334 TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



The distribution of hogs (on farms) in the United States 

 on January 1, 1919, was as follows: 



North Atlantic Division 3,059,000 



South Atlantic Division 9,164,000 



North Central, East of Mississippi River 18,194,000 



North Central, West of Mississippi River 27,393,000 



South Central Division 14,918,000 



Far Western Division 2,859,000 



Total 75,587,000 



As hogs are now distributed throughout the geographic 

 divisions, the North Central States, extending from Ohio to the 

 western line of Kansas, contain 60 per cent, of the national 

 total; the Southern States, from the Atlantic Ocean to the 

 western line of Texas, have 32 per cent, of the total; the re- 

 maining 8 per cent, are in the East and in the Far Western 

 States. 



The ten leading states and the number of hogs in each on 

 January 1, 1919, were as follows: 



1. Iowa . . 10,925,000 6. Nebraska . . . . 4,250,000 



2. Illinois 5,724,000 7. Georgia 3,043,000 



3. Missouri 4,943,000 8. Minnesota 2,784,000 



4. Indiana 4,668,000 9. Kansas 2,381,000 



5. Ohio 4,266,000 10. Texas 2,320,000 



The states of the Mississippi valley play a very important 

 part in the swine growing industry of the world. No other 

 region is so favored as is the corn growing region of the United 

 States. 



As previously mentioned, hog production in the United 

 States is closely allied with corn production; in fact, hogs are 

 more closely allied with corn than are any other of our farm 

 animals. Dairy cattle approach hogs in this regard, followed 

 by horses, beef cattle, and sheep in the order named. The 

 writer has determined the average rank of the various states 

 in corn production for the nine-year period from 1907 to 1915 

 inclusive. Similar average rankings in each kind of live stock 

 were determined for each state, based on the number of animals 

 in each state on January 1, from 1908 to 1916 inclusive. For 

 example, Kansas' average rank in corn during this period was 

 8th., in hogs, 8th., in dairy cattle, llth.; in horses, 4th.; in beef 

 cattle, 4th.; and in sheep, 30th. Thus, Kansas' rank in hogs 

 did not vary from her rank in corn; in dairy cattle she varied 

 3 points from corn; in horses, 4 points; in beef cattle, 4 points; 

 and in sheep, 22 points. If the number of points between hogs 



