Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1918 — 2000 HOGS ON STOCK FARM NEAR HERE [ARTICLE]

2000 HOGS ON STOCK FARM NEAR HERE

Monon News. The News is indebted to Chat. C. Blackburn, residing five miles west of town, for some interesting information about the D. L. Trout form, six miles west of here, on which he is now employed. Mr? Trout hat nearly 600 acres in this tract devoted exclusively to stock raising. He now has about 300 head of cattle and 2,000 head of hogs on the place. Breeding js an important feature of the farm' and there are now 600 little pigs to care for. The farm is well equipped for the proper care of animal life and is therefore a source of profit to its owner. Mr. Trout at one time lived in Crawfordsvflle, but for many years has been in the commission in Chicago. He is also the owner of two farms in the vicinity of Lee. The stock farm first mentioned is in Princeton township skirting the south boundary of Jasper county.