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Show Ogden Livestock Letter OODEN, July 6. FultlUIng tho predictions that have been constantly constant-ly made by the Ogden livestock and meat packing men the price ot hogs reached the highest level In history during tho past week whon somo ot tho very best hogs sold ns high as $19,60 per hundred on tho Ogden markot and bulk sales on animals between 175 and 350 pounds woro around tho $19.25 mark. j There is no Indication ot any ilo-cllno ilo-cllno In tho prlco ot hogs, dcsplto this top. notch riguro nnd ninny llvoj stock men would not bo surprised to see even a higher price. Tho demand de-mand for meat products Is insistent 111 Europo nnd tho people or England, Eng-land, Franco and Italy particularly nro ready nnd willing to pay very high prices. The only questions aro how much meat Amorica can supply nud how much moro rnpldly shipping will bo nvnllnhlo. Increased shipping facilities will also be benoflclal to the cattle mar-ket, mar-ket, for there Is a demand for beef lit Turopo almost equal to that for pork. Tho only reason for delayed shipments ot beef products Is that rcfrlgotator ships aro not avnll.ilil.i. Under all these conditions, Ojc.pif livestock men feel that tho livestock raisers should do their utmost to tin. lull their hogs and get good top notc.i prices for them, that thoy should not be overly worried about tho cattle and sheep markets but should keep their stock ont ho rango nnd that with n slight Improvement In we.itl c-er c-er conditions, thero will be pver:' reason for optimism regarding tho returns from livestock during tho Into summer nnd fall. Showing that this confldenco Is thoroughly basic In Ogden tho livestock men -m lying ly-ing ahead with tho plans for tli.i first Ogden fat stock show next wlii-ter, wlii-ter, which they oxpect will be tho biggest event or Its kind ever JwU West or tho Rocky Mountains. |