Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1894 — The Outlook. [ARTICLE]

The Outlook.

While prices for,.butter are lower now than common for this time in the year and have been for the last two months, yet the signs indicate more favorable in the near future. Should this prove to be so, and the price of hogs keep up, the chances for profits in dairying will be good We are inclined to think the patrons of the creamery do not raise enough hogs. This certainly is a most important part of dairying. Jasper county should be the banner county for hogs, almost entirely free from disease, within twelve hours of a good market, requiring but small capital to begin with, and when fed milk, require but little corn, comparatively speaking, to fit them for market. We feel sure that those who have fed hogs the past summer and this winter; have realized from their return milk at least one dollar per hundred. It doesn’t matter so much if we have to take a small price for our our butter sometimes, if we have the hogs to help out. The past year has been profitable to all who made good use of their return milk. The company will do all they can to help the patrons along. They have in the past done a great deal more than the contract calls for, and will continue to do so.