The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-06-27
MUCH PROGRESS
SHOWN IN SWINE
Week of Weighing Up
Lltters of Promising
Pigs

Special 20 The World.
~ ItIShA, July THAT the
P~nI"-hred hog and the pure-brrd
'ili'e business are getting their
snare OF attention In what rs re-
saTdcd IN the popular mind as n
SlII't'v OIL territory Is shown by the
JNe,opncht in these industries
Mhlch nave taken place in Usage
county in the past two years. An in
d'N Of future activities in this county
Is furnished by the high average Of
AoEs which are being produced on
ONE OF the score Of high-cInss
breeding farms In the Usage.
WINE the county is known 10 be
'he largcSt grazing area in the conn
iTy and 100000 head Of cattle have
hcth wintorlng here annually, M 10
a year = only about 10000 head
OF hogs were hein graised on scat
Tered farms and in back yards. I'm
III Two years & the average grade
vas thnul normal \ number Of men
interested Ia breeding and raising
hogs set this week as tho time for A
general Weighing Of pigs and shoats.
Inc first litter was the prize far
fpW-d by Lcahy'S Iady's Choice.
"hl'h averaged p pounds when 1
month old. This litter was .
months old on the day weighed and
made an average of 50 10 pounds
There are nine in the litter, tho total
weight Of which was i75 pourdg
lpeE are owned by T. j. IGahv d
son at Pleasant View farm. THIS
litter Us tho third narrowed by Lady's
Cnolce. Every one Of the min is
strong and healthy. The heaviest
weighed 80 pounds and the lIghtpst
90. They were sired by Kramcr's
smooth Prospect. vhc next Mig
weighed was a Llbcrat0r. owned hy
VT. Loahy and McFadden. II was
100 days old and weighed lO4
pounds. Three Rex AmcriCus pIga
belonging 20 the same firm weighed
Tho heaviest, tipping the scales ar 81.
the Iightcs' a. 70. the three making
an average Of 50 pounds al - days
old.
From here the groups went 10 the
) NJ Inclusion place and weighed
up a litter OF nine Hampshircs. tho
litter being tho urst ono farrowrd
% ythe mother and is rated as a
splendid Ittor from q gilt, the hoay-
lest n weighing &c pounds and tho
inter averaging 80 40 pounds al 60
days A litter Of Poiards were also
weighed at this place. There were
i've In thc litter, the heaviest being
50 pounds and tho average 80 at 80
days. 4 litter Of six Hampshircs was
then weighed al tho Lonard Hamp-
shire place. The heaviest ot these
six az 81 days was a. pounds, the fix
making an average Of 40 pounds 4
silt was also weighed Ht this place
and tipped the scales "a, % pounds
an So days.
out on 7, J Loahy & Sons Fair
view farm is Lddy's Choice Hitter u
pigs which were farrowcd April q
ana weighed at 80 days old 25
pounds each, averaging a fraction
less than SO pounds, The pigs have
had n0 increase in the amount Of
milk consumed since they were 30
days old. Just keeping them In good
growing condition. The average
length = these pigs Is - inches from
the forehead to the root OF the tll,
Average height 10 inches. with an
average girth 81 80 IL inches. Az
erage size Of bone Jus, above hind
leg, eight inches, One pig called
Black Beauty weighed 80 pounds
and has a length Of 80 y inches. and
stands 49, isches high. Height Of
bone jus, above knecCap 81 inches,