Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1920 — HAMPSHIRE HOBS SELL HIGH [ARTICLE]

HAMPSHIRE HOBS SELL HIGH

JOHN R- LEWIS HAMPSHIRE HOG SALE A BIG SUC- /q/ CESS. . .r • T Possibly np other Jasper county man has received so much publicity as a pure bred stock raiser as John R. Lewis of Barkley township. His Hampshire hogs have a national fame and his sales are attended by Hampshire breeders from all over the country. Last Saturday Mr. Lewis sold fivty-seven head of his great hogs. Venus 2nd 75470, farrowed September 4, 1915. Sire Hill Roller, by Top Round and out 0f Leesburg Beaufy, 8236. Dam, Rosie Hazel, 40400, she by Gen. Wells, 9313, and out of Rancho Rosie 16484; was sold to M. S. Gadiner of Idaville, at $605. The second top sale -»was Ethel Lookout, farrowed July 2, 1918. The purchaser was J. N. Leatherman, another Jasper county pure bred Hampshire breeder, who is fast gaining a reputation equal to that of Mr. Lewis. ’• V‘ Of the fifty-seven hogs sold the first ten averaged $248.50 each. The first twenty-six $l6O. The entire fifty-seven head averaged $177. The proceeds of the sale was $6,525. Thirteen of these hogs were bought by local men. The other forty-four head left the county. Three went to Cochran, Ga. Two went to Marion, Ohio, and four to lowa. A large number of young guts were sold at this sale which accounts for the average not being as high as it would have been had all the hogs been ojder.