Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-20 | Page 13 | Money in Hogs

e if t. t Money in Hogs I IF 1 o F are gradually coming to 10 o realize that success depends s as much on sound marketing as as it does upon efficient work on onUi Ui the farm They can no longer afford to ignore their heir markets and must measure their i profits by the manner in which they conform r t to market conditions This means only that I. ti the successful farmer of today devotes his energies to providing what is in demand rather than to th that t which affords him the most satisfaction f f. f In lii the HIe growing of hogs or rather the lack tack 4 t ot if Utah j is wasting is a. a golden opportunity Dur th ih the Lake L union During ng t 1923 Salt SaH stockyards h handled hogs These receipts camet came t the following states I U tah r Idaho o- o d r 1 S C Colorado lorado Nebraska ejr r r k Wyoming W g 1463 o I. I 1 Missouri 1 i i 8 Tot Total l l. l f The The- experience of the Salt Lake yards in inI int I t was was- duplicated in which means 1 f Vt t. t Ut Utah fl handled for Western markets nearly l t lf If lf a t m million hogs in 1923 Only a small lt g of or these hese hogs probably less t than an anI I f b were grown in Utah Nebraska I Salt Lake L-ake yards alone handled d m more inre re han h head of hogs When I r these figures s ar are are- analyzed it is seen seen that the farmers of f the corn belt are receiving the b benefits of ja a hog market which belongs essentially essen essen- I to the intermountain territory When we further consider that Ut Uta Utaji i is admirably bly adapted io hog raising raising we are bound to wonder what is the matter with our Utah farmers for it is apparent that t they ey I might very Ivery easily avail vail themselves of a 13 marI market mar mar- ft I ket which would yield close to a aF F year This is predicated on the fact L that hog shipments to io o the West from the Southern corn belt which ar are are carried over the Southern lines line are fully equal to those passing through Utah on which we have accurate figures One glance at th the figures obtaining here shows that money is going to Nebraska Nebrask and other states in the corn belt which properly belongs in iii circulation in Utah A few years ago Idaho was in much the same sam position as r Utah but under the encouragement of the i extension division of t the e University of Idaho the neighboring state has improved her rating until now she stands about 1000 per cent j above Utah When we consider our facilities for hog raising and the immense immenS market I awaiting our products together with the fact that th this s market is constantly growing it would seem seem that we might very well devote some of our energies to similar education Fr From ni every standpoint it would see seem that Utah is is neglecting a wonderful opportunity jn in failing to recognize the possibilities of the market west of us If farmers farther least east find hog raising a profitable industry surely it demands the active consideration of I. I It ithe the Utah farming interests