Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-01
SALES OF HOGS AND
CORN RRlNe oMNERs
SMALL FoRTuhEo
speela! to rimes REPUBLICAN,.

Special to Times Republican.
Renwick, May IA farmer brought
in four loads of hogs to the local stock
huyer, twenty one head in all. seme
"old" ones in the lot. They were not
extra large animals nor had they been
finished for market with any appar-
cit unusual care CT expense, but the
farmer received a check for almost
$1,000 for the bunch or about $50 Il
head. for hogs were s14.so per hun-
dred that dav and at these figures this
kind of farm property runs into money
Pr :ty fast.
At Woodstock last week an outfit
was busy Smelling out long crib vf
corn that stood near one of the grain
elevators There were about 5000
bushels in all. The price at the time
was $1.S4 per bushel or about $4,000
werth as corn values Iun. Phis kind
Of ia, m produce runs into money about
IS fast as hegs The man who super
vised the Smelling of the oorR teld how
five men living in his snn~shing run"
near Webster city have emitted eats
raising entirely from tkeir farming
that the corn growing business prom
ises, better results SO far as this sen
son is concerned.
The marketing OF a quantity Of grain
like this would naturally he expected
to draw out "Reminiscences from those
acquainted with the facts. 1t did. A
nearby farmer remembered that in
1896 ne fsuieS soms damaged earn
for neighbor to a dealer who paid
three cents PEP bushel for the stuff,
one cent Of which had to be paid for
shelling. When seld in the market the
shipper did not receive enough TO pay
the freight. The grower kept part of
his crop until the mex. summer and
after sorting /. over and drying It ont
sold some at II cents. a former grain
buyer ASKED If grain will ever be cheap
again said yes" and cid how men
in other days had naid prevailing
prices FOR corn. letting Il sand in cribs
three or four years in succession and
then selling at a loss only to see the
price soar to dizzy 1c.sh,s the next
s'-aso.,. He predicted low prices in
future years. not like those Of SO but
low as we understand the term in
.hese days.
To return 10 the subject of hogs
and wI.h 1t &C back a few years, Ell
mer Starr CT Renwick. owned a reg
ord rreeke- SO far as pig production
IS concerned. She was given more
time for her life work" than is ailot-
tea to the ordinary nr.5d sew. He
kept her ut..ll she was riae yea.s I'D
at which period of life hgr teeth CAV
out which misfortune brought to a
close her period of usefulness. For
seven straight years she brought to
maturity an average OF eleven spring
pigs, the eighth year nine and the ninth
year eight. Almost 100 pigs and only
one litter a year.
A Wright county stock dealer rsr
Gently returned fran trip west and
southwest was much Impressed with
the cattle feeding situation as 1t exists
in that part of the country. Says
there is a growing tendency to finish
the animals where they are grown.
Was surprised to see $500 head at
one point being made ready for mar
ket on beet pulp ration principally.
Says the cattle shortage is oyeresti-
mated
The Renwick community has had a
disappointing experience with its grav
eled roads this spring. Complaint Is
general that the surfaced stretches
failed to stand up under heavy spring