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Show Marketing Hogs. With all the pork-producer's pains, the return which he will receive from the sale of his lions must depend. In large measure, upon tbe manner In which he markets them. He should, if possible, end If the price offered agrees fairly well with tho quotations seen in tho market reports, sell to a local buyer for cash. In the home feed-lot. feed-lot. Thus all risks and anxieties are avoided; the animals show off to the best advantage; no loss of weight occurs oc-curs in transportation. If, however, the hogs must he shipped lo a stockyards stock-yards commission house for ale, it should be only (o a firm concerning whose reliability there con be no doubt. If the shipment Is large enough It will pay for the farmer to accompany accom-pany If, to see that the hogs sre well cared for In transit, and to li nrn tbe market demands and ways. Once an honest, dependable dealer Is found, the best policy Is to stick to him. year after year. Petter prices are secured se-cured for uniform lots of hogs than for mixed lots. Often a few neighbors, neigh-bors, by keeping but one breed of hogs and marketing together, will be able to sell one or more carloads of uniform porkers. |