Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1917 — Hogs May Turn Farmers Into Plutocrats. [ARTICLE]

Hogs May Turn Farmers Into Plutocrats.

Valparaiso Vidette. Unless there is a change in the hog situation, Porter county fanners may become plutocrats. The supply of 'hogs* was y never as good, the price never so high, and the quality never any better. It is nothing now for a farmer to sell his hogs and get a thousand dollar check in return. Hundreds of the animals are being shipped weekly and the spring crop promises well. A. W. Reynolds & Sons, alone, have shipped so far this week, •three cars to Buffalo and some to Chicago. Another shipment will go to the Buffalo - market Saturday. Shortage of cars is the only trouble, at present, in the hog situation.