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than in the United States, makes them yield 

 3 per cent, or 4 per cent, more lard, which 

 causes them to be that much more valuable. 



The principal drawback to raising hogs on a 

 large scale is the fact that up to the present time 

 Mexico has not been raising enough grain to 

 feed her people, and because of this the price 

 of corn and other grain is more or less pro- 

 hibitive so far as hog feed is concerned. How- 

 ever, with the necessary improvements in the 

 methods employed in the enlargement and de- 

 velopment of the agricultural resources of 

 Mexico, and the raising of more alfalfa and 

 other grasses which are good hog feed, this 

 situation would be largely overcome, and with 

 every facility for curing and marketing hog 

 products, the future seems bright for intelligent 

 hog raising and fattening in Mexico. Again, 

 were large coco-nut estates to be established, 

 they would offer great possibilities for the 

 industry, given the foodstuffs and the room. 

 There is a steady and stable market for all 

 hogs offered for sale, and the demand will 

 increase for many years and be sufficient to 

 hold prices up, so that the business, intelligently 

 conducted, should be very remunerative. 



Some object to the very name of hog or pig 

 on a coco-nut estate, on account of the trouble 

 given and damage done by wild ones. " Among 

 the enemies of the coco-nut tree," wrote a Cey- 

 lon planter, " the wild pig has the first place, 

 not only because he is the most destructive, 



