Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-06-02
polk HAS GOOD STOCK
BREEDERS OF SWINE ARE MAX
ING ADVANCEMENT.
Some Interesting Information Con-
cerning Polk County Farms
and Farmers.

"Toots," an 0. |. C. SOW owned by
Fred 10y, near Independence, has a
record hard to beat as "producer. -
Her first litter consisted of eleven
pigs, of which she raised ten; her
second litter was eleven and she raised
ten. On May 10 she farowed her
third litter, seventeen pigs, and when
seen recently she had fourteen nice,
healthy little fellows. She is fine
individual and has always had good
pigs. One of her gifts has had elev-
en- and raised ten, which looks as if
the prolifcacv is breeding on. King
Lear, Mr.. Loy's herd boar, won first
in class at the Washington State
Fair in 1913. Mr.. 10y has several
good sows and is building up high
class herd of O. L. C. IS. He will prob
ably show at the State Fair this fall.
H. F. Poynter of near Ballston is
something of Durco breeder. His
herd boar, Poynter's Monarch, is by
Golden Monarch, a son of the great
breeding boar, Golden Rod. His dam
is Magee's Minnesota by Model Jim
and out of Lady Commodore. She
was bred by j. S. Adams and brought
to Oregon by C. S. Magee. The boar
is a good individual and, like his
grandsire, a proven good breeder.
N. F.'s Choice, one of Mr.. Poyn-
ter's sows, has seven pigs just ready
to wean. Four of these are boars.
There is not a runt in the litter This
sow is by Victor d, son of Kant's
Grandson, and her dam, Linell S Lady,
is by Kings Model. This is her first
litter and she is proving herself an
excellent mother. Lady Isabel, by
Prince Rudolph, a son of Kings Mod
ell, dam Pauline by Milton Wonder,
has saved nine pigs out of eleven.
She has six boars and the litter is a
nice, even bunch.
J. Warren Quick, near Ballston,
some time ago purchased the pick of
the litter from Ross Clark IS Dakota
bred SOW, Red Crest Beauty, and is
now using him for breeding purposes.
The boar is by Red Crest Goodenough,
bred by Walter Faust, and is son Of
Champion Goodenough, bred by the
same man. Red Crest Beauty's sire
is Osiris, that weighed 1000 pounds
at two years, and is by Oryone I'd.
Mr.. Quick's old boar, Victor d., is
by Kant IS Grandson and was bred
by F. Robinson, of Breeks, Ia, and
sold in dam to G. M. Harvey, when
he purchased 0regon's IS Pride from
W. H. Taylor, of Clarendon, Ia. He
has proven himself a good breeder on
Mr.. Quick s good sows. One of these,
Lenora, by Prince Dudolph, dam Win
ona Lee by Champion of the North
west, had twelve very fine pigs and
is raising ten of them. Mr. Quick
recently sold and shipped to A. H. !
Parrish, of Sodaville, Ore, a boar pig
by Victor D., that at four months and
three days weighed IA pounds, with
out forcing. He was beauty and a
typical Duroc.-Rural Spirit.
Preparations are under way by the
farmers and livestock breeders of
south Polk county to make a big ex-
hibit of products at the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition in 1915. The breed
ers of goats, sheep, horses, cattle and
hogs expect to have their stock well
Growers of hops, prunes
and grain say they will collect sam
Piles and send them to San Francisco
in a gigantic lot from Polk county.
At Amity there has just been re-
ceived a herd of registered Holstein