The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-02-01
CHARTERS BRED SOW SALE.
Forty Big Type Poland Chinas in Sale
at Butler, Mo.

Dovers Telegram.
w. H. Charters, ir., announces
Thursday, February 8, as the date for
his annual public sale of big type
Poland China bred sows, to be held
in the heated sale pavilion at Butler,
Mo. This sale will represent Mr..
Charters greatest effort in behalf of
the big type Poland-China's. He will
on this occasion place before the pub
lie the most select lot of bred sows
that he has ever sent into an auction.
In order to make the sale the more at
tractive, he has selected from his own
breeding herd more than one-half OF
the entire sale offering. This state
ment bears great deal of significance
for the reason that the Charters herd
is known as one of the best collec-
tons of breeding stock to be found in
this country. Under the circum-
stances which will place this collec-
ton of sows in the sale ring, buyers
will be given the opportunity OF plac-
ing values on magnificent tried sows,
fall yearlings and big spring gifts,
which would not have been for sale
except for the fact that the owner OF
the herd has an ambition to give his
customers the best material at his
command, with the hope that it will
be appreciated.
The sows which will 60 into this
auction will represent the get of Is of
the best known big type sires in
America. This means that there will
be considerable variety of breeding,
from which breeders and farmers
may select animals with pedigrees
best adapted to their particular use.
The majority of the younger stock in
the sale, will be the get of Grand
Look jr., the boar which made a
reputation in the Charters
herd, and which is the sire of num-
her of we'll known boars, which are
now in use at the head of good herds
throughout this country. The blood
of Grand Look ir. has been an i'm
portant factor in increasing the popu-
larity of the big type Poland-Chinas
in this section of the country. 1t is
so we'll known that it scarcely re-
quires having reference made of it,
when the daughters of the old boar
are to be placed in the sale.
Long Price and Charters Grand
Look are the two sires which are ably
supplementing the good work done
by Grand Look jr., in his life time.
The former is a son of Big Tom, the
first prize boar at the Nebraska state
fair in 1911. He was purchased from
one of the leading breeders in Me-
braska, for the purpose OF obtaining
an outcross in the next generation.
After having studied this boar care
fully, during the nine months he has
owned him, Mr.. Charters firmly be-
lieves that he has the right hog in the
right place. Long Price has lots of
size and scale, and it is believed that
he will add some size to the Grand
Look jr., blood. The latter boar was
bred at his present home. He is a
litter brother to Grand Leader, Char
ter Oak Model and Charters Wonder,
all of which are now in use at the
head of prominent big type Poland
China herds. Charters Grand LOOK
retains all of the superb quality of his
sire, and is fully $50 lbs. larger at the
same age. He has proven wonder
full sire and it is believed that sows
bred to him will be in strong request
at the sale. Ask for one of the cata-
logues and when you receive it, be
sure to study carefully the pedigrees
of the sows, the breeding of the bears
to which they are bred, and last but
not least, the ironclad guarantee un-
dor (which thov will he sold