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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Prize-Winning Pigs - 1915


TOP : WINNERS IN THE 1915 GEORGIA PIG CLUB. IN 1914 THIS GIRL RAISED AN EXCELLENT PIG THAT WEIGHTED 493 POUNDS THE DAY IT WAS 10 MONTHS OLD. THIS YEAR SHE WON AT THE WHITEFIELD COUNTY FAIR WITH BOTH REGISTERED PIGS SHOWN IN THIS PHOTO.

BOTTOM : TENNESSEE PIGS WHICH MADE RECORD BREAKING GAINS. DUROC-JERSEY LITTER MATES 8 1/2 MONTHS OLD RAISED BY LEON WOOTTEN (ON LEFT) AND JESSE LOFTIS, OF LAFAYETTE, TENN. THESE PIGS HAD BLUEGRASS AND RED CLOVER PASTURE AND WERE FED CORN, SHORTS, BRAN, AND TANKAGE. THE GAINS IN WEIGHT COST 3 TO 3 1/2 CENTS PER POUND.

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