Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-10
Past Season Has Been a Money
Making Year, With Conditions
All in Farmers Favor
soWs SHOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT
Farmers Wish Now That They Had
Not Cleaned Up the Old Ones at
High Prices and Instead Raised More
Piss-Ris Corn Crop Not Looked to
Stimulate Cattle Feelings.

While the season just closing has
never been excelled from a farmers
general standpoint, and never, in the
recollection Of old settlers, has there
been a better hog year, Marshall coun-
ty farmer-feeders are anticipating
equally as good, if not better year, in
1907. With high market all summed,
and market higher now by 81 than a
year ago. the farmer who has not made
money off his hogs is the fasmer who
had no hogs to sell.
Usually the market is down at this
time of year, but this fall it has had an
upward tendency almost all the time.
There is not an over abundance in the,
supply. and the demand Is just as
pressing as 1t ever has been. Eastern
dealers are clamoring for hogs for
their fresh meat trade, and the west
ern packers are bending every energy
to fill the demand.
Should Have Kept Sows.
The farmers generally have made but
one mistake this season., and that IS
they sold their sows instead of Keeping
them for filters Of fall pigs. The tprice
in the summer. after the spring pig 9
We're weaned, proved too much Of an
inducement, and nearly every hog rails
err sold his sows. To be true, he sold
at prices unusually good for SOW trade,
but by now the sows would have pro-
duced a larger quantity of pigs that
will be wanted later on, and the sows
could be marketed at prices equally as
good, If not better, than when they
were disposed of.
Supply Only Average Amount.
The supply of hogs in this county is
not over the average at this time, and
the old hogs are practically all gone,
Every farmer having hogs is likely to
pay a good deal of attention to them
this winter, and get them ready for an
early market. If cholera, which is pre-
vailing in the northern part of the
county, doesn't make too great in
roads into the herds, there should be
an average amount of marketable stuff
in the spring.
Not Much Cattle Feeding.
From present indications it does not
appear that there wilttoe an extensive
feeding in cattle this winter. Not
withstanding the fact that corn will
average sixty bushels in nearly every
part of the county, that the quality
was never better, and that there will
be no soft corn, the average. farmer
is q little uncertain as to the profit
side Of the cattle feeding business. The
general run OF farmers, and especially
those who have had experience
with cattle, feel that it pays better to
sell their corn at fair prices than to
put it into cattle. They have found
that hogs pay better, on the long run.
Reese Most Extensive Feeder.
Probably the most extensive feeder
In the county this winter is, "Hute"
Reese, Of Moninger's. Mr.. Reese Is not,
however, dealing in steers. He has
between 500 and 600 heifers, erased
since July, and in fine shape now for
feeding. Some Of the number will be
ready for the market before very long.
Warren Nichols & Sons of Min
erva, are feedirE ninety head Of steers
that will average 1850 right off the
grass. They have another bunch Of
seventy for summer feeding.
Frank Ingledue, of Minerva, is also
feeding a nice lot of stuff, which will
be ready for early spring market.
Governor Packard and son, S. B.
Packard, Jr., are feeding an average
number to be seen at Strathmore. altho
they will probably not feed as many
as last season.