BREEDS^ POPULARITY AND DISTRIBUTION 2/ 



White hogs sliow no material increase. The demand 

 for the pro(hict makes a market for all weights, but the 

 300 to 325-poun(l averages are most desirable in the fall 

 and winter. Breed counts for very little when the qual- 

 ity is the same. 



Cudahy Packing Company, Omaha — Our buyers state 

 that fully 70 per cent of the hogs now being marketed 

 and that have been marketed for some time past, are of 

 red or brownish color. About lo per cent of white 

 hogs are being received, and the other 20 per cent are 

 ])lack and spotted. The increase in the number of red 

 hogs has been somewhat remarkable. Twelve or 15 

 years ago hardly 10 per cent of the hogs were red, but 

 the percentage has been growing larger ever since, the 

 farmers of this territory evidently feeling that red hogs 

 were hardier and of a better breed than those formerly 

 raised. Inhere has also jjeen an increase in the number 

 of wln'te hogs, compared with former years, but on no 

 such scale as that of the red hogs. At certain seasons of 

 the year a decided preference is given 300 to 325-pound 

 properly fattened hogs at 12 months; on the other hand, 

 or taking it at the present time, they would sell at a big 

 discount, compared with light hogs, partly on account of 

 the length of time it W(nild require to cure a heavy hog, 

 compared with a light one, the spot or nearby quotations 

 on provisions being higher than the distant ones. On 

 the whole, however, well-fattened hogs, unless they are 

 old sows, are always salable. 



Fowler Packing Company, Kansas City — We estimate 

 black and spotted hogs represent about 85 per cent of the 



