Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — Fat Hog Brings $105; Can You Beat It? [ARTICLE]

Fat Hog Brings $105; Can You Beat It?

Floyd Robinson, who lives on the S. S. Shedd farm on the Pleasant Ridge road, sold a fat hog today to John Zimmer, the shipper, for $lO5. The hog weighed 740 and after docking her 40 pounds Mr. Zimmer wrote Robinson a check for $lO5. We believe this is the largest price ever jiaid for a fat hog by any shipper in this county. By the .wgy, Robinson is not only a successful hog man, but he is one of the very best farmers in this county and one who has made a decided success. In his farming he remembers Benjamin Franklin’s adage, “He who by the plow would thrive, must either hold or drive.”