Show i e at e JA THE HOME HOIE MARKET The home market IS is every d day ay proving its value alue to the h livestock estock pro producer ducer of the west Cst and soul soul-Im southwest est The freight rates should brea brew brea w mere merethe the distance breaks and if it Isn't so now no it will I be in the future as the west de develops as a consuming asI I sectIon and it is JS wellon well eU eUon on its nav a aIt Itis It Itis I I IS estimated that California C in 1932 will have hate people and that the other coast states will have 3 3 making a total of mouths to feed this without counting the interior states Transportation costs and condItions as a rule determine the market so that the producers the on line of estand et n the middle west est and the coast markets havea haea naturally hate ha a choice of markets and as we pro pro- pro proceed either cither east orest or west est conditIOns change accordingly It requires a greater number of shipments to o go to the more mere distant in m order to get expedited servIce and the increased cost to the but shipper not only in m the frt freight charge also m in the and and shrinkage The mortality shipping grower groper gro er in m ship ship- ping to the more distant points must send one on or fir more moro aj aja a attendants at a sub sub sub- substantial expense e pense It takes more time and keeps these men from work ork nork It also takes taJes longer to other get returns on the mone money and time is JS money f I The home market is JS usually usually within 24 hours by regular scheduled scheduled trams trains so that the owner can set get get his money and h hive hate ive it Jt again agam as a rule before he can reache reach e eastern stern markets The man that top topa out out his flocks or herds and cashes them then is JS likely to be bem beIn bein m In better financial shape than the one who holds back stuff that is read ready to togo togo togo go This brings t the e e home market b into blet blete b of the producer and the situation Warrants a very cal careful sun survey ey on the part of our producers in m order ordel t that he may know kno his market and i i s benefits HOGS ANd ANT AND BARELY Speaking of barley bar barley prices thel there e IS ISa isa isa a lot of barley g beer g contracted in the countr country at per cwt ought to the u use e of out OUI barley crop for live Ine stock feeding and finishing particularly hogs It IS ted estimated that it requires between bet 5 and ard 6 G Ibs lbs of barley b to make m-ake 1 lb Ib of pork Using the he higher figure Jt it means with pork fhe at lOc per Ib lb that the barley bailey will wall yield 1 66 23 per perc c cwt ct t when fed t hogs An such re- re returns returns re returns turns as this must be recognized as the theuay way u out 1 I have always contended that barley fed to livestock livestock vear year ear in m and year ear out would yield more moe mode money than selling it as grain gram the producer a |