Show MARKET 0 OPENS S FO FOR R T HO HOGS iw i aw marfi i i w ti coast Z n I 1 A t 0 5 C crease a pig production 1 r f the article given below which was taken from a recent issue of the salt lake tribune should be ot of interest toffie to the people of garfield Gartl eld coun county tyes especially ally when wo we consider tie the tact fact that within a short while there will a city with a a population ot of several thousand right at our door which v vill consume 9 a large quantity of all kinds ot of foodstuffs and we may be sure to sell our share of what we raise utah farmers are missing a golden opportunity by not raising more hogs tor for the pacific coast market according to E D W stephens former utahn and now manager of the junior livestock show of san francisco mr steph ens Is visiting at salt lake and will go to ogden tor for the livestock show which opens there january 10 california he said imports 65 55 per cent of its hogs from other states and we are compelled to go as tar far as nebraska to satisfy our demand utah land and other intermountain states would find it profitable to supply us with all the hogs we need he pointed out that during the past year hog prices have hold held up much better than tor for other ItT livestock estoch and estimated that the utah gro grower werts la this year making a profit of from rom 1 to 5 on oil every hog shipped to california the weekly consumption of hogs lie he said la is around tu in the day bay district alone he attributed this comparatively ively high per capita consumption to the large chinese population which Is very fond ot of pork park I 1 the day bay district requires about cattle calves and froni from to lambs every week figures complied compiled by J 11 afeldt manager of the Salt Laka sLake anlon stockyards stock yards show that this territory Is increasing its livestock sales salea during the past ear cattle were shipped from the local yards an increase of 0 over 1929 sheep show an increase of or a total of |