The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-08
CROWDS GAZE AT SWINE.
Exhibit Large and All Animals of a
High Grade.

The swine exhibit, while not as extern
sive as it should be, is quite large, and
all the animals shown are of a high class,
as it has come to be recognized by all
stock raisers that only that class stands
any chance Of carrying away premiums.
Crowds of people surged through the
pens yesterday admiring and praisiDg the
fine animals on exhibition. And the wom-
en- appeared to admire them as much as
the men, and to know fully as much in
regard to their fine points and defects.
One Of the largest Minnesota exhibitors
is c. H. Murphy, of Caledonia, Mimi.
He has in his pens twenty-five head of
Poland China and Essex swine of vari-
Gus ages, and carries away ten premiums.
Among his lot he mas Maids Champion,
boar, weighing over 900 pounds, which has
had a most successful career for several
years as a premium winner. He also has
Chief Tecumsch II, Hard to Beat and
Murphy's Model, all of which give prom
Use of equaling their ancestor In line
points.
L. c. HadsQn, of Luverne, Mirn.. shows
eighteen head of fine Chester Whites,
and has captured twelve ribbons. In his
pens he has the fine boars Minnesota
King and Uettie, each eighteen months
old. which are admired by air who love
high-class hogs. Mr.. Hodgson claims for
Cn6SIGr
prolific than other breeds, that they will
make more pork with the same amount
of feed and that they mature sooner
than other hogs.
w. Harvey and L. Corey as the Wis
coy Live Stock company, Wiscoy, Mimi,
have an exhibition of nine head of Poland
China hogs of superior quality, which re-
ceive most favorable comment They also
have Mic Tecumsch, a boar fifteen months
a 10 f1-
nous as a prize winner. He has been
shown at three fairs, and won first prize
at all of them. This company has taken
543 prizes in eight years, which shows the
high quality of their stock.
One of the finest herds of swine is ex-
hibited by c. H. Searle, of Edgar. Neb.
He has fifteen head, which took nineteen
premiums at the Iowa state fair last
week. Among them are Olympus, boar,
one year DID, weighing 600 pounds, and
Aksarben, a boar, two years old, weigh
ing 700 pounds. He claims for his breed
that they are harder and more rapid
growers than other breeds.
The largest number of swine of any
one exhibitor is shown by M. w. Reed,
of White Water, Wis, who has in twelve
pens thirty-three head Of his Underwood
herd, and he claims to have Won the
most money of any exhibitor. He has
His 1-year-old Poland SOW won first pre-
MUM, and he also has a fine 3-year-old
Poland SOW. One of his premium Red Jer~
sey soWs had a litter of fifteen pigs and
raised thirteen of them. The mother OF
most of his herd is his famous Lady
Wilkes. which took first premium at Wis
consin state fair in 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898
and sweepstakes, and first premium at
Minnesota state fairs in 1896 and 1897 and
diploma in 1898
C. A. Thomas, Monticello, Ia, has in
the pens twenty-five head Of Duroc Jer-
seys, among which is a boar, year old,
weighing 800 pounds. He also has
1-year-old and 2-year-old sow which at
tract a great deal of attention.
Among the large herds is that Of w. c.
Waite, White Water, Wis, who has
twenty-five head of Poland Chinas in the
pens, all of a high grade. He took four
first, two second and two third premiums.
Some of the other exhibitors of swine
are ]. F. Slower CrawfordsvAle, Ind.
who has nineteen head of fine Berkshires;
J. H. Van Buren,, Quinby, Ia, thirteen
head of Poland Chinas, and A. G. Green,
Winchester, Ind, who has nine Suffolk
and eighteen Essex hogs in the pens. One
of Mr.. Green's 2-year-old sows has taken
ten first premiums and no seconds and
is probably the finest hog on the grounds
He has received on his herd thirteen
first and five second premiums. w. j.
Rovnton. Rochester, Mimi, has four head
of Lumwith hogs in the pens, the only
ones of that breed on the grounds lie
received two first and one second pre-
MUM.