J. N. Pyle of Walla Walla, representing the Swift company, was at the Moscow Saturday. He said that cattle were plentiful but there was a scarcity of hogs. With feed increasingly cheaper, there was no reason why the farmers and stockmen should not go in for hogs more than they did in Fatah county. He was of the opinion that with prices high for pork, that the commercial end of hog raising would still remain firm.

Mr. Pyle was impressed with the need for the soil, a rich black loam, taken together with the moisture that is so marked in this county, is certainly a wheat yielder. Some of the farmers had said rain or no rain, the wheat crop obtains, and he was inclined to believe them. There was a deal to be said regarding the placing of surplus grain in hogs.

"It is hogs that are wanted by the packers," he repeated. "The farmers and stockmen have a good opportunity to make good on this end of the will pay and the demand is always great." Mr. Pyle then plunged into the subject of sugar beets. He stated that the farmers in and around Walla Walla valley had planted quite a number of acres this year, and some of them would go 36 tons to the acre. Now a sliding scale, depending on the price of sugar, would mean much to the farmers and ranchers because a cash crop was always good for the farmers and of course good for the merchant. 