Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-03-22
SWINE TALK.

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into the winter, disease ragged al
over that part Of the country, and re
duced the number Of hogs in all clas
ses. Then farmers shipped off every
thing that was marketable, so w
are down pretty low on hog supplies
| cannot help thinking that hog price
win get up quite a good deal higher
than they have been. There certain
ly cannot be enough heavy hogs left
to keep the market low"
80
J. w. CLAWS, Of Douglass, Kas.
thinks the shOats in his neighborhOod
could be finished and made ready foG
the midsummer. There Is fairly
good supply OF this class Of hogs. but
ne states that heavy hogs are very
scarce. Now, the question with me
is, what will be the condition Of the
hog market, and the supply, between
now and the middle of the summer, /"
said Mr.. Claws. Il cannot help be-
lieving that We will find higher price
along through the early summer
months, and that within a short time
We may find hogs considerably highe
than they are now. Any one who
goes out now to round up a car load
Of hogs to ship will agree with me
that it is quite a task
$50
Selling a shipment of hogs that
brought S2,552 on the market was a
feature of the hog trade the other diy
This consignment of hogs was shipped
from the farm of l.. Stafford, of Har-
dy, Neb., and attracted much atten-
ton around there. There we've 1l6
hogs in the shipment. and the pur-
chase price was around s22 each.
49,
A. l. Day, a shipper Of Deerfield,
Mo-, is predicting higher priced hogs
Mr.. Day does not make pretensions
at being a real hog prophet, but he
sees signs that prompt him to make
the guess that the hog market will
not remain long as it is. He says
there may be pretty fair receipts i'm
mediately after the mud settles and
the roads become better, but owing
to the fact that farmers are late with
their spring work, when they start
to seeding there will be no time to
fool with hogs.
Many farmers have lost every pig
that came this spring, and with the
very best Of care, but a few are be-
ing saved This report comes from
s. A. Friel of Soldier, Kas. 1T is
safe right now to say that We are
bound to have one Of the lightest pig
crops this spring we have had in
many years. 1t will simply mean that
following the great over-supply of
last year We will discover a great
shortage next fall about the time the
spring pigs would be the right size
to fatten. 1t is simply a repetition
Of the old saying of one extreme fol-
lowing another"
G. W. Ayers of Cuba, Kansas, con-
siders that about the best hog district
in the whole corn and alfalfa belt.
Mr.. Ayers points out how the thrifty
farmers of that section raise a crop
of good, marketable hogs in less than
a year. A few days ago Mr.. Ayers
shipped a carload of about that age,
for which he received $6.75. when
we consider the number of hogs that
come from one section, such as ours,
then we can realize the extent of this
hog supply" said Mr.. Ayers. I'VE
have losses among hogs, and the mar
ket is sometimes a little too low to
suit us, but considering the short
time it takes us to produce a crop
of hogs, they are about the most pro-
titabIe live stock we have"
80
In looking over his neighborhood
and comparing the hog supply at pres
emit with a year ago, J. l.. Terbush, a
young farmer OF whitewater, Mas,
puts the supply down as not more
than half what it was last spring.
Several things figure in this change,
ne said. THE continuance Of the no
disease in the neighbOrhood, taking
off all kinds Of hogs, and the general
stampede for market with those not
sick, cut down the supply, and also
demoralized the hogs generally, so ia
as sizes are concerned. Some farm
ers have a few brood sows and no
shoats, while other have shoats and
no brood sows."
IF the weather warns up farmers
will be able to save a good many pigs
II l.