Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-19

! Chicago, Sept. is.-Hog prices rose
today as a result of a scarcity Of ar
rivals. Trading, however, was slow.
The new pig crop is both large and
healthy. Every pasture from the At
lantic to the Pacific is alive with shoats,
and whatever happens to cattle and
sheep there will be enough pork to so
around. altho Europe will claim a share
regardless of whether war continues
or a peace basis is reached.
While the use Of serum has been a
factor. care has been mainly respon-
sible for porcine health. In market
parlance,, the groves has been keeping
his pigs in the parlor," meaning decent
treatment to which all live stock is en-
titled.
Eleven markets received $1,000 hogs
Monday. or 200 more tina last Mon
day. $500 more than a year ago and
1850 more than two years ago. Three
markets had less than a week ago and
the others showed an increase. Every
market received more thar a year ago
but st. Louis. which reported a decrease
Of 500. Total for 1916 to date, 20,634,-
900, or 2,325,000 more than same period
1915 and 100000 more than CORES
spending time 1914.
Cattle.
Demand for cattle was slow.
Unprecedented prices for sheep and
lambs have created a boom in breeding
stock. With western lambs on an S1l
to $3.50 basis, and Indifferent natives
| eligible to s10.50. a desire to get into
the game is logical. Available supply
Of both sheep and lambs is the small
lest in a quarter of a century. The
western crop was reduced % to 40 per
cent by a backward spring, and Ken
lucky. Tennessee and Virginia are all
! d~elinquerts. In july, 1915. packers
forced the common price of lambs at
Chicago down to IS. this yea the best
they could 60 was SO. and heroic
measures were necessary to that feat.
Spectators Swho bought western lambs
early in the season have cleaned up
small fortunes on the rise. but nerve
was necessary to do 1t. Some western
lambs have netted spectators a profit
Of SO per cwt. which came out Of the
pocket OF the breeder.
Sheep at IS to $3.50 per WI speak
eloquently Of scarcity. But a few years
nave SldpSeu Since % WAS d COIIHlOIl
price at Chicago. The west has gone
out of the wether business for the rea.
son that wool production did not pay
To be profitable, range fiocks must be
on a mutton basis, wool being. regarded
as a by-product. Western ewes have
been selling at 81 to $7.25, that a few
Years age did well to pay freight and
commission.
Sheep.
Sheep and lambs were too plentiful
Seven chief markets of the middle
west on Monday received III, 400 cattle.
This is the largest one days supply
in the year TO date. and more big days
are bound to follow in the next four
to six weeks.
It is time of year when the north
west. central and southwest as we'll as
middle western territory Is due to cash
in freely. OF necessity there must be
a tremendous demand for cattle to en-
able absorption Of the big supplies
without seriously depressing values.
A big quota OF the receipts at other
markets are feeder and stocker kinds
which have no real bearing on the pres
ent beef situation. They are coming
into the markets to be distributed from
there over the corn producing country.
Yet there Is a heavy volume Of beef
at hand and prospective. Much OF II
will go into the freezers and be utilized
in the trade later in the season. Thanks
for that. Otherwise sharp price break
ing would be inevitable.