. Biggle swine book. Swine. [from old catalog]. Chapter I. PIG A great business this : millions in it, literally.—Tim. A quarter of a century ago there were about thirty milHon hogs in the United States. At the present time there are nearly fifty milHon pigs in this land of corn. Iowa has more than seven million, and Missouri and Illinois each have more than three million hogs. The average farm value of the swine of the United States, per head, is placed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at The highest valuations are to be found in the New England and Middle states, varyi
. Biggle swine book. Swine. [from old catalog]. Chapter I. PIG A great business this : millions in it, literally.—Tim. A quarter of a century ago there were about thirty milHon hogs in the United States. At the present time there are nearly fifty milHon pigs in this land of corn. Iowa has more than seven million, and Missouri and Illinois each have more than three million hogs. The average farm value of the swine of the United States, per head, is placed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at The highest valuations are to be found in the New England and Middle states, varying from in Maine up to |i2 in Connec- ticut. Iowa is credited with an average price of and with a total hog valuation (U. S. Yearbook, 1904) of more than 148,000,000. This enormous total valuation is well nigh double that of Illinois, the next competing state, which is placed at something more than ^25,000,000, but with an average of only $ per animal. Ohio and Indiana have hog valuations of more than $15,000,000 each. In American live stock interests, cows and cattle rank first in value, horses and mules second, hogs. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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