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Show SOMETHING DESIDES CORN. Under the above heading a Missouri hog breeder "acknow'edres the corn,' anl mnkea the confession thit aome thing more than corn Is needed to make rork production profitable Just because be-cause corn gtow plentifully ln the Mississippi Mis-sissippi valley States It haa been conceded con-ceded that no other aertlon of the Union could compete In the mittcr ot pork production Thl idei haa prevailed pre-vailed to such an extent that hundreds of firmer outside the great corn belt have eat supinely down nnl allowid hla whiat to go at 39 cents r bushel, hla nlfalfa at J3 7S per ton nnd hla sugar beets at $1 :S while eich of these proluct are worth from 30 per cent to 100 per cnt more for hog feed Utah farmer who have figured carefully care-fully on the piohlem declare that wheat la worth II per bushel when fed to hogs In connection with skimmed milk and lucerne, while up ut Idaho Fall the farmer Insist that barley and lucerne enable them to make pork at a cost ot ft SO cwt live weight These thing being true, It Is fair to presume thnt the farmers of Utah nnd H-iho especially those hiving large fiuantltlea of klm milk, can compete with Iho 1. astern farmer who pen hi hog up nnd give them corn Sti'i daj In the car Ono great advantage en-Joyed en-Joyed by the farmer who grown his plga on pasture nnl feed sparingly or not an of corn la totil Immunity from hog choleru. Hog allowed the freo run of a lucerne pnsture with plenty of pure water to drink are never aubject to the cholera, which t a dlseose arising aris-ing from Indigestion and aggravated by the filthy pens so commonly found on the farm In the corn States Altogether Alto-gether there Is a good outlook for tho farmer in the nlfalfa States who will give thought to pork production |