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Show THE GLUTTED HOME MARKET (iOCJS 8LAUGMTERCB (MILLION Ml AD) Vrm ixponreo SO " ynntxPOfiret UIl lrr r0 ', MOMg COMSUMr0 4 'I Ltrr roo JO- OMt cotisuneno , m - ITUO pioductlon In the Ualted State hss Increased at about the lame rale as our population, but the quantity of hog products aTall-able aTall-able for home consumption has Increased In-creased materially because of a severe se-vere decline .n our exports since the World War. The American people recently have been eating around 14 pircent more pork and lard than I they did In the pre-war period, and they are now eating a higher percent per-cent of the total production ot hogs than 20 years ago. However, this excess ex-cess of hog products In the home market has depressed hog prices. The recent Increased consumption Is a reflection ot the comparatively low prices at which the pork had to move, rather than of any substantial pick-up in consumer requirement or preference for hoc product. A more moderate hot prodoctloa would eliminate the excsa oa the home market and would rcult In higher price per hundredweight Jt4 a larger tot, return from the whole hog crop. This the corn-hog plea ? the Agricultural Adjustment Administration Admin-istration seek to brine about by adjusting ad-justing production to ral-4.y need. . .J |