Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1919 — NETTED MEMBERS $19.74 CWT. [ARTICLE]

NETTED MEMBERS $19.74 CWT.

Joseph Kolhoff, manager of the Jasper County Livestock Shipping association, returned from Chicago Wednesday evening after marketing a carload of hogs for members of the organization. The load topped the Chicago market for the day, bringing $20.55 per cwt. Freight, commission, manager’s salary, shrinkage and all other expenses amounted to 81 cents per cwt., and the hogs netted the members $19.74. The first load that the association shipped from Parr was marketed at a cost of 90 cents per cwt., based on the home weights. The load sold for $20.30 and netted the members $19.40 weighed at the home station. This organization, which has a membership of about 100 at the present time, expects to sell each member’s livestock on the open market «at a minimum cost. —Advt.