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Show SERUM PLANT HEAD IN OGDEN Dr. D. E. Baughman Says Hog Industry Making Excellent Progress. That the hog Industrv Is rapidlv moving forward in the United States and gaining In Importance, as an ecu-' nomlc factor, is the opinion of Dr. D. iv Baughman, president of tu Fort Dodge Serum company of Fort Dodge. Iowa, who is in Ogden Inspecting thf 1 meal plant of his company Dr. I Baughman, one of tho pioneers of the serum Industry, is especially interest-i interest-i I in Utah and the wet and tho opportunities op-portunities for farmers in thin Beo ion to advance by featuring hogs dairy cattle and poultry. The Fort Dodge Serum company of which Dr. Baughman Is the largest j individual serum producing company i In the world, the plant in Ogden be Ing one of two operated In the pro 1 duetlon of serom. The Ogden plant ran handle 25.000 hogs annually, President Baughman aid last night. If need be this could be increased. At Fort Dodge the plant handles annually 100.000 hoi "MOR f G AGE LIFTER" "In Iowa and other states in the mJddleweqt the hog is known as the 'mortgage lifter,' " said President Baughman. "People of Iowa couldn't get along without hogj. in that state, which happens to be the leader in hog producing pro-ducing In the United States, there are 10,000,000 hogs at the present time. "This is twice as many as are in nny other state in the Union. ( entral and South America are now seeing tht worth and value of hog raising with the result that serum from our factories fac-tories here and at Fort Dodge is ship-i ship-i pod to those countries for the tre&t- ment of the hogs. "Under the modern method it costs j,the farmer but a small amount to vac- cinate their hogs. I Tho two plants which we now op- jeratc. produce 75.000-.000 cubic centi-maters centi-maters of serum annually, which in itself it-self is a record production This! scrum is shipped to every hog grow-ing grow-ing state in this country as well as I South and Central America, Cuba and Spain. "In all of my travels over the T'nited states, Utah has more opportunities oppor-tunities for the raising of dairy cattle, I I hogs and stock cattle llian any other elate in the Union. MONEY MAKERS "Farmers in Utah and this section, however, little realize that the&e three Industries are money maker? Splendid Splen-did pork could be produced here ai a very small cost, "At the present time hogs are in big demand, the serum companies and others being able to use more than the states of Utah and Idaho are able to produce. ' in order to undertake this new Industry In-dustry farmers must immediately obtain ob-tain proper equipment, especially lor the hogs. Fence equipment and houses for ihe hogs are two items of va6t Importance to the success of the industry in-dustry "If Ihe farmers of this section will raise pigs, scrum plants from all sections sec-tions of the country will make offers for their animals. "In this section hogs raised on the range produce more virus and serum than the Cor&-f.6d hogs of Iowa and the middle west This is of such Importance Im-portance that tho farmers of this section sec-tion should take- advantage of it. "The ho? industry and the serum business is no longer an experiment "In many sections the slogan, Thr; Hog, the Cow and the Hen' has been a. lu. ted. Illustrating f.ieir Importance In tho upbuilding of states and com-munitles com-munitles " 924 HOGS ON HAND At the present time the local serum plant has 9IM hogs on hand. Dr. H, E. Pinkerton is In charge of the Ogden plant. The serum which is used lo prevent hog cholera has don. much toward Increasing In-creasing the hog Industry by saving, thousands of animals every year. For the year ending April CO. lf22. United States government reports ; show a monetary loss of $27,9i'ti,772. Of all of the losses recorded by the government. 90 per cent are due to hog cholera. In U'ah there were fiu.uOt) hogs on farms January I, valued at $900,000 During the year ending April 3p, there were 1863 losl |