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 excessively 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. 
