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and hogs go together and that the center of the corn-belt 

 is the center of the hog-raising region is almost universal. 

 Figures 13 and 14 show how far this is from the truth. 

 The center of the hog-raising region is where feed is cheap- 

 est. The best place to raise hogs is as far west as one can 

 go and yet be sure of a corn crop. Even between the 

 neighboring states of Iowa and Illinois, the adjustment 

 is very striking. Illinois produces more corn than Iowa, 

 but has only about half as many hogs. At the time of 

 the last census, Illinois had one hog for each 150 bushels of 

 corn raised. Iowa had one for each 79 bushels. A dif- 

 ference of 2 cents per bushel in the price of corn has been 

 sufficient to make this surprising difference in the number 

 of hogs. 



TABLE 6. NUMBER OF HOGS AND PIGS THREE MONTHS OLD 

 OR OLDER ON APRIL 1, 1910 



Comparing Illinois and New York, the difference is still 

 greater. In 1910, the freight rate on corn in carload lots 

 from Chicago to New York was 8.2 cents per bushel, or if 

 shipped by lake 5.77 cents. The freight rate on dressed 

 hogs was 45 cents per 100 pounds. 1 About 30 bushels of 



U- $ Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 1910, pp. 649-650. 



