The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-10-15
SALE OF BIG TYPE HOGS
BUNCH DISPOSED OF BY
DUCKWORTH AND SON
These Poland Chinas Brought n
More Than Two Thou
sand Dollars

R. w. Duckworth & Son of this city
breeders of big type Poland China
hogs, conducted the first sale of that
type held at the new livestock pavil
ion at Mankato fair grounds yester
day afternoon, when $2,051 worth Of
an fine animals as were ever offered
for sale in this section of the state
were disposed of. A summer gilt, the
granddaughter of Mankato Wonder
and Sioux Queen A. topped the sale
at $3.50, and was taken home bv
George Freeman of Zumbrota. All
hogs offered at the sale had been vac
cinated and are immune to hog chol-
era. Colonel J. A. Benson of Sheldon,
Ia; auctioned off the hogs. and was
ably assisted in this by Colonel E. S.
Barker of Wilmar, o. S. Lasby of this
city, and Robert Henry of Sheldon,
Iowa. In opening the sale Colonel
Benson said that the hog raising in
dustry is becoming more and more
important. At the present time there
is not an animal on the farms which
produces as much money in a given
time. With the reduction in the price
OF corn, better returns can be obtain
ed in feeding it to hogs than any
other disposition of it. If the farmer
intends to do wen in the future he
hOVP up IuC VI hugs,
for they are the most profitable ami
mails on the farm today. The first
thing called for in the morning in the
home and every hotel in the land is
bacon, the product of the hog.
Lime Siding Wonder, the great herd
board owned by Duckworth & Son.
was shown at the sale but was not
sold. Caesar, whose sire was Giant
Price and whose dame was Sioux
Queen, was also shown. He is the
first hog to bring $500 in a sale some
two years ago in Mankato. Plume
King, another herd boar with a very
good record was, also exhibited but
not disposed of.
List OF Buyers.
The following is list of the buy
ers and the hogs purchased by them ::
George Freeman, Zumbrota, a summer
gilt, the produce of Miss Big Wonder
$75, and a gilt the daughter of Lime
Siding Princess at $3.50 Nick Klein
schmidt Of this city purchased th,r-
teen gifts at S427 and one spring boar
at $40. Eberhart Brothers of Good
Thunder purchased five gifts at $2O9..
90. c. F. Thayer of Mankato pur-
chased one gilt at $45, and a spring
boar at $39. l.. A. Peterson of Eagle
Lake purchased large sow for $135
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an eye for type and quality in making
his purchases Among his purchases
were Madam Goldengate, by Lime
Siding Joe by Lady Goldengate at $5(
Miss Wonder Champion, by Lime Sid
Ing Wonder by Miss Champion, al
$40; and four spring boars at $2(
each and one at $46, in addition t
spring gilt at S4750 a fall gilt a
$135. j. Weber of this city purchased
a fine SOW at $50 M. J. Sheran o.
Waldorf, spring boar at $35. Rob
ert c. Henry of Sheldon, Ia, purchas
ed two spring gifts at $62.5O each ant
one at $50. P. E. Berchard of Man.
kato purchased a fine boar a: $34
David Steel Of Mankato was the pur
chaser OF a spring gilt at $4250, L
I. Silkey of Smith Mills purchased 6
fine spring boar at 1921 w. R. Adam:
OF Mankato one gilt at $67. R. E. Ly
man OF st. Peter, spring boar at S45