The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-28
The Farm and The Farmer
The following which relates to the

The following which relates to the
present supply of hogs; the outlook
for live stock feeding this year, and
opinions as to the trend in prices, will
interest readers in both town and
country; because the topic discussed
is of national Importance:
JAMES BROWN. of Webster-Near-
ly all marketable hogs have been
and less are being fed than
a year ago. You have no doubt no
tced that many less hogs are in the
pens at farm sales than was the rule
last winter, because fewer were fed
On the declining market. Believe
there will be quite a reduction in the
number of hogs raised this year. be-
cause farmers become disguised over
losses from manipulation by packers.
They cut the price of fresh meat q
of a cent and advanced the price of
cured meats ~ on the same day,
November 18th, for example. AS to
what farm organizations can do about
it is an open question, but If the U. S.
government can't regulate the pack
ers and effectively stabilize prices, 1t
is hard to believe that groups of farm
ers will be able to accomplish much in
that line. Feel sure that many farm.
crs will cut their acreages this year,
just as some have indicated in their
letters to The Palladium.
n. J. Scott's Ideas.
H. J. SCOTT, of Hagerstown-Have
fed and sold off a lot Of hogs, but am
going to go a little slow on pork
production this year, and think that
many others will also do less feeding.
| sold 100 shoats at my sale on Feb
luary Goth. at s12 to SIS, instead of
keeping them to fatten. AS to horses.
l put up big bunch which sold we'll
and believe the demand for horses
will broaden and prices go higher.
got up to S465 for teams and every
drafter brought much more money
than could have sold for early in the
winter. Milk cows are also in de-
mand. mine brin sing from $50 to $140.
My sale netted $1,000.
GEORGE SHOWALTER, of Foun-
tain City.-In view of market uncer-
tainty and high cost of feeds, have
decided to feed less live stock this
year, and believe that my neighbors
Will hardly feed as many hogs as
usual. Some hog raisers are buying
rure bred foundation stock, mostly
Big-Type Polands in this vicinity, from
my observation. There will have to
be change in costs of feed as COM
pared to price of hogs if I do much
feeding this year. Have fed from 100
up to 500 head of hogs for several
years. Looks as if hogs have had break
enough for time, and while prices
may not rule high later we should get
some more money during the spring
and summer. Farmers will probably
plant all the land they can probably
care for, even If they do less feeding,
as think they will
Hogs Almost Sold Out.
JOHN O'DEA, OF New Paris-Good
shipping hogs are scarce and about
cleaned out over this way although I
have shipped out five loads within a
week. Fred Wehrley sold me a fine
bunch of red hogs this week, which
averaged 224 pounds. and were but six
months old. Most of our farmers are
buying good breeding stock. and few
are feeding cattle. Am not looking
for any important slump in price of
hogs: expect them to rule higher, in
fact, in spring and summer, than at
this time.
CLARENCE ADDLEMAN, OF Bethel.
Don't think we shall cut down the
hog crop around here, greatly. If a
man is a hog raiser, why that's his
business, regardless Of the markets
and the chances taken, though the
conservative man will always regulate
his business according to outlook.
Some farmers will feed fewer hogs
but. in the main, we are likely to
raise the usual number, but not as
many as during war days when the
pressure was on for meat. In regard
to pure breds, several have been buy
ing improved stock: think the Polands
are favored most right around Bethel,
but we have plenty of red hogs, too.
7 look for better prices in 80 or 40
days, say. if not sooner. for the bulk
of the winter run has been marketed.
Cattle feeding? Yes a little in that
line. Perry Slick has a nice bunch of
cattle on feed and there are others
here and there who will have some
cattle to market
NOTES OF INTEREST.
At the high point on Thursday May
corn was up about s cents from the
low Of Tuesday, and the general corn
market range was the highest since
last August, with the exception of the
top made on December 1S. and from
which high points on options the de-
cline again set in. speculation ex-
plains the wide range and quick turns
in the price of corn, and not the legi-
innate cash or feeding demand.
Receipts of hogs are rapidly falling
eff. the seven western market centers
having received nearly 100000 less
than for same time last year, to date:
Chicago alone being nearly 100000
short to February 2S.
EFT. Meredith, the new secretary of
agriculture, is a business man, stall
wart and outstanding. He is not only
the editor of a we'll known farm paper,
but is also a banker, connected with
several Iowa banks as director. and
was also a member OF the directory