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Show UU RAISE HOGS FOR THE OGDEN MARKET. "Within the past five years, the ral? ng of hogs has grown to be an im-BMk'ant im-BMk'ant industry . in this part of I'tah There is one hog ranch 15 miles frest of Corinne, at what is known s Connor Springs, where the Lind- j ay Land & Livestock company has 000 hogs, 1000 of which are breed ows. The disirict has many hot pring8 and, although the water is ? ; -l somewhat brackish, the hogs thrive. Up to 18 months ago the danger of cholera mndo the swine industry so uncertain that the breeding of the animals was limited to small owners, but now that vaccination ha6 provod efficacious as a preventive, some larg livestock company aro going into the j busings on an extensive scale. ! The Lindsay Land & Livestock man-nger man-nger says the danger of cholera is almost eliminated by the use of thn cholera scrum and any outbreak of the disease can be checked without serious loss. With sows producing two litters a year ot an average of six pigs to each litter, and with little or no cholera to contend against, the raising of hoga should prove more profitable than the shrnp business. The developing of the swine Industry Indus-try in this region is helping to build up the parking plant In this city. Heretofore tho Ogden establishment had to import hogs from the corn states, but of late a sufficient supply j has been obtainable in northern Utah and southern Idaho. An expert packer says tho 1kss brought into Ogden are idoal for packing purposes and are superior to the corn-fed animals in making hams. "With, conditions so favorable, the railing of hogs should become one of tho great industries of Utah and Idaho. |