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longer than the foresight of most planners. However, even 

 if the correct number of pigs could be determined and the 

 correct number of farmers could be authorized to breed the 

 correct number of sows, which in turn would farrow the cor- 

 rect number of pigs, the troubles still would only have begun. 

 At birth, every pig would have to be numbered and recorded 

 in the county recorder's hog files. In case of death, the local 

 veterinarian would have to certify to the pig's death, pull 

 the numbered ring from its ear, and return it with the proper 

 records to the county recorder. It would be necessary for the 

 administrators of this program ,to make it illegal for the 

 farmer to slaughter animals for his own consumption. And 

 this regulation would have to be enforced. 



Some inspector would tell other inspectors, who in turn 

 would tell the farmers when the hogs were ready for market. 

 After the necessary papers had been filed, the farmer would 

 be advised to turn his hogs over to some trucker, who, at a 

 ceiling rate, would deliver the hogs to the market designated 

 by the regimenter. The hogs would be weighed by one in- 

 spector, graded by another; and the farmer would be reim- 

 bursed by still others at the price established by the govern- 

 ment. 



The hog would be slaughtered under inspection, turned 

 over to the jobber who had the necessary number of ration 

 tickets, always under the watchful eye of a government in- 

 spector. The meat would move through the wholesale and 

 retail houses under the supervision of other inspectors, al- 

 ways accompanied by the correct number of coupons. 



To prevent inequities, the consumer, including the farmer, 

 would register for a period of six months to one year at one 

 meat shop and be assigned a given number of beef, pork, 

 mutton, Iamb, veal, and poultry coupons. The same prin- 

 ciple would have to be applied to all other food products. 



