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10. No other animal equals the lard hog in its fat-storing ability. 



11. The production of lard hogs furnishes a logical channel of 

 disposal for corn, because corn is a fattening feed and lard brings a 

 higher price than tallow. 



12. Indian corn and the American packing industry have com- 

 bined to develop the American hog industry into a business of mam- 

 moth proportions. Corn, properly supplemented, makes pork econom- 

 ically, and pork finds ready sale because packers have discovered many 

 ways of placing pork on the market in attractive and highly palatable 

 form combined with most excellent keeping qualities. 



