Show W what hat about the hog raising business for the uio uintah atah basin j j effs F 4 az t fief v ir i fim f im hog raising would mean A substantial increase of net profits on our basin farms feed some of our surplus small grains to hogs and build up a paying 0 industry special to roosevelt sta by 3 A mcnaughton I 1 want to mate mako an n appeal to the western stacee tn ta behalf of IMS hug raising it seems to mie that we have nothing moo mas im forta t than to encourage the bro e a unas at least to a point where we thle neida need of the coast markets and the interior will bs be b s met and we abne a long ions ways to so go before the result pan can be obtained the coast manieta ma bets are paying out enormous sums of manlay imio nuey every year to brig the bulk of oui our nog DOS supply from east of the rocklea and in the ie face of the fact that we lave baye the feed and everything favorable to successful ihirg opera tle tarts A west ot of the rock les the ba ley situation today fairly illustrates the need tor for a more mor e extensive home market and the most available plan is to teed feed barley to livestock there is no iferd thelt at alv gives s better und d hlll win produce more nearly the kind of po pa k that we in the coast section which cornea comm from the bacon type of hig denmark uses burley barley to teed feed out the bacon type of hog that has beel developed to meet the needs needa of the english market and denmark exports to the united kingdom the products ot of more than five milliea millio fi boss per year it sav eu iely looks like lf if denmark can afford to buy our h iu aey to fatten boas for the english market ket that we ought to have a splendid chance of profit by supplying pork direct to the english ma ket such a plan la is feasible but we must fiat develop the right type ot of porker there ate are few instances where it le Is profitable to snip the teed feed to the livestock aind even though such 0 operations erat ions lanis yield a profit it still re malla mall mai a is that it la Is mav mo e profitable to feed the barley where the grain Is grown and ship we park to the ill ultimate consumer it is good business to have a foreign outlet for our products but it is also good business to have a home amark market et to WI tall bacle back on in case we xe a e confronted as we aro are today aind doubtless will be from roia time to time lime ink ini tb attro a fu future tirre with wai over supply of all kirias of 0 grata keeping in mind too chat practically every civilized nation rala barley eleven western states produce about bushels each year all irrigation the average yield la is about ssi bushels per acre the average price iio ice during the tast past five years was about 67 cents wr per bushel mak ws an average ot of 2245 apfl W i acre this inzy atay not be a haulcy mettr but it la is a 9 good substantial earning considering the character of land upon which it Is raised and the fact no IrrIgation i Is awes cary As i a rule auert suert hamd has limited cited alue notwithstanding this la Is abo e anyone who thinks tor far a minute in view of our higher blaber standard of living that we can compete with many ot ol the coun countries trIos in the production product loni of barley bailey middle western farmers ate put 11 baloy ba lcy into land that beret heretofore fore has ha s been used for corn this Is undoubtedly due to ane corn on page eight ROG HOG RAISING WOULD MEAN INCREASE IN PROFITS ON UINTAH BASIN FARMS continued from page one borer and olao oko the fact act thai that bailey owing to its ita chemical Is a very satisfactory factory vad economical food A five year average pace p ace for or hogs at beatral ce markets ending la in 1328 1928 was 10 cents per pound yielding about ym yet cwt cat for the barley used lin im feeding and fat and be it remembered that aa feeding the th beliey ba ley on we thle farm the of 0 sac kitag and transportation por tation Is saved a further credit to swine fea feeding ding at this time elani quotations are per toni less than the homie bume quotations ationo but we need to broaden our home war ket as it ra is too limited to abao 1 l we tuo yearly crop another important is that we will never have bave a real packing business in the west we have an adequate ade quite supply of hogs mija products of other and maki are sold fresh liance the operation 1 la I meely me ely owe mile of 0 slaughtering and marketing while with the hog business a part la Is curing requiring sto st orase Tage capital and labor hogs are casa every day in the year because spork ark is a staple com the quickest quick eat amil most ly ot of liable way to cash our weste we steral rib grain crop is via the pork route how about feeding our surplus wheat of the western states it also makes makee good pork and will bi bring dig moo moe e rooney money in pork aiau present grain prices |