Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1913 — A Little Pig Story From Horatio Ropp’s Experience. [ARTICLE]

A Little Pig Story From Horatio Ropp’s Experience.

Last October 11th two sows belonging to Horatio Ropp gave birth to 24 pigs. He saved 22 of them. He saved four and has just sold the other 18 and for which he received the splendid price of $137.64, the pigs weighing 1,480 pounds. He still has the sows and four of the young pigs. Horatio is frank to admit that the farmer is right in clover in the matter of pigs. Alpha Christley was in from Jordan township today. He held a big sale last Wednesday, conducted by Clark & Travis, of Lafayette. The sale totaled about $6,000 and he got some mighty fancy prices. Ten head of cows, mostly Jerseys, brought up to SSO. One mare-brought $240 and another $217.50. Alpha Bold his saddle horse and after the sale learned that his wife had secretly rebough it, paying the man who bid it in a profit of $4. Mr. Christley has a farm of 240 acres, which he bought seven years ago, paying $65 per acre for it The farm is now for sale at $l5O per acre and if it don’t sell tolerably soon he will raise the price of it He expects to visit in the southwest this year, expecting to get down as far as Houston, Texas, and may invest in that country. He will be able to say during the rest of his life that Jasper county was good to him, for he has doubled the value of all investments during seven years.