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The following figures reported by the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture show the rank of the leading pork-producing countries and the 

 number of hogs in each: 



Number of hogs in leading countries 



Country Year Number of hogs 



1. United States 1923 63,424,000 



2. Brazil 1916 17,329,000 



3. Germany 1921 15,876,000 



4. Russia 1921 13,501,000 



5. Spain 1921 5,152,000 



6. Poland 1921 5,101,000 



7. France 1920 4,584,000 



8. Canada 1921 3,905,000 



9. Great Britain 1921 3,639,000 



10. Hungary 1920 3,320,000 



11. Argentina 1920 3,199,000 



12. Philippines 1919 3,130,000 



13. Siberia 1915 2,962,000 



14. Rumania 1920 2,514,000 



15. Italy 1918 2,339,000 



World total 169,167,000 ' 



lU. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1921, p. 680. 



The United States has over 3.5 times as many hogs as Brazil, 

 second in tlie above list. Three states, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, 

 have more hogs than Brazil. The United States has more than any 

 other five of the above countries combined, and the number of hogs in 

 Iowa is exceeded by only three of these countries other than the United 

 States. However, China is one of the leading pork-producing coun- 

 tries, but no live-stock census has been taken for that country. ^ 



Pork production and consumption in the United States is reported 

 in the following table ^ giving the annual slaughter, imports, exports, 

 and consumption of pork and lard : 



• Includes difference between quantities in storage at beginning and end of year. 



lAn estimate of 76,819,000 hogs for China in 1914 is published in the U. S. 

 Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1921, p. 676. 



2John Roberts: Meat Production, Consumption, and Foreign Trade in United 

 States, 1907-1922, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus., Mimeographed Report. 



