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Roofing and Spouting
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Formerly located at 107 S.
Main St.
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Phone: 199-W
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Lighting Fixtures Radios
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122 North Main
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C. F. NISWANDER
McCormick-Deering Dealer
Bluffton, Ohio
What is the future of the hog
market
That is the question being ponder
ed by farmers throughout the Bluff
ton area where raising corn and
hogs, provides the backbone of all
agricultural operations, and the price
of hogs figures largely in overall
prosperity of farm operators.
The problem is one difficult to
solve, however, for seldom have
there entered into the calculations
as many variables, impossible to
calculate and appraise as to their
effect on the overall picture.
A survey this week by The Bluff
ton News disclosed only one definite
conclusion. The hog market is going
down. This has been pretty much
agreed by all sources since prices
two weeks ago dropped below the
OPA price levels prevailing after the
close of World War II.
How Far Down?
From there on, however, it is dif
ficult to get anything like a definite
forecast. How far down will prices
go? One hog raiser who has seen
a lot of ups and downs in the market
for more than 40 years said:
“There are too many factors we
(Constitution Bay
'Today,
On this day in l/S/, the constitution of the united states
WAS COMPLETED and SIGNED,.. WITH FEW PRECEDENTS
TO GUIDE THEM, NO PATTERN TO FOLLOW, THE DELEGATES
=Curiosa
Americana—t
By Elmo Scott Watson
Immune
pHE only man In the United States
1 who can’t be arrested Is the Presi
dent. At least, that’s the law which
says that during the Chief Executive’s
term he's Immune from legal action
except through the process of impeach
ment.
The fact is, however, that two Pres
idents have been arrested, although in
neither case were they prosecuted. The
first was President Franklin Pierce
who one night in 1853 was returning
from the home of William Morgan in
Washington when his carriage ran
down an aged woman. Constable Stan
ley Edelln, who saw the accident, im
mediately arrested the occupant of the
carriage but released him at once when
he learned who his prisoner was.
The second was President Ulysses
S. Grant who was arrested for fast
driving! Grant was clipping along
street in a buggy drawn by a fast
stepping trotter when Policeman Wil
liam II. West stopped him. Upon rec
ognizing the President, the policeman
began an abject apology but Grant
said “Officer, do your duty!” and in
sisted that charges be preferred
against him. The police records of
Washington contain no mention of the
incident so evidently the President
although he was “arrested," was not
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Highest Prices
For Your Scrap Iron, Junked
or Wrecked Automobiles
See me before you sell.
Bluffton
Welding Shop
Dana Mathewson
Riley St., Bluffton
don’t know. When you start out to
predict pork prices, you have to
consider everything from the size of
the pig crop and the housewife’s
budget to the effect of strikes and
competition from beefsteak, house
rent and television sets.”
TO THE CONVENTION HAD SUCCEEDED IN FORMULATING A
DOCUMENT SO SOUND IN ITS BASIC CONSTRUCTION, YET
SO FLEXIBLE IN PRACTICE .THAT IT HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY
WELL FOR. MORE THAN l6o YEARS.
And equally important, there’s
the $64 questions whether the gov
ernment will continue to support hog
prices after next March 31, and no
one knows the answer to that one.
Partly Seasonal
With an army of spring pigs now
heading for market, the price decline
partly is seasonal. Marketing will
reach its peak in December and as
the supply increases the price drops.
That partly is the cause of the down
trend now under way.
But the price drop is more than
the usual winter dip. The basic
cause is the increasing supply of
pigs in the U. S. as the farmer gets
more and cheaper corn to feed them.
W’hen New Year’s Day arrives,
packers and farmers expect that
1949 pig production will have topped
1948 by at least 15%. And the
department of agriculture forecasts
another 10% increase next year, to
September 17
Hamilton speaking before the constitutional convention
as throughout our. histor^.we must uphold
THE PHILOSOPHIES AND WAY OF LIFE SET FORTH IN
THE CONSTITUTION AS A SURE WAY TO MAINTAIN THE
DYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF OUR. DEMOCRACY.
Pork heads the list of plentiful
foods for December.
Record supplies of straight nitro
gen fertilizers will be available to
Ohio farmers in 1950.
Men from 17 states attended the
recent Animal Nutrition Conference
on the Ohio State University campus.
FEDERAL LAND
BANK LOANS,,
in
/(.(y
Allen, Mercer,
Auglaize Counties
4% 33 Years
No Fees or Commissions
Loans made to buy land, pay
debts, make improvements,
buy livestock, machinery, re
pay any or all at any time.
Mercer-Wapok
NATIONAL FARM
LOAN ASSOCIATION
A. W. KOENIG
Secretary and Treasurer
Younger Bldg. N- Main St.
Celina, Ohio, Phene 1199
Wapa Theatre Bldg., 3rd Floor
Wapakoneta, Ohio.1'Phone 9361
1106 Cook /Tower
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THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO
Future of Hog Market Poses Top $64
Question for Farmers of Bluffton Area
force prices down further.
A hog’s main object in life is to
eat corn. He consumes about six
bushels plus protein supplement to
gain 100 pounds of meat. With this
fall’s bumper crop of nearly 3,400
million bushels and bigger than ever
carryover of 815 million bushels
from last year farmers have plenty
of reason to raise more pork.
Government Support?
One big factor affecting hog and
pork prices this fall and winter will
be the government’s decision on sup
port prices after next March 31.
Support levels have been announced
by the Department of Agriculture
through the end of March. After
that it’s up to the secretary to
decide whether a price floor is need
ed and at what level. Pork prices
haven’t had to be bolstered since
1944.
If the government decides it will
put a floor under pig prices after
March, and if the announcement is
made early, packers will go ahead
buying pork for storage to be sold
next year when supplies are season
ably lean. This buying could tend to
hold prices up in December and
College Five Loses
To Falcons, 72-39
Meeting their second big-name op
ponent in a row, Bluffton college
eagers were topped by Bowling
Green’s Faisons by a score of 72
to 39 in a tilt in the Bowling Green
gymnasium, last Monday night.
Against the Bee Gee second team,
which started the game, the Beavers
gave a good account of themselves,
and at one time in the first quarter
held and 8 to ,5 lead.
The FalcQns gradually whittled
down the advantage, squeezed into
the lead, and then with the first
team in action pulled away to a 37
to 14 halftime, advantage.
During the last half the Bluffton
team came within 10 points of
matching point for point with their
foes, gamering 25 points while Bowl
ing Green was .making 35.
Big Jim Howe was high point man
in the contest, netting 15 points for
the Beavers. Charlie Share led the
Bowing Green attack with 11.
Other scoring for Bluffton were
Rich Gratz, 9 Russ Gratz, 6 Yod
er, 4 Rosenberger, 2 Jones, 2
Leichty, 1.
Ernie Raber, former' Bluffton
player, who transferred to Bowling
Green following his freshman year
here, was on the second Bee Gee
team, and scored five points for the
victors.
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January.
However, if no early announcement
is made, packers will be inclined to
cut their buying for storage. With
out federal support, prices could sag
and they wouldn’t want to be caught
with high-priced stocks. If storage
buying is trimmed, that would send
more pork into the nation’s butcher
shops and thus tend to lower prices.
May Go Lower
Some packers think hog prices
may fall below the support level of
$16.65 even before the end of March.
The support level varies, being set
at $11.75 in December, and $16.65 In
March.
The greatest number of hogs come
to market in late December because
pigs are born in the greatest num
bers in the spring and reach a good
salable weight by yearend. After
the peak, hog marketing slides off
until April, then hits a secondary
peak about June 1 when the fall
crop comes of age. After June the
market volume falls off sharply to
the year’s low in August or
September.
Prices generally follow this trend
in reverse—they’re highest when
supplies are lowest and vice-versa.
Carma Theatre Five
Wins In League Play
Bluffton Carma Theatre eagers
won their first Allen county league
game in play at Beaverdam last
Thursday by topping Pandora, 55 to
38.
Peppier led the Bluffton scoring
with 12 points and Hilty netted 11
for the winners. Others in the
Bluffton lineup were Moser, Kirt
land, Rockey, Wilch, Moore, Everett
and Zuercher. Manager Harry Klay
directs the team.
This Friday night the Carma team
will play at Marseilles. Next oppon
ent will be Beaverdam Independents
at Beaverdam in league play,
Thursday of next week.
Teams in the league are Cairo,
Spencerville, Harrod, Beaverdam,
Pandora and Bluffton/
Feeding a small quantity of grain
in the litter each morning will help
keep the poultry house litter from
packing.
Add 10 to 15 pounds of quick lime
or hydrated lime frequently to built
up litter.
Ohio closed G6 one-room schools
between September, 1948 and Sep
tember, 1949.
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By Elmo Scott Watson
Historic Footrace
WHEN
Capt. John Whistler ar­
rived on the shores of Lake
Michigan in 1803 to build a military
post—Fort Dearborn of tragic mem
ory—one of the subalterns in his
command was his son, Lieut. Wil
liam Whistler. Young Whistler was
more than six feet tall and famous
for his strength and endurance.
A frequent visitor at Fort Dear
born was a young Pottawatomie
chief, the champion runner of the
tribe. Believing that Lieutenant
Whistler was just the man to spoil
the Indian’s record, the officers at
the fort proposed a five-mile foot
race between the two men to which
they readily agreed.
The race was a thriller. At the
start the Pottawatomie sprang into
the lead and held it for almost the
entire distance. But at the end
young Whistler plunged across the
finish line several yards ahead of
his rival.
The race had an exciting sequel.
During the War of 1812 the same
Pottawatomie chief, who was now
an ally of the British, sent a chal
lenge for a hand-to-hand combat
with Whistler or any other officer
or soldier in the American army.
Whistler promptly accepted. It was
agreed that no firearms were to be
used.
The fight began. Whistler dodged
the tomahawk that was hurled at
him and closed in on his opponent.
The Indian stabbed at him with his
long hunting knife but missed. Then
the lieutenant’s sword finished the
duel.
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Phone 126-R-14
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meet Monday night at 7:30 at the
High School Gym.
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