Show 1 SITU N una american farmers are aie answering in g the call for iner increased eased pork and lard laid production in no uncertain manner government estimates indicate a huge increase in the volume of pore production in III the united states as a whole indicating di that 1942 will be the first year sear on record when the united states will have produced more than million hogs it Is estimated that the combined spring and fall far will total around million pigs as aa compared with 86 85 million in 1911 1941 an increase of 23 per cent and would be 21 per cent larger than the pre previous record year in 1939 rog hog slaughter shows a very large laige increase this year in the united states as a whole yet slaughter elaugh tei ot of hogs in california la Is sma smallen her than abear a ago this is due to hea heavy ay eg of pork cork and lard by the government la in the middle west and east and the tha num gumbei ber of 0 hogs being moved to tile the pacific coast for slaughter shows a decrease Cali fornias spring pig crop was as 11 per cent over a year ago and 35 per cent greater than the average tor for the past 10 years utah beah re sports an increase of 0 48 per cent washington 28 per cent oregon 16 per pel cent and idaho 28 per pel cent over oer a year ag ago 0 okla homa and texas states which normally ship large numbers ot of hogs to california report and increase of 49 per cent in spring pig farrowing furrowing far rowing the heavy movement of spring pigs will start in the fall when they reach market weights usually 5 to 8 months after farrow ing |