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SWINE IN AMERICA 



Swift & Company, Kansas City — We estimate the per- 

 centage of colored hogs at our market as follows : Black 

 55 per cent, red 35 per cent and white 10 per cent. There 

 is a noticeable increase of red hogs, but no increase in 

 the number of wliite hogs. The breed of a well-formed 

 hog, weighing from 300 to 325 pounds, does not make 

 any particular difference to the packer. 



Suggesting, in a measure, the popularity of the differ- 

 ent breeds in different states or localities, and perhaps 

 something as to the ratio of their numbers in the various 

 sections of the country to which it refers, is the following 

 ta])le. showing the number of each breed exhibited at the 

 state or prominent fairs named, in the year 1907* 



Barrows exclusively. 



