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Show UNIFORM PRICES FOR HOGS o Maintenance of uniform prlcos throughout tho winter and spring for hogs, with a defi-nlto defi-nlto minimum below which these prices will not fall, Is be-lng be-lng assured by tho meat packers and livestock men, who nro ab-orbing ab-orbing such deliveries as are being made at tho stock yardtj and packing plants but are ad-fl ad-fl ' vising, at tho same time, that tho farmers and livestock raisers do not flood tho market and thus cause an absolutely un-necessary un-necessary slump. , Pacldng houses nro able to handle about 15 per cent more hogs this year than n year ago, according to government reports This Is about tho average over the cnth-o country of tho in-creased in-creased production from the farms and ranches. With de-liveries de-liveries made when liogs have been properly fattened, there will bo no flooding of the mar-ket mar-ket but Instead a -gradual sale that will help the packers and livestock men, thus stabilizing Hl of the market Hi On tho output of tho packing j plants in America, including H' thoso In tho west, depends tho Hj meat supply, not only for tho United States, but for foreign lands. H There is a world-wide scar- Hj city of fats, which is especially H apparent In Great Britain, Bel- Hj . glum, Franco, Holland, Sweden, Hf Denmark, Germany and Aus- H tria. Shipments to the Allies aro being continued, shipments H: . to neutral lands are being re-H; re-H; Biimed and soon there will be Hf necessary shipments to central Hi Europe Europe's herds and flocks can j not bo developed again In a year or even two years. Tlio demand H, will continue during that period, Hf while Amorlca's demand grows, j The stability of the livestock markets assured for even long-er long-er than that time, at high mini-Hi mum figures. That is tho reason It pays tho livestock men and the farmers to consider tho advisability of raising more livestock than over before and at tho same jLlmc feed and fattening cattle, iiogs .and Bhcep untjl they attain the maximum of profit from thenI |
