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Show PRODUCING MORE LIVESTOCK IN H THE WEST H Although many farmers ot both ' H Utah and Idaho havo entered Into M tho pork production buslnesg during; M the past few months, with conso- H quent increase in tho numbed of WA hogs held on "tho farms and ranch- H es of both Utah and Idaho, neither H stnte has added enough to supply IJJ the local demand, according1 to tho Ogden Union Stock Yards, to which H thousands ot head are being shipped H each month. Assurance that thei H prico of hogs will not be reduced dur H tng the war period has been given H and In recent months the Ogden H quotations havo ranged from 1G to H $20 per hundred pounds, In com H parlsou with tho old prices that H wero as low ns $5. i H Pork Is absolutely essential It Is '-H neoded for tho soldiers ot America, .,,. H of Great Britain, of Franco nnd ot rH Belgium In order that they ' may fH fight, even moro than It is needed H for tho civilians. Without fat tho- M fighters could not carry through tholr , H strenuous efforts on the fields ot ' tH Realizing this situation, tho Or- den Union Stock Yards and tho va- , H Hour livestock commission men op- nsssl crating there havo arranged for tho H distribution of first class brood H sows, with pigs, nnd nlso ot bourn to tho farmers of tho Intermouutuln J H country. Livestock buyers from nit 11 parts of tho west aro constantly nt jH tho yards to buy full blood cattle. H sheep and hogs. Hundreds of nnlmnltt H aro talcon away from the yards ouch iH month to bo placed on tho ranches: H nnd tho farms, with a view of In- H creased livestock production. Belief ' lH that many others will take advantage H of tho opportunity to mnko thesa pur- H chases In the west, to buy their 'H breeding stock In Ogden Instead ot IH tho east, Is expressed, for tho live- ?H stock men centering their Interest In jH tho Ogden Union Stock Yards lire jH contldont that tbo western farinorrt ,IH rcnllzo that In livestock production ''H thoy nro both fulfilling a parlotto ,H duty and adding wealth for them- ,H solves. ';H |