Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-11-02
500 Line Exhibit of Acclimated
Thoroughbreds-May Be
Bought on Easy Terms
STATE BANK ARRANGES
TO ADVANCE MONEY
No Interest TO Buyers of These Hogs
Invitation to Farmers to Visit the
"EI0g Special Monday
Afternoon.

Next Monday, Nov. 5, the Hog Spec
ial'' of the 500 Railroad which for
three weeks has been visiting cities
and towns on the line of the road in
upper Wisconsin, will be in LadySmith.
The special will be on the tracks
near the 500 depot from II 30 until
early the following morning.
Under the direction of the Land de-
partment of the railroad, the farmers
of upper Wisconsin are again given
an opportunity to secure a limited
number of thoroughbred DurOc- Jersey
hogs.
These hogs are from the breeding
farm of O. r. Farrar, of Wabasha,
Mimi A number of fine specimens
are carried on baggage car which
has been perfectly fitted up for eXhi-
bitiOn purposes. In the car too are
the offices of the officers in charge of
the special.
Bank Will Supply Capital; No Interest
The 500 with Mr.. Farrar have also
entered into an arrangement with the
State Bank of Ladysmith to finance
the hog breeding industry i'll Rusk
county Three hogs, a group, one boar
and two sows, will be sold for $4,000.
Farmers are able by the arrangement
with J. O. Sinclair of the bank to bOr-
row money to make the purchase with
out interest. These hogs are to be
distributed in the different communi-
ties and as the pigs are raised and
sales are made a record must be kept
of all thoroughbreds.
These hogs shown and their get are
prize winners at the Wisconsin and
Minnesota State Fairs this year Sew
enty per cent of all the hogs sold on the
markets of this country are of the red
breed. They are hardy, are not easily
affected by climatic changes, have few
er diseases, eat all sorts of food, and
fatten quickly for the market. Exper-
ience shows them to be the ideal hog
for Upper Wisconsin. Corn is not
needed barley and rye and clover,
crops easily raised here, will fatten the
pOrker, with less expense and make
UottcI lHCdI tlitu GULL
500 Officials to be Here.
!. O. Sinclair, cashier of the State
Bank has extended an invitation to
w. S. Martin, Vice President of the
500 line and it is expected that he will
be here. H. S. Funston, chief clerk of
the Land Department, e. l.. Frost and
other 500 officials have the Hog Spec
ial'' in charge.
One of the features of the visit OF
the special will be the moving pictures
of hog raising in Upper Wisconsin and
farm scenes in this new country, taken
in Rusk county They will be shown
at the Unique Monday evening.
Hogs i'm Ruslz County.
Rusk county has no hogs. There are
none on the market. The greater part
of the people are from a corn country,
where corn means hogs, and hogs mean
corn. But the hog can be raised here.
The climate is not so severe as in Den
mark and Denmark pork is famed in
the European markets for its flavor
1t is made on barley and clover, on
dairy refuse and root vegetables.
Rusk county farmers, viewing the
scarcity of pork, the enormous profits
| in hog raising are given this oppor,
| tunity.
A great out pouring of farmers is
wanted at Ladysmith on Monday to
greet the hog special.