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Show FARMERS URGED TO RAISE MORE PIGS Urging farmers to "do their bit" by raisins hogs and yet more hogs, the Salt Lake t'nion stock yards lias issued a circular cir-cular on t ie present unprecedented demand de-mand for fats and appealing to the patriotism pa-triotism of the rancher to aid the government gov-ernment In overcoming the present appalling ap-palling shortage of pork. "Ivet us get. into the game and play it with aii our heart and soul." the letter reads. "We cannot afford to sit idly by and see our allies suffer for food. Fi-rupe. Fi-rupe. to Rive feed, slaughtered its hogs by the millions and today tlie estimates ow a shortage of ;0,OM,000 hogs or more." The Idler also calls attention to the fact that -the farmer can profit largely on boss. U quotes that hogs sold a year ao at the local stock -yards at $s to 59 per hundredweight- During state fair week they brought 51?. |