The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-09


Last week Monday attended sale
of Chester White swine on the farm
of C. w. Lindgren located in Ida coun'
ty nine and half miles northwest OF
Kiron. 1t was the first Chester White
sale of the season in this section OF
the state. Most of the offering were
spring male pigs, but there were a
few spring gifts, yearling and tried
sows. TO Fred FitzsimmOns, of Vail,
belongs the honor of buying the ami
NAL which topped the sale. He paid
$40 for Montrose Fancy, big type
S0Oepound two year old brood sow. She
was from a litter of fourteen and has
narrowed two filters, one OF eight and
the other of twelve. She was bred by
! w. H. Dunbar, of Jefferson. Her Off
springs were the best selling swine in
the sale and Mr.. Fitzsimmons certain
ly bought a great animal which will
add considerable strength to his herd.
She was the dam of a yearling gilt
which sold for $3.50 and also another
with young fall litter which sold for
$17O. | want to congratulate Mr.. Fitz-
simmons on his good judgment in buy
ing this animal, also thank him for
bringing to our county this great ami
NAL. John F. Hoist, Jr., was ALSO
there, and while he bought only three
head he was the runner up of many
of the hogs which brought the top
prices. In all 4S head were sold.
Twenty-six head sold for an average
of nearly ninety dollars. There were
no breeders present except from Ida
Sac and Crawford counties. Mr.. Lind
gren had a great herd and IT 1t had
not been that his son had recently
been called to the colors many OF the
swine would not have been sold.
The Ida Grove Pioneer reports the
following which should be Of great in
terest to our readers: A. Sykes Of the
Meat Producers association returned
from Washington Sunday morning. He
reports that livestock representatives
from some ten or twelve of the leading
corn and hog producing states met as
committee with Food Administrator
Hoover, and spent two days going ov-
err the general livestock situation and
working out plan for the adoption OF
the 10 to price ratio on hogs. From
reports and general information gath
cred, it would indicate that there will
not be as many beef cattle fed as last
fall and winter and yet the food ad-
does not feel justified in
giving out anything at this time which
could be taken as guarantee that 1t
can hold up the price of corn fed cat
tie during the winter, so the feeder
must use his best judgment in this
matter. However, everything indi-
Gates that more beef will be required
for our armies and our allies than last
year. The following report on the
price of hogs was adopted by the com.
mittee, of which Mr.. Sykes was a
member: "The price so far as we can
effect them will not 60 below mini
mum of about $3.50 per hundred
weight for the average of packers
lroves on the Chicago market until
'urther notice. As to the hogs far
.owed next spring (1918), we will try
% stabilize the price so that the farm
or can count on getting for each 100
pounds OF hog ready for market, thir-
teen times the average cost per bushel
Of corn fed into the hog. Let there be
10 misunderstanding of this statement
It is not a guarantee backed by money.
t is not a promise by the packers.