The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-11-03
SOME HOG TALK

is Just the DADDY OF the TWO Jones
Bros. Layman II. and Johnny NJ,
Junior. fifteen and eight years old
. respectively Big Type Poland China
Breeders of Beaver. Okla. is here
with three OF the stars OF their
herd. The two bays are in school so
their father is here to make the
show. Two years ago Mr.. Jones
turned 40 acres of land over to
these boys to put in wheat. After
they had harvested and sold the
wheat and paid their sisters for the
cooking and him for the cutting
they had $4,000 left They took
this money and went down to NJ. A.
Shuler's sale that year and bought
bred gilt for $4,000. When
they brought her home Mr.. Jones
told them Shuler had robbed them.
two of her pigs for $4,000 each,
and this lined Daddy" up In the
hog business. The boys had made
good. and since they have had his
ardent support. Layman II. won
the first prize in the boys breeding
contest at the Beaver Fair and
scored high at the state fair. Their
exhibit here is two Peter Pan
shoats. a SOW and a boar. and one
Improved gilt, which was the Grand
Champion Sow at the Beaver County
Fair.
+. Slocum OF Elmwood, Okla. the
first breeder to bring the Duroc
Jersey hogs into Beaver county Is
present with fine pens, consisting
OF eight of his show herd. Princess
Cherry Dream 5th. was the Grand
Champion SOW at the Beaver County
Fair this year. Big Stills. junior
vearling boar, was another Grand
Champion at the Beaver fair this
year and IL will be remembered he
was Grand Champion here last year.
A pen of four Senior sows, sired by
Rig Stills won first and third at
Beaver Kings Orion, Senior boar
pig, first in class at Beaver fair.
and last but not least, Junior boar
pig bought at the National Swine
Show at Peoria. Ill.,, this year,
sired bv Great Orion Sensation. this
years World Grand Champion boar.
Mr.. Slocum is advertising a big
gilt pig sale on November 2lst that
should interest the breeders of the
Panhandle.
NJ. A. Shuler OF the Blue Valley
Stock farm, Gray. Beaver county,
Oklahoma. Is present with four of
his Poland China Herd headers
Mr.. Shuler brought Poland China
| gilt with him when he came from
| Central Iowa seventeen years ago,
and ten years ago commenced giving
his attention to the pure bred big
| type Poland China strain. Mr..
| Shuler claims to be the pioneer
| pure bred swine breeder of the Pan
handle country, and his success and
| fame cover three state. Kansas.
| Oklahoma and Texas, where his
stock has won numerous purple
/ and blue ribbons. His showing
| here are Hercules Jones, a grand
! champion and sweepstake boar. This
animal is the same blood line as
Cicotte, who won grand champion
ship at the National Swine Show at
Peoria, Illinois. just few weeks
ago. This is the heaviest boar on
exhibit at this show, weighing 900
| pounds; Junior herd boar Ranger.
blood line of c Ranger. the larg-
est boar of the world. which weighs
1.400 pounds; Junior gilt. Miss
Rainbow, whose grandsire was the
$4,000 Yankee, and another Jun
ior gilt.
b. c. Trosper & Sons. of Beaver
county. are showing four fine speci-
men of the Duroc Jersey hogs. Mr.
Trosper is life time follower oi
pure bred swine and some -four
wears ago took up the Durocs
Beavers Pathfinder, out of OLE
pfrhtinder. himself. is his here
leader. B. C.5s Pathfinder. Jun
ior yearling. out of Lady Pathfindel
is his second herd leader, and al
exceptionally large hog for his age
Two gifts from Beavers Pathfinde
are a part of the exhibit, and o
the Trosper herd of 100 animals
!, 4. ID. Zimmerman of the Gran'
Valley Farm. Elmwood. Beave
county, who won the Grand Champ
ionship on Big Type Poland Chini
I Boar Sensation Orange at our fai
I last year, is here with Junio
l yearling boar by Liberator, an
| senior yearling SOW, by Fashio
l Piece and two Junior SOW pigs. MI
Zimmerman is one of 'le' principa
breeders OF the Panhandle country
his sales being among the most sue
cessful held in this section.
| Orion Gem, daughter Of Orfo
Breed and Price Daisy Proud 3rt
winner of second prize of the age
Duroc Jersey sows, and Sensation
grandson of the great world
champion Sensation, also a WHINE
OF second at the Beaver Count
Fair. are being exhibited by
: Enterline of Balko, Beaver count
Mr.. Enterline Is one of the Beave
county farmers who observed III
. advantages OF pure bred stock an
commenced breeding about tw
years ago, and now has herd {
{ thirty fine Duroc Jersey females.
G.. II. Beckwith of Balko, Beavt
county, has two fine Big Type Po