The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-22

If you are a hog grower and want
to meet simon-pure, all-wool bull on
the hog market, you can find him
over near Oxford, Ohio. Just listen
to him: THE man who stays with the
hog business right straight through
is the man who is going TO make the
money" said l.. l.. Schultz. This is
no time to weaken or quit; hogs are
bound to go higher, in my opinion.
The fact is l am guessing that we shall
see hogs is high as they have ever
been within the next six or eight
months, or pretty we'll toward top fig
ures."
Mr.. Schultz pins his hopes on good
red hogs. Says he has tripled the
number of his brood sows within a
year. and has found a ready market
for breeders. He says that some of
the farmers around Oxford are i'm
proving their herds, because they are
| learning that it pays. Asked as to the
loss Of piglets of this springs crop,
he stated that there is a pretty gen.
| eral complaint Of the loss of February
pigs and this will add to the shortage.
Shortage there is bound to be, for
| many a hog man seems inclined to
quit at the wrong time.
Am not speaking of this vicinity
only, but it seems evident that a lot
of men who buy shoats to feed will
| lay off for time. l have some neigh
, bors, however, who still have faith in
| hogs and will raise all they can con-
veniently feed The big feeders who
splurge and buy their young stuff are
the ones most likely to pull out for a
! time"
| Talk of Cutting Acreage
| There has been some talk during
! the winter of our farmers cutting
down cultivation, but what that will
actually amount to when the planting
| season opens up, we can't say. There
was also quite a little talk along in
cold weather a bout loss of pigs around
here, and we understood. too, that
some farmers did not winter their
usual number of brood sows, not Xix
ing the prices paid for hogs" said w
r. Tulpf, of the Farmers State bank
at College Corner. Taking into &C
count the loss of pigs and the sale OF
sows by some of the farmers, as re
ported, we may not raise the usua
number of hogs in this vicinity this
year"
/ Arcanum Mans Views.
! Now and then in cold weather some
Oh our FARMERS not only lost as high
as so per cent of their little pigs
but also sow or two, where they
We're not fixed to take care of them
right, mostly because of the steady
cold for days. No doubt fall pigs also
suffered, unless narrowed early, an6
some of these died as we'll as lo1
of February and March arrivals.
Host few pigs myself" said Charles
Buzzard, living on a route out of Ar
cacnum, mot a great many, but
enough.
, Don't think many farmers sold of
, their brood sows, have an idea there
are about as many here as common
but on account of loss of pigs, ant
the fact that heavy feeders generally
are likely to cut down, 1t isn't to be
. expected that we shall raise as many
hogs as last year. While help is scarce
= we are going to try to farm as usual
at least I SHALL There was no lacl
of tenants here on March /, and al
our farms are occupied. Where there
} is shortage of renters it is usually
because the farms are large, taking &
} lot of capital as we'll as help to handle
them"
Has Not Vet Decided.
/ Shall I raise as many hogs this
= year as last? To tell the TRUTH" sale