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much more rapidly than land in other sections is the unusual vol- 

 ume of pork products starting with the year 1916. It would have 

 been impossible for the corn market to have reached or sustained 



its high altitude without the prop of such tremendous hog exports. 

 In view of the evidence presented, we make bold to say that hog 

 exports furnish a most delicate barometer of corn belt prosperity. 



