Show 7 r t U I THE AMERICAN Al HOG r r r T 1 Now that 1929 has passed into history and we are being i flooded with reviews of every description it will vill ill be interest to Manti l people to learn that the great Ameri American ha hog is th the e j It- It J I f i only thing that kept our farmer friends out of poorhouse last las t I year ij J. J Chicago stockyards officials have recently sent out s some som me e t interesting 1 figures and these show v that the hog offset losses o on n sheep and cattle during the past 12 months There was a de de- decrease of in cattle revenues from 1928 while e I sheep showed a total decrease o. o of f on the year But Bu Buti t i along came the hog and increased reared revenues above e i those of 1928 or more than double the drop shown by bot both h cattle and sheep J I We could go on and give a n lot more figures showing how lion y farm products in in this country ran into the millions ill ions of dollars during 1929 and how prices in a lot of instances could have e 1 been far more satisfactory But we just want to pay this tribute tri tri- I bute hute to the great American hog and nd stop there We Ve just wan wanto want t r 1 to show that when it comes to keeping the wolf from the door 1 f I and keeping the door of the poorhouse closed the hog is in inI a I class dass by himself no matter how ho many many complimentary thin things S may be said about the way he conducts himself around the t 1 trough along about me meal time May ray his tribe never decrease |