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receipts, red and spotted hogs about 14 per cent, and 

 white, say about i per cent, although there are so few 

 of the latter coming to market now they are hardly no- 

 ticeable. There has been a very decided increase during 

 the last two years in the number of red or red-spotted 

 hogs marketed. Prior to that, the increase was very 

 small. We arc receiving less white hogs in recent years 

 than formerly. As a breed, we prefer the Berkshires or 

 Poland-Chinas. 



Kingan & Company, Limited. Indianapolis — Our buy- 

 ers estimate the approximate percentage of the different 

 colored hogs found in this market at the present time 

 as follows : Black 45 per cent, red and red mixed 50 per 

 cent, and white 5 per cent. They give it as their opinion 

 that there has been a notable increase in the red-mixed 

 variet}^ during the past few years, but possibh^ a decrease 

 in the number of pure red hogs. Speaking as a wdiole, 

 however, there is no doubt that there has been a decided 

 increase in the reds. As to white hogs, the buyers say they 

 are decreasing, and have been slowly for years past. They 

 are unpopular with the breeders, as they cannot with- 

 stand so well the extremes of climate, being of a more 

 delicate nature than either the reds or blacks. Our opin- 

 ion is that the Berkshire hog is the most suitable of all 

 for the packer, regardless of size. 



Morris & Company, Chicago — In the past five years 

 the red and red mixture have been very much on the in- 

 crease. In fact, about 35 per cent of our receipts are of 

 this kind, 45 to 50 per cent black and less than 5 per 

 cent white, the remainder being of mixed breeding and 



