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Show ----- ..' yT 'j- PROFIT TO FARMERS III HOGiJG Not Only in Added Bank Account, Ac-count, but in Affording Help to Nation. Not Nearly Enough Hogs to Supply the Demand, and This Condition Will Last as Long as the War and Afterwards. Every person In the country who has n farm or some place In which to raise hogs, perhaps filrer.tly re-lizes that it Is his or her duty to keep at least one brood sow. But nt this season of the year, we should especially give thought to hog breeding or procuring brood sows. During April and May, hogs will bring good prices, which further establishes the fact that prices rise highest In spring and early summer. sum-mer. To the stock raiser, this means that right now Is the time to start breeding or buying sows. From the packing plants It Is learned there are not nearly enough hogs to supply the demand, and this condition will last as long as the war and for a long time afterwards. While there Is always money In hog raising If Intelligently directed, the greatest advantage is in arranging to market them at a time of the year when prices are highest. With the war and the government stabilizing sta-bilizing the price to the grower, one should find hog raising profijable, to say nothing of the opportunity It affords af-fords to help the nation and the cause of humanity for which nil loyal Americans Ameri-cans are striving. |