Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1939-03-31 | Page 6 | News in Brief

News In Brief Increase over last year of nearly 5 000,000 head in, the number of hogs on American farms January 1 is an indication of a marked upward trend in hog production. - According to the bureau cf agricultural economics eco-nomics the increase will be reflected in considerately larger hog marketings market-ings during the period from April to September. A rather marked seasonal increase in marketings is expected from April through through June as the market movement move-ment of fall pigs gets underway in lare;e volume. Prices rose moier- ately from mid-January as aa , ings were seasonally rtoL aveage price cf butcher W ,, Chicago advanced froai a', t; for the week ending m. ;t, e'. $8.05 for the week ended ?- th 25, and then declined slipW;- ing the first two weeks in f 3 pr ' - ;erly , People in middle-age are overlook the imioortance 01 b- the Bible but it's a mis"- n We . ...