Show MARKET FOR HOUS HOGS CONTINUES DULL BULL los loa angeles october 28 low markot market prices for hogs aro a source di d disappointment to growers through out tile country yot yet despite tho the ills dis cou raging returns from fat hogs hoea there seems to ho be a disposition to carry on tile trado generally had and anticipated la a much hotter better market thron has prevailed luring during tile the past two months in view or of tile tho reduced slaughter and general estimates of smaller sm alloi hog leg sup i plies piles tor for tho the fall and winter season ev irvon 0 n at tile tho present price levels fo oders that their grain Is aci ac dually netting them more money through tile medium of pork sales than could bo be obtained othen otherwise vise it Is encouraging to know that a national campaign Is in under way to reinstate drori in the good graces of american housewives suggestions along this line made several months ago by the tha writer have boon adopted by tile tho national livestock meat board with tile the result that alon anti ami publicity matter are being pushed largely through tho the east and middle west A tact fact that should her bar remembered by merchandisers merchandise rs and loyal housewives as well la is that lard Is 11 0 product produced by tile tho american farmer many of tile lard substitutes aro are refined from products raised on foreign soil it might bo be ro good idea for americans Atner luins to emulate tho the example of groat great britain where tile the slogan Is buy Dri british tish subjects of archi orchi great britain are anre encouraged to give preference to products raised by british subjects while wo we must all realize thra it la is essential to continue trading with other nations wo we should always give first consideration to homo home prod acts this idea holds good part particularly teu among livestock feeders who as a patriotic measure could very well insist on feeding products of their own soil and m c an economic measure save as much as possible on freight relight rates and other transportation coats boats it ap appears that the alio hog grower Is going to stay with pork production it would soom seem good business for the hog grower to make further efforts towards reduction of hla his production possibly by eliminating nil all but the boat best typo of pigs from utters despite the low prices it would also seem desirable for farmers to seriously study tho the production records of bows sows with the idea of sending to market those sows bows chaft aro are not producing and raising satisfactory litters holding back bacic the best for brooding breeding fill orations tho the hog ralser raiser might thus take a lesson from the experiences of the dairymen who have learned the tha wisdom or of continually culling out those a which arc not producing on h a profitable basis |