ABSTRACT
Pig-rearing was an extremely important part of cooperator own-account activity. It was a major source of the cash needed for such vital expenses as weddings and other life-events. At the same time, official policy clearly and firmly asserted the importance of collective pig herds. These were intended to provide a basis for increasing the cooperative’s mobilized surplus in the form of pig sales to the state at the prevailing low state prices. Although policy asserted that these would be exported, in practice they were usually eaten before they reached the harbor.
