Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-28
FARMERS NOT TO GET GREAT
Err RETURNS UNTIL AFTER
ANNUAL SETTLEMENT DAY.
PREDICTION MADE THAT
~ VALUES WILL RISE SLOWLY
Experienced Stock Buyer Who
Knows Conditions Gives His opin-
ion on Crop and Live Stock Mar
kets-Renefts to Be Reaped by
Comparatively Few.
[By c. e. walscn.l


more than another of a community
finds 1t vital to his interests to be
able to forecast conditions and prices
along his line of endeavor that man
Is the towns livestock dealer He
always has positive opinions on the
subject and reasons for The same. He
did not possess these convictions
and plan his activities III accordance
With them He Is ns good an authority
on what lis to be expected in the way
of prices for farm products in the
next six months as ANYBODY in the
country, and here is the prediction
OF one OF these, man who has been
In the business a considerable
length OF time. He said In effect:
There is big crop Of grain and
stock on the farms OF this country.
The great Bulk of 1t will have to be
sold Ky March next to pay off
obligations due Mt that time or
earlier Everybody knows this and
svery possible influence will he
brought to bear on the attempt to
buy, this stuff at as low price ms
possible, knowin. that 1t must be
sold. Cattle and hogs as well as
grain will have their ups and downs
in the market from day to day but
there will be no permanent great,
change until after March I, when all
these innumerable settlements have
been made. After that prices will be-
Sin TO rise. and are likely to go very
- Ncr1,
with comparatively few to ge& any
advantage from the change. The old
policy OF selling when the product is
ready to sell instead of holding on
for a better price Is the correct one
this year as usual unless the stuff
can be held until well into next sum-
mef, and in most cases this will be
'impossibie."
An incident happened In Eldora
one day last week that Afforded tp-
portunity for those old enough to
remember readjustment days of half
10 century ago to say II told you So"
altho even these admit that the
thing haB come sooner and with
more suddsr,ness than they expected.
a man APPEARED at one Of the busi-
ness places OF the town and offered
~ work untfl spring for his board.
At one OF the homes OF the town It.
was explained that the man had
been thrown out OF employment by
the closing OF a plant and then the
sAdded statement, that he had been
offered 81 per day and board to
'husk corn In the country.
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One OF the unnsual< features, of the
employment situation was mentioned
by a restaurant proprietor when he
advertised In his daily paper for a
cook. What he wanted was a lady
cook" Said he could get plenty Of
men for the Job but that female help
appears as scarce as ever. An ex-
plantation of this was attempted by
another. who said, that Office work
onopolixed as 1t is by girls, &C.
counts for the whole trouble. with
the result that the young ladies are
manipulating the typewriters and
the men are applying for the jobs
their sisters have discarded.
Dr. e. p. Roberts. an Eldora D. v.
g. Is authority for the statement
that poultry vaccination is rapidly
coming into favor In certain parts Of
the country. The farmers wife. long
accustomed to the periodical ex-
perience OF standing helplessly by
and watching the bulk Of a flock Of
chickens. representing a summers
effort at poultry raising, die of chol-
era and kindred diseases. has begun
to avail herself OF the treatment her
husband found so successful In saw
Ing his swine from destruction and
from this time on when disease
threatens the welfare OF the poultry
shot" under the wing at an ex-
spense to tho owner OF a thin dime''
IS expected to and does end the
trouble for the season.
$50
What is said to have been the
largest cheese that ever was put on
sale In Eldora was distributed to
holiday purchasers st the Gehrke &
Janke store here last week It weiehed
25S pounds and was the product
OF q New York cheese factory.
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While depot full OF peop,e
waited impatiently for the arrival Of
q train long past due one of those
who waited, railroad shop man of
leng experience. explained to his fell
low waiter" one reason for these
sexatious delays SO frequent on
some roads from December to April.
He said much Of the trouble was due
70 engine trouble caused by ineffi-
Gent overhsu1ins OF locomotives III
the shops. Some foreman wishing to
make q record for himself ordered a
Few nuts frightened and coat of
ss tea