Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-04-15
MONEY IN HOGS

That there is big money in hogs
Will be seen by the following, pub
llshed at the request of one of Elko
county solid citizns with the hope
that the farmers of Elko county will
take up the hog raising industry and
thus add to their bank accounts:
Among the many sources of wealth
not sufficiently developed in this
State of great possibilities, the rails
ing of hogs seems to have been over
looked by great many famers not
withstanding the exceptionally
favorable conditions that are found
here for such an industry.
In the Eastern States. and those
of the Middle West, thousands of
farmers owe large share of their
prosperity to this industry, and in
many instances it is the greatest
source of revenue of the farm.
During the past fifteen years the
hog market in California has been
uniformly high, the price ranging
from 64 to 81 cents per pound live
weight delivered in San Francisco
and Los Angeles, the average price
being s cents, and during all this
period there has not been a time
when the supply of hogs in Calf
orEia was equal to the demand for
them. This condition forced the
California packers to have recourse
to Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Ncb-
raSka, in order 10 get enough hogs
to carry on their business, or
to obtain the cured product from
Eastern Packers. in both cases send
ing large sums of money out of the
State that should have gone into
the pockets of the California farmers
had they been more keenly alive to
their interest and had gone more
generally, into the business of
raising hogs for their home markets.
The California packers imported
from the East during 1909 about
10000, 900 lbs. of pork products,
principally hams, bacon and lard.
estimated to cost about $8,O0O,0OO,
in addition to which they imported
hundreds of cars of live hogs from
the four States referred to above.
S. F.Chronicle.
(Sincc this article appeared the
hog market has reached 102 cents in
Chicago, l0A in Omaha, and l0b in
San Francisco. the highest figure
ever reached in the history of these
markcts)
The greatest opportunity to get
rich in Minnesota is presented in the
production of the hog, according to
So. st. Paul market authorities,
who made the estimate today that
there will be a decrease of half
million animals in the receipts for
1910, and that not more than 700,-
600 will come into the yards com
pared with 1893, 492 in 1908.
Farmers they say should raise
more hogs, as there is a shortage
all over the country. They want
Minnesota to get in line and make a
place for herself among the hog
States.
f.. l.. Ogilivc, who has been
studying livestock conditions and
prices from the environment of n
receiving market for number of
years. believes there is great OPP
portunity for the farmers who will
go into hog raising in Minnesota.
ID. a. Gaumwitz, assistant instructor
in the livestock department of the
school said today:
OF all farm animals the hog
present the greatest opportunity for
quick return. When cattle on the
farms, our sheep fall off in numbers,
it is a matter of several years to
restore their number. But hogs
breed so much faster that a season
or two would put Minnesota back
again. in relation to stock on the
farms, TO where she was a fcw
years ago. Minneapolis Journal.
Cold figures given out by the