The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-04-24
PURE BRED LITTERS
OUTWEIGH GRADES
TON CONTEST FURNISHES BEST
PROOF FLOODED" HOGS
PAY MOST PROFIT

Demonstration of the superior
earning power of pure bred hogs
proved to be the outstanding feature
of Ton-Litter Contests carried on in
1928, which was only the second
year of operation of these projects
under the supervision of the Agri-
cultural Colleges of the several states
Reports from the states of Illinois,
Texts, Ohio and Wisconsin showed
165 filters raised that weighed a
ton or over in $50 days and reveal
some pertinent facts and figures that
evidence what a prominent factor
the pure bred hog is in economical
pork production on farms.
OF the states mentioned, Illinois
ranked first with 80 filters. Ohio
claimed second place with 40 ton
filters and Texas followed with %
filters in the honor class. Wisconsin
reported II filters to make a ton or
better in the required time. To Tex
as goes credit for raising the cham
pions of the year with a litter of II
pure bred Durocs weighing 1898 lbs.
at six months Of age. Second place
also goes to Texas with a litter of
of 3542. Indiana held the National
IL pure bred Polands with a weight
Ton-Litter title in 1922. The top
litter in Illinois weighed 1888 while
in Ohio the greatest weight record
was 1910 on a litter of ten. In Wis
consin a litter of ten pigs attained
a weight of 2772 pounds which was
the high mark for the state.
Only S Grade Litters
Of the 165 filters raised that
reacher the weight required in $50
days, 1879 were pure bred on both
sire and dams side. Eleven filters
were sired by pure bred boars and
of the sows in this class were pure
bred but classed as grades because
not eligible for registration. Five
were grade filters and the remain
ing ten were cross breds. Most of
the cross bred filters were pure bred,
the sires and dams being recorded
stock of their respective breeds. {
Classified by breeds the filters were /
as follows: Berkshires, one; Hamp- {
two; Tamworths, four; Ches-
ter Whites, seven; Spotted Poland c
ten; Poland Chinas, Al; and G
.urocs, 85. The five grade filters /
we're raised in Illinois. Not a grade q
litter in the other three states made Q
he qualifying weight in $50 days.
The records made by the pure breds a
S a striking example of their ability t
0 give the greatest production at c
he lowest cost. $
Conclusive Proof :
There were a total of 1873 pigs "
in the 165 filters or an aver .
gre of 1O.5 pigs per litter. In Civ T
ng the average weights, Wisconsin o,
) not taken into account as the rule a
4 that state based the weights on a e,
Iiding scale and not on $50 days of el
ge. The 148 litters in Ohio, Texas
nd Illinois weighed 343, 591.5 lbs. ii
his is an average weight of 2321.5 w
ounds for each litter in 100 days. al
he average weight of each pig was OF
Fl pounds. This data substanti- ri
ties the claim that the qualities Of to
rolificacy, early maturity and rapid in
rowth are highly developed in pure II
red hogs. Maximum production ia
er SOW in the shortest time largely IN
etermines profit in raising pork. WI
he 1928 Ton-Litter contests so CON a
usively proves the superiority of re
49, IL - - II q
in this respect that there is pc
basis whatever for comparison.
Al