No. 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 679 



LIST OF OFFICERS OF THF PENNSYLVANIA 

 STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION FOR YEAR 

 1907 AND PAPERS READ AND ADDRESSES DE- 

 LIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF 

 SAID ASSOCIATION, HELD AT HARRISBURG, 

 PA., JANUARY 24 AND 25, 1907. 



OFFICERS FOR 1907. 



PRESIDENT. 

 W. C. NORTON, Waymart. 



1ST. V. PRESIDENT. 

 DR. LEONARD PEARSON. Philadelphia. 



2D. V. PRESIDENT. 

 M. P. SHOEMAKER, Greensburg. 



SECRETARY. 

 E. S. BAYARD, East End, Pittsburg, 



TREASURER. 

 J. F. LANTZ, Wyebrook. 



PORK PRODUCTION IN THE EAST. 



By HARRY HAYWARD. 



That pork production is an important agricultural industry is 

 shown by the fact that, while in the year 1900 the average private 

 family ate a little over half a ton of meat, nearly half of which was 

 pork. In other words, the total amount of pork consumed in the 

 United States is nearly equal to the total consumption of beef, veal 

 and mutton. 



These facts are explained by another fact and that is pigs for 

 various reasons are more profitable animals to raise than beef, 

 steers, or sheep, and, on this account always have, and probably al- 

 ways will occupy a pi'ominent place in American Agriculture. Of 

 the reasons which tend to make pork production profitable, a few of 

 the most impor,tant may be of interest. In the first place, pigs are 



