, stock feeding or crop produc tlon. Kvon when home valuablo fact wag demonstrated, somo Important problem solved, tho manner In which tho knowledgo gained na glvon out, failed to attract the attention or arouse tho Interest of the average farmer. Knrineis' Institute. Somo 30 years ago a supplement to tho Agricultural College ontored tho field, called tho 'runners' Insti tute," which aimed to carry to tho farmer, by word of mouth, tho re sults of experiment station work In combination with the exporlence. methods and prurtlcoa of successful farmer. This attracted attention, aroused Interest nud stimulated scien tific research. It also doveloped tho tact that tho most successful nud J'o-.iuinr institute lecturer was tho mau who brought the story of a farm. r working under farm coudltlons agomont, such aa tho boards of ag riculture, Instltuto boards, or othor organization, they wero much moro effective and popular than whoro tho management was undor tho control of the Agricultural College or Uni versity. Demonstration 'i'rulus. Tho next stop In the evolution wns tho "demonstration farm," whero tho sub-experiment station camo a atop nearer to the farm practlco and farm conditions. Thon tho dononstrntlon train. A sort of demonatrntlou fnrm and farmers' Instltuto on wheels Thon "fnrm demonstration work," a long strldo nhead, ns tho export hero took tho boat-known methods as de termined by oxperlmontB and re search work, and practical farm ex porlonco nnd showod tho farmor ir to apply this knowledgo to his own worn on nis own rami, it took only CO years for tho agricultural educa tor to travel from tho lecturo room to tho potato field. Thon comes tho county agricultural adv sor. who bo. comes a sort of connecting link bo- iwuuii mo uepartment of Agrlculturo, tho Agricultural College, tho experi ment stntlon, tho most successful farmers nnd tho farmers of a county or district. Each of thoso inovoments has had a marked Influence upon tho system of educntlon, not only In tho colloges, but in tho public schools. It han re sulted In a radical chango in public sentiment toward education. It has correlated tho best thought of men nnd women In tho value of "utility education" tho learning to do use ful things, it has dignified labor, mado farming ono of tho learned pro fessions. It has emphasized tho fact that there aro other things In llfo be sides money, worth thinking about and worth working for. Tho Intorost In these probloms is widespread and rests on tho fact that tho stnte and Nation and that tho material, social and spiritual dovolop mont nuiBt go hand In hand If civil ization Is to endure. Teachors. nrcachers nml inmin.. should bo ever mludful of thn foot that "New occasions teach new duties, T mo mnkes ancient good uncouth. They must upward atlll and onward Who would keep abreast or Truth " Olven Vllh Our Courses In IIOOKKr.r.l'ING AND SIIOIIT1IAM) by Mall. 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