Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

To The Democrat: John R. Lewis of Barkley township, known as the Indiana Hampshire hog king, has put Jasper county on the map. He won at the National Swine show at Omaha. Nebraska, twenty premiums, including several first prizes and a trophy for herd; the four best pigs owned and bred by exhibitor. From there he went to Montgomery, Alabama. Shreveport, Louisiana. Macon, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia. At each of these places he won several first prizes and several others. At Macon he won several first and seven grand champions. From the time he started to the I Indiana state fair, at which he won several premiums and one fine trophy, until he returned from the International at Chicago, he won in all over 150 premiums and two fine trophies, and, best of all, many, many friends. **