Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

90 291 percent of his live weight. This is a better record than anv other hog has ever been known to make and it came from the Kentucky Agricultural College. Then we the Nebraska Agricultural College. We are told that the Hampshires are growing together with the so-called Big Type^ Poland Chinas, living m the same lot, eating the same feed drinking water from the same trough, and sleeping in the same bed; but the Hampshires each month run from 10 to 20 pounds ahead. Wonderful! Hampshires outgrowing the Types. The finish of this experiment was the international Live Stock Show at Chicago, the Nebraska Agricultural college furnishing the Champion Barrows. They showed one of the best demonstrations ever looked upon in any breeding pen. At one year old, the Hampshires were more than 100 pounds per head the heaviest, same conditions of raismg throughout. In the carload classes were shown the same sensational results. The Hampshires had the best hogs on the heavy weights and won first; in the medium weights, and won first; in the lightweight class they didn’t have any Hampshires; couldn’t keep them small enough, while other breeds couldn’t grow their hogs fast enough to get out of the lightweight class. Several cars of Hampshires were started to feed for the light weight class but they all got too heavy. The heavyweight Hampshires became the grand champions over all breeds, and sold for $20.50 per cwt. The average selling price of the Hampshires was sl9 per cwt., The average selling price of the Durocs was $16.13 per cwt. and the average selling price of the Poland Chinas was $16.19 per cwt. This shows how much more the packer thinks of the Hampshire Hog than he does of the other breeds. The two highest priced cars were Hampshires, one selling for $20.50 per hundred, the other for $19.00, while the first priced car of Poland Chinas sold for $15.00. Thus with the International of 1919, with records far superior to what they were a year ago, we have gone beyond | our idea of perfection of earlier days. The Hampshires, have become Grand Champion Oyer All Breeds and Re-1 serve Grand Champion Over All Breeds. Now there are still new worlds to conquer. .It has been said that during the year 1919 more new men, that never before had owned a registered hog, have purchased Hampshires as their first purbred hogs than ever before. The new recruits have numbered into many thousands and many have come over to us from other breeds. We look into the most beautiful and bright future that has ever been known. The man who buys I a Hampshire now, is the man who has started for the greatest and most popular future success.