Show UTAH I IS l IN RAISING AI IN 1 V SWINE WIN I i Home bred Stock Wins Vins Jn Prize iz S s sI Northwestern Northwest- Northwest I Throughout f ern C Country Country- i ys s s a prize hog raising state Utah ha has s just captured what is believed ed to be ber e r place first place in the United States and probably in the world if Jr the prizes prize s I won this season by the Richards Liver Livestock Live Live- 17 r stock company of Utah with headquarters in Salt Lake Lak is any indication According Ac Ac- According cording to an announcement made mado yes yes- yesterday es by Jesse S S. S Richards manager manage managerI r I of ot Iho company compan who has ju just t returned V from a three months' months tour of the Northwest N where ho he has been ning fUng the company's famous heard of oP oPt off t i f big bis type Duroc Jersey hogs hogg at various y k state fairs of total number of off f x prizes won by his firms finns exhibit were i. i j champion and firs first prizes t 7 PRIZES AT PORTLAND Mr Richards who is a son of C. C C C. C Richards of this city game came e. e to Salt Lake from the Pacific V International Livestock show held at Portland Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon two weeks ago This show is recognized recognized rec rec- j as s tho second largest of its V kind kind In America ranking next to the great International Livestock show held annually in December in Chicago Mr Richards' Richards herd of or hogs in Portland captured captured cap cap- tuned fourteen first prizes out of twenty and because of this and the tho fact tact that tho the Portland show ranks asit asit as asIt It does he ho Is of the tho opinion that tho the Richards' Richards herd has the honor of bf taking the greatest number of prizes of any state state in the United d States States Stales this sea season on LEADING HOG MAN MAN The Richards Livestock company specializes on hog raising and in r rec recognition recognition rec- rec c- c of Mr Richards' Richards record madat made mad at tho the show in Portland and also of the extensive work done in tho the Intermountain intermountain Inter- Inter V mountain states in encouraging the tho hog raising Industry he was elected a director of the Western Vestern Royal Hoyal Livestock Livestock Live Live- stock show at S 3 Washington as while In the Northwest to to have have charge of the swine division Mr 11 Richards Rich Richards ards is essentially on one of the leading hog men of the V Intermountain Ye West t holding the positions of director of the Idaho State fair tail director of the Northwest Northwest Northwest North North- west Livestock show at Lewiston Ida I director of the Western Vestern Royal Livestock show at Spokane and director of the Ogden Livestock show He is also superintendent su superintendent superintendent su- su of the swine department of the Intermountain Stock show held annually in April here r I BACKBONE OF P PACKING i Mr Richards assisted by his father fath fath- er C. C C. C Richards i Is fostering a tt 1 movement in Utah for a greater great r production production pro pro- of hogs The hog industry is the backbone of the p packing packing- ciEl g plant in industries industries in- in and because the Salt Lake and arid Ogden packing plants are the nucleus of a great industry in this section of I the country it is their intention to cn en- en list tho the assistance tan e all livestock livestock- e to kp producers pro pro- d cers In iii the state According tb Ib the st statement tem of j Jesse ni Richards yesterday Utah aI In fact tact the entire jn er- er mountaIn country countr r raise only third one enough enough hoga to supply in p packing p plants the other two thirds b being brought in from the big hog bog raiding raising raising rais raid ing belt of the United States FARMERS HOLDING WHEAT Only 30 SO per cent of the wheat harvested harvested harvested har har- vested In the Northwest this season has been marketed according to Mr Dr Richards The farmers of ot that section refuse to sell their wheat until they can get f 2 2 per bushel for it It which they 1 claim is the actual cost of production of the years year's crop Mr Richards said S On the subject ct of ot hogs Mr Richards yesterday esterday sal said l While hale the farmers the and stockmen de deplore deplore de- de the fact that the bottom has dropped out of the price of hogs as as s indicated in the recent market reports and that hogs have haye been raised and marketed at a substantial loss to the raiser they are nevertheless optimistic for Cor the future pf of the swine industry I because the great reduction in the price I of rain Crain W will ll enable them to produce a apo po pound J nd of pork porI for Cor enough less In cost costI I to full fully offset the thc great reduction In inthe the tho present market price of hogs and andI I j the farmer will thereby be able to make more money In raising hogs on the new basis than on the oldIn oldIn old In the fact of such conditions I 11 expect to see a marked increase in the hog industry in the intermountain I s states I |