Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — John R. Lewis Bought Three More Fine Hampshire Hogs. [ARTICLE]

John R. Lewis Bought Three More Fine Hampshire Hogs.

At the Esseg Bros.’ sale of Hampshire hogs at Tipton, John R. Lewis, of Barkley township, bought three more pf this popular breed of hogs. He bought Pat’s Perfection, No. 34055, which won first prize at the Indiana state fair and which was one of two hogs that won the Hampshire Advocate trophy. The hog will be a year old on March 10th. He also bought a boar six months old and a young sow. The sow was sired <by Messenger Boy, a boar that has never been beaten in the show ring. (Mt. Lewis was more convinced than ever that the Hampshire is the best all-around hog after visiting the Esseg farm, where there are many of the 'best hogs of that breed in the country. He has several other full blood Hampshires and will engage quite extensively in their breeding.