Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-03
PIGS is PIGS"
The Hog Market Receives Quite
Boost in this Section
the Past Week.


produce. The latter may be true
to some extent, as relating to the
past, but it must be remembered
that we are just now reaching a
point where we are in position to
offer some inducements for buyers
to visit this section. We have
often predicted that a. soon rs this
tract produced sufficient comnodi-
ties to warrant II market center,
there would be no trouble in dis
posing of our products.
This prediction is being verified
at the present time, especially a.
regards hogs. \ year ago il would
have been almost impossible to pick
up ear Of good fat hogs, for the
reason they were not in the COM
munity, and as consequence,
those who did have a few TO sell
had to depend entirely on the local
demand. Note the difference now.
With a goodly supply Of porkerS
ready for market in this section, il
did not take long for this informa-
ton to reach outside buyers, and
as Il result the price went up over
81 90 per hundred the past week.
@. +. Weed, representing a Port
land firm was attracted to the tract
10y these reports, and during his
visit here last week he secured sew
eral carloads, paying as high a
81 60 for prime hogs. Mr.. Weed
assures us that he can ship to Port
land with margin of profit of
81. .25, and as the market for No. |
porkers reached So on the Port
land market last week, il is an easy
matter to figure just what they are
worth here.
On Sunday last T. ID. Hardy
who has charge Of the shipment OF
hogs from this territory to a Los
Angeles packing company was il
Jerome enroute TO the South Side,
and he informed the writer thai
Idaho hogs were commanding tn,
I
highest price in the California mar.
ket They are far superior to the
Texas product which has formerly
supplied that market, and now thai
they can be gotten here buyers hav,
been placed in the field, which may
have something to do with raising
the Portland price.
At any rate it will be seen tina
between Portland and Californi.
there will be found IA market for al
the hogs we can raise. Do not lie
anyone be deceived 10y the false or,
of mo Market" but get busy an,
produce the goods and they vii
find market. The Iowa farme
2 might with as much prophet,
: claim that he has no market for hi
hogs, as, if we are rightly informed
, the Idaho farmer can market hi
hogs in Portland as cheap as tn
, Iowa farmer can ship his to Chica
go, and it goes without saying tha
e hogs can be fitted ready for marke
! in Idaho for less money than the,
, can in Iowa.
] But the hog market is not tn
only resource the Idaho farmer has
as the dairy problem is one that
fast commanding the attention q
our farmers, and as the amount q
cream to he shipped increases
will be noticed that the price stead
lily advances. AS we stated las
week, it is not the market that
hampering this section half as mucl
rs the transportation question, am
from all appearances there will b
a competitive outlet for our product
before another season rolls around
& But speaking of Idaho hogs tn
e Shoshone Journal of last week ha
the following in reference to som
+ shipments from this section:
Il A j. Newman left for Portlan
: last evening with two carloads {
n fat hogs for the Portland market
/. There were one hundred and eighty