Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-29 | Page 3 | Hog Prices Advance; War Kites Demand

I OG PRICES ADVANCE S i- i WAR MAR KITES ITES DEMAND EMA CHICAGO Feb A J A Jump of or 10 cents in the price of ot hogs s today sent the market to a hundred pounds the highest in sixteen months According AccordIng According Accord- Accord Ing to to veterans at the local stoc stock t yards the the whole country Is going into ho hog hOl- raising and more pork and bacon is be being being being be- be ing eat eaten n today that ever eyer before From the first 0 of the year ear until yesterday yesterday yes yes- rester ter ay hogs were received at atthe atthe the Chicago yards acc r lg to figures compiled today This is an increase of more than half a million head over the similar period of 1915 For the eleven principal marl markets ets of the country the r total hog shipments from January 1 1916 to date is more than 7 as asI against for the same period in I 1915 This it is pointed out is in spite of the fact that the German lard market market mar mar- market ket is closed The Phe extra demand deman for pork created I b by the war var the spreading of the knowledge knowledge knowl- knowl knowlt edge of the profits of ot hog raising and t i ithe the he failure of last years year's corn coin crop rop are I Ithe the causes to which the unusually I I heavy hog shipments are are aie attributed I