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Excerpt from Pig Crop Report: December 1965 There were 54, 283, 000 hogs and pigs on the Nation's farms on December 1, 1965, a decrease of 7 percent from the December 1, 1964 number of 000 head. Hogs and pigs being kept for breeding purposes totaled 000 head, 4 percent more than the 8, 749, 000 head on hand a year earlier. Hogs and pigs, other than those being kept for breeding, totaled 000 head, 9 percent less than the 49, 374, 000 head on farms a year earlier. Classified by weight groups, the number of other hogs and pigs on hand December 1, 1965 and the percentage change from the previous year are: less than 60 pounds, 16, 415, 000 head, down 4 percent; 60-119 pounds, 12, head, down 8 percent; 120-179 pounds, 9, 264, 000 head, down 11 percent; 180-219 pounds, 5, 465, 000 head, down 13 percent; and 220 pounds and heavier, l, 749, 000 head, down 22 percent. In the 10 Corn Belt States Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas the December 1 number of hogs and pigs on farms totaled 41, 362, 000 head, 8 percent less than a year earlier. In Iowa, the leading hog producing State, the number on hand decreased 5 percent, while the Illinois number decreased 9 percent and Indiana 14 percent. The 10 Corn Belt States accounted for 76 percent of the Nation's inventory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.