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Show HOGS FUTTE! 1 THE ACK OF UTAH'S 1LDLS1 A new feed for fattening hogs at practically no cost has been accidentally accident-ally discovered by G. W. Bills, of Riv-ertown, Riv-ertown, Utah. Tho discovery was made possible by what was thought to bo a misfortune. On tho 10th of August, 1917, seven hogs were shipped from the Union Stockyards of Ogden to a rancher of Joetown, Southern Utah. After the hogs arrived at their destination, they were turned into a field for grazing but strayed from the pasture and could not be found by the owner. Thc hogs were seen no more until last week when they were found by a boy about 200 miles from tho railroad. They were grazing in the hills of one of thc extensive acorn groves of the southern part of thc state. It was found that the hogs had been living on the wild acorns since they were lost last year. They had had no attention and weighed an averago of 416 pounds, at which woight they topped topp-ed the market for thc week. The hoofs of the hogs were worn short and looked like those of a wild Pig. Thc animals were so heavy that they could hardly run from their captive when first seen in the mountains, according ac-cording to J. A. Lee of the Western Livestock Company. The peculiar incident is evidence of the adaptability of this section fqr the hog raising industry. C. J. Jensen of the Ogden Packing and Provision Co. states that tho hogs from the acorn groves of Joetown, were the best spc-cimcnts spc-cimcnts he had seen in some time. oo |