The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-06
THE HOG SHORTAGE.
Breeders Apt to Make Money for Some
Time to Come.

Market reports SHY that there il 4
world wide shortage Of swine, and Ger.
ainly market prices 10 this country ind
cate some measure 81 our national short
age Il il very probable however, that
the real shortage Is greater than even
our present high and advancing prices
register, and tlat as hogs more aud more
fall II appear Ill the great markets prices
win stiil further advance 10 that point
that cost VIII SO reduce consumption thai
supply and demand will hold the price
at d steady, high figure tiil such time a.
the supply Of market hogs increases,
says the New York Tribune Farmer II
is well known 10 students Of prices Of
food products that consumption decreases
as prices Of the market commodities ad
vance, and while we are nation Of
meat caters, and use the hog and what
The butchers make Of him ia 80 many
ways and would SEEM u have difficulty
in adjusting our kitchen operations to
lessened uses Of pork products. extn.
high prices wiIl work such result
But Just how much higher the hog
may be priced before lie becomes Tux
uryn To his confirmed consumers Is a
matter of speculation. The market price
Tor 10 cents for the fat hog means q
carcass net cost Of II cents To his butch
or. The liyer and heart are assets not
counted in the IL cents and are in the
butchers pocket The large butchers
the paekers--it IS said. find q market for
everything about the hog hair, blood
and entrails The price 0f this carcass
when ii reaches the consumer in the yaT-i
Gus cuts is 50 much dependent upon dis
lance Of transportation, competition, de-
mand and dealers notions of profits that
am not equal to making d good guess
at it, Where the fat hog losea 20 per
cent. in dressing the average fat steer
will lose 40 to IS per cent Assuming
the steer on foot sells for eight cents,
his careasa standing his butcher about
III 6-I0 cents, we See that the Decent
hog Is upon fair price parity with the
eight-cent steer; and If the steer remains
at about eight cents the hog will matt
urally advance very little beyond 10
cents.
Breeders Of the various pure bred
strains of hogs say there never has been
such demand for breeding stock In
fact, some advertising breeders are an
nouncing sold out. to avoid correspond
ence. Naturally this unprecedented de-
mand for breeders is not confined to the
pure breeds but is equally as active in
the ordinary no breeds The demand for
good breeding stock, however. is very
encouraging for the future outlook Of the
swine industry, and Il is safe to predict
that some day, more or less remote IN
the future, we win be producing such
droves OF hogs that We will see them
very materially reduced in price, and
some enthusiastic friends now rushing
into the business Of breeding a hog def
cit into surplus win then be tumbling
out Of Il. without much attention 10
the order Of their going. Many Of those
al present embafiSing in the business Of
breeding pure bred stock have not here
tofofe been breeders Of this class and
The fine pure bloods which are now being
bought aud put to use I'll over the coun.
try are bound to leawe their impression
for better swine IN every community into
which they are now being introduced.
Such improvement is MECH 70 be de-
sired for there il no manner 81 doubt
that the well-bred bog will always pay