Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 13 | se Little Pigs Sent to Mart by Uncle Sam

These Little Pigs Sent Sept To Mart by J Uncle Sam First Bonus Porkers Arrive at af Cudahy Packing Plant S Seven little pigs went to market Friday morning and landed in the Cudahy Packing company plant They will end up as canned meat products prepared by the company for or the United States government Although there were verc only seven of them hem they were distinguished pigs I at t that for they were the first of the I hogs the federal government plans lans to take off the September marcet market mar mar- ket In an 30 effort to curtail tion ion The same fate late a patriotic J if not a happy one may await nearly more Utah porkers porker within the next 30 0 da days s. s for the government has authorized authorized au- au the Salt Lake Union stockyards stock- stock yards ards and md the Cudahy Packing company com com- any vany to purchase a daily dany ration of light pigs and 25 sows for it between between be be- tween now and October 1 least fanc the Well Wen at were we're fancy pigs can console themselves for the government is paying a bonus of 4 a head hend above the market price for these martyrs to an economic cause which meet the government require requIre- menu ments Weight will be some advantage for those pigs weighing less than 80 pounds will be made into fertilizer The others will be cured and stored for tor government use Extreme light lightweights lightweights weights will bring cents a poun pound while those around pounds will willbe willbe I be sold to the government for cents a pound Because they arc are in the habit of singing California here I come Joeph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph eph Anderson president of the Utah State Farm Bureau federation does docs not anticipate that many of the local animals will reach government meat warehouses The Utah farmers although although al- al though hough heartily in in favor o of the governments government's gov gov- hog program will probably continue to ship heavily to the Pacific coa coast t he said