370 Western Live-stock Management 



most of their live hogs from the Corn-Belt ceased shipping 

 from there within three or four years. The Portland 

 market shipped 33,789 hogs from Nebraska in 1911, but 

 none since 1912. In 1910, Portland received 25,559 hogs 

 from Oregon and in 1915, 202,804. Similar conditions 

 were found in other parts of the West. Necessarily 

 many mistakes were made and many disappointments 

 met, but the business is now on a permanent and sub- 

 stantial basis. Those farmers who use some waste prod- 

 ucts in raising their hogs find that the business is prof- 

 itable even with high-priced grain. On the other hand, 

 farms devoted to raising hogs exclusively, excepting high- 

 class breeding farms, have rarely been successful. The 

 most successful pork-producers are those who raise a 

 few pigs in connection with dairying, grain farming, or 

 orcharding. These men all feed considerable quanti- 

 ties of threshed grain, and the pigs actually obtain most 

 of their nutrients from the grain, although the profit 

 is largely from the waste products. 



LOCALITY 



The locality suitable for hog-raising must be one that 

 produces an abundance of grain, more than is necessary 

 for local use; that produces good legumes, as alfalfa 

 and clover; and that is not cut up into small tracts at 

 an excessiA'ely high value an acre. Distance from market 

 will also be a factor, but since hogs can be shipped or 

 hauled almost as cheaply as grain, a long distance from 

 market may not be a serious handicap. The important 

 item in the adaptability of any locality for hog-raising 

 is whether it produces suitable feed at prices which will 

 justify its use for pork production. 



