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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
4
The National Stockman and Farmer editorial argues open markets best set prices by broad trading where producers and consumers meet. It warns direct sales to manufacturers would fail to determine correct prices and hamper financing without an open market, citing past cotton exchange experiences.
A fragment lists weekday superstitions linking misfortune to specific days. It claims losing a job Monday and various perils through the week including a fall, dodging a car, losing a pocketbook, speeding arrest, and a Sunday hanging.
The 1923 crop year showed overall production near the five year average with total crop value up about twelve percent from 1922. Weather and pests hit cotton and wheat belts, while livestock value is noted as difficult to quantify but generally positive.
The article notes Wendell Stucks receiving a scholarship amid a broader discussion of hog breeding and feeding efficiency. It contrasts purebred hogs with grades, citing a St. Charles fair result where purebreds outperformed grade pigs in weight gain despite similar feeding at troughs. The piece links bloodline quality to economical feed conversion and highlights a county agent note detailing a gift sow farrowing nine pigs with net earnings of 361.49 after expenses.
The passage notes varied farm sectors with cattle feeders faring well while hog, dairy, and hog producers face tougher times. It cites debt, high taxes, and production costs as obstacles, but urges optimism based on improving crop acreages and a growing farm income as 1924 nears.
An inserted letter from A. D. Scott’s Mid West in Lincoln Nebraska responds to a creditor. The writer pleads patience, promises payment when funds arrive, and includes a provocative warning about judgment day. The tone is informal and confrontational about an outstanding account.
An office tale follows the editor who is joked as cross and preoccupied. The front office boy delivers the word that visitors must wait while the editor concentrates on writing. He instructs the boy to tell insistents the editor is busy with another matter and won’t be seen.
The Bok peace award has been made and a forthcoming announcement will name the winner. Public opinion favors the plan as a lesser evil since it may not end wars but is preferable to no plan. The committer who was to read all entries deserves a pension.
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