Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1911 — BUYS MORE BERKSHIRES. [ARTICLE]

BUYS MORE BERKSHIRES.

R. J. Yeoman of Newton Tp. Thinks Them the Most Desirable Breed In the r Swine Family. pR. J. Yeoman of Newton tp. returned Monday from Attica, where he attended the big Nave sale Friday and Saturday. The sale was a hummer and totaled about $20,000. One Jersey cow sold for SSOO and two mares sold for SSOO each, while spring colts brought as high as S2OO each. iMr. Yeoman bought a pen of Berkshire hogs at the sale, consisting of one male and nine gilts, which he got very “Bob” has been handling Berk-* •shires all his life, and he thinks they are the best hog on earth. They are more prolific than the Poland China, he thinks, better rustlers, more hardy, and the best weighers in the swine family. Their fat goes more to meat than to lard, as is the case with the Poland Chinas, and their meat is more streaked with lean than the latter breed. Besides there is more bacon meat in them than the Poland Chinas, hence they are more eagerly sought for by the packers. Mr. Yeoman recently purchased a fine Berkshire male hog at Battle Ground and now has the best herd of this breed of hogs in this section of the state.