THE PIG SITUATION.
WHY THE SIIOKTAGE? . -On tho,subject of. the big shortage in : pigß,.. "Hoard's; ,D.airyman"., comments as ■follows:—"There is; something mysterious •a)jput..tlic ' pig, situation. 'A great short--age .is'reported in England and on the Continent.. In s this country, it is all reasonable enough. Hp. to .1907. thero .was an abundance of hogs,' and .' prices riin .rjither 16w,-,but"th© Chicago .packers .'thought they;saw a chance to niake' a 'handsome profit- by hammering the price iddwn;-„to- a figure .less.' than . the com 'would.cost to, fatten them.- .They did it and made, barrels, of money, but-..they. <lrove.. thousands- of dairy tanners out of ■ Theylearned - to. feed their- skim-milk- to .-calves, arid -now the :packers are paying liig money for hogs. : ?jit-just why- the farmers - in Europe ■and America should so wonderfully-, agree of pig-raising is-a . case. for. th'o" 11 of too much psychology for us to answer." : . ~. -. ... , ■ FARM ACCOUNTS. 1 V CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. •,? A- ??-opfcrativo association for keeping form 'accounts has . been , organised for - btockhplm and Upsala districts in S\retlen. _-. ..'-V-" ' ■ !«'«*'> • ' '■ Farias aggregating 300n--heei;are's : : (7-113 jcres).'were entered at', the t'tart'. The Wca- is spreading more and more.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 8
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184THE PIG SITUATION. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1004, 20 December 1910, Page 8
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