Show PORK is PRINCIPAL MEAT OF AMERICANS hog Is most important Ani malto raise for meat and money consumes byproducts by products T from roni the united states department dt of agriculture tiie the quickest and surest way of augmenting ni tile the meat alic tt auppl sul 11 next nc st to the raising of poultry is by rating raiding hogs the united states derailment dep ailment of agriculture points out the hog is tile most important import aut animal to raise for moat meat antl and money ile he requires less labor lc s equipment bics ics capital makes greater gains gaan per hundred pounds of concentrates c on cc n and reproduces himself faster and in licater gi cater numbers than any other domestic do animal an As a consumer con bumer of products byproducts by tile the hog has no rival no 0 other animal equals alual 3 the lard hog in its fat storing tendency the file not most satisfactory meat fur for shipping long iong distances on train bout boat or wagon and for long iong tt to ornge rage after leaching its destination is mess pork pork finds ready sale because pack eis cis have discovered dl covered many ways of placing pork on oil the galket in attractive and hig highly aly palatable form combined with inest excellent keeping qualities A there is no other meat from which so many products are arc manufactured very near 50 per cent of ti alie ie total v value line in d dollars 0 liars and cents of tile meat and kivat products slaughtered in the packing houses of the united states Is derived from the hog bog our country lends leads by fur far nil all countries in the production ns well as in tile the consumption of meat find and moat meat products three fourths of ili alie worlds international trade in pork and pork products originates in the U united states in normal times dines and tile the war greatly lims has increased this his proportion according tc the estimates there was an increase of hogs between 1910 the census year and 1916 inclusive the increase at the end of 1915 was over the preceding year while it is estimated that eliat there was a decrease nt at the end of 1910 of logs hogs compared with 1915 1015 i |