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Show l PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN THE rfii INTER MOUNTAIN REGION S. ! W. A. Hodgman, former United j II ' States land receiver at Hailey, Idaho, f jjj who is now making his home in Og- U M den, lias 640 acres of land 30 miles north of Shoshone, Idaho, where hog H raising has proved a success. He i H says tnat tiiere '8 no more profitable crop on a form than hogs and he r has demonstrated to his own satis- I r faction that, where alfalfa is grown, 1 V the hog business can be made a sue- I H cess. He started three years ago I with six head and since then he has D gj purchased a few animals. That the jiJL increase has been extraordinary is fl shown by his shipmonts. Four car- i 5j loads are being sent to the Portland market each yearand after the last M shipment there were left 200 hogs. IS At the present price of pork, and at (S that rate of Increase, there can be ijj no doubt as to there being a big prof- i fl it in tho business. ! I But this success has not been at- ,' fl taiued by an Indifferent management. ! j The animals are kept in sanitary j sties which are cleaned with the i , j same degree of care given to milch tr cows on a model dairy farm, and in t rl that way the danger of cholera has I la been reduced to a minimum, ji Jlr. Hodgman says alfalfa 4s some- f what of a preventive of cholera, and : proves a laxative when fed with '( wheat and oats. Sows on the ranch have raised ai high as sixteen pigs In a year. This is better than sheep raising oven with sheep and wool at top prices and rango conditions most favorable. There Is an unlimited demand at the Ogden packing plant Tor hogs and the experience of Mr. Hodgman should encourage other farmers to go into the hog industry In order to take advantage of the excellent market. |