The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-05
THE HAY
QUESTION

The hay question is one of the
live questions with farmers. The
crop was very good, and the cost OF
production neve was higher. Natur-
ally the farmers want to get all they
can out of it, and they will. The
farm markets bureau advises hold
ing for SIS a ton, and says they can
find buyers for it at SIT baled and
on the cars. The cost of baling used
to be 81 a ton, but it is claimed that
nobody would bale it now for that,
and that it would be expensive get
ting teams to put it on the cars
Stockmen are calling attention to
the cost of baling and loading, and
are putting it at from $3.50 to IS
a ton. When we kid" them about
being buyers and boosting in their
own behalf they defy We editor to
go out and get it done for less. Mike
Barclay is a stockman and he raised
100 tons of alfalfa near the sugar
factory. He says he will sell his
whole crop to the farm markets bu-
reau at SIS in the stack, allowing
422 feet to the ton, and will buy it
back baled by scale weights at SIT.
Farley Price offered to sell his hay
in the stack at SIS a ton, with a
string on it. Farley is a sheep man,
and his string was, when the mar
ket is $15." OF course, he got kid
ded about that part of it, and he
stood for the kidding. We are pass
ing you all the information we get
about hay, and if you have hay to
buy or hay to sell, it is up to you
to decide what you will do about
it. Ye editor had a little hay to
sell, and he sold it with a string ON
it; or rather, Harry Trego bought
it, with a string on the money. The
price was $14 a ton in the stack,
right on the feeding grounds, ON con-
dition that Harry could get the stock
he wanted to feed it to.
We wrote to the farm markets
bureau asking them to furnish in
formation as to where hay can be
marketed at ST., and they respond
ed promptly with information and
said they hoped We editor would fill
some of the orders. But we are not
dealing in hay, and can only pass
the information on to the public just
as we get it. It's funny that so
many people think the editor is TAX
ing personal parts in buying hay or
selling hay or putting the price up
or putting it down just because he
publishes what other men say on
the subject. But here is more of it,
and don't get sore if if it doesn't
suit you, because you don't have to
act On it:
Farm Market Department,
Boise, Idaho, Oct. 1, 1917.
BYRD Trego, Blackfoot, Iadho.
Replying to your letter about the
market for hay and the places where
it "a be sold, we have just received
a telegram from our north Idaho
deputy, Charles Waggoner, of Post
Falls, advising that they can use
five cars first class baled alfalfa at
SIT f. o. b. cars.
Mr.. J. V. Bopp. county agricul-
tural agent of Fergus Falls, Mime
sofa, has just written us, making in
curry for a number of cars of hay
and we have advised them that we
can supply him with a number of
cars at SIS f. o. b. cars.
I'VE have written Mr.. Groninger,
your agricultural agent, asking him
to get in touch with Mr.. Waggoner
advising him if he can supply him
with these cars.
LAS this hay is for north Idaho
dairymen | hope either Mr.. Groning-
er or yourself can supply them with
this hay at SIT.
If your growers are unable to Sc
cure $14 or SIS for your hay in the
stack and will start at once to bale,
we will have no difficulty in dis
posing of your hay at ST. f. o. b.
cars and will appreciate your advis-
ing us of the number of cars and
time that they will be able to supply
same.
"A number of sales of potatoes
nave recently been made at $40
per hundred. We believe that the
growers having storage facilities will
be able to get better prices.
However, at this time, we feel
that $1.5O is a fair price for pota-
toes. When the writer was down in
Twin Falls county recently, the
Weyl-Zuckerman company and Boyle
& company were paying $1.4O per
hundred.
we want to express our apprecia-
ton for the publicity you have given
department and it's bulletins,
and wish to assure you that we want
be of service to you and your
readers at any time. I
Very truly yours,
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
FARM MARKETS.
by H. r. Donovan, }
f1hD-VMC Deputy" :