The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-01-21
Statewide Ton Litter
Swine Contest Winners
All Club Members Win All
But 16 of the 81. Prizes
Interesting Data

Winners in Minnesota's two state
wide swine contests have Just been
named by II. G. Zaveral, extension
livestock specialist, University
Farm.
w. A. Tintes, of Eden Valley,
Meeker County, established new
state record in the Minnesota Pork
Production Contest, producing g.
306.2 pounds of pork per sow.
Edward Hirst, of Warren, Mar
shall county, All club boy and an
agricultural student at the Warren
high school, grew the heaviest litter
in the Minnesota Ton Litter Con-
test, raising II pigs, weighing 1921
pounds.
Pork producers numbering 1877 in
25 counties entered the Pork Pro-
duction Contest which aims to dem
onstrate the most efficient methods
Of hog raising. One hundred four
contestants sent in their records, IA
of whom were from Mower county,
where a local contest with special
prizes was sponsored by Mower
county businessmen. The 1881 con-
test was conducted in two divisions:
Glass A for herds of from to S
sows and Class B for herds consist
ing of 8 sows or more. Awards
were based on the average weight
of pork per sow, when the pigs av-
eraged 100 days old.
Mr.. Tintes, the champion pork
producer, was first place winner in
Glass A. His 6 sows narrowed IS
pigs of which 62 were raised, aver
aging 223.1 pounds. Other winners
in this class, and the pork per sow
each produced, were as follows:
2. Albert Hyhre. Caledonia, Hous-
ton County 2,209 pounds.
8. Carl A. Johnson & Sons, Rich
vile, West Ottertail, 2,018.6.
4. C. e. CaulfieId, Byron, Olmsted,
1870.
5. styrk Myhre, Caledonia, Hous-
ton, 1921.
6. Robert Miller, Stockton, Wi
mona, 1874.
Z. ]. H. Haylor. Austin, Free
born, 1,776.2. 49,. -...--...-.
8. Ralph Knots, Rose Creek,
Mower, 1,760.4.
9. Robert Grant, Fairmont, Mar
tin, 1,745.2.
10. B. L. Anderson, Waltham.
Mower, 1,730.
II. Robert Stark. Kensington,
Stevens, 1,7078.
II. Alb. Carpenter, Dover, Ohm
sted, 1,705.9.
ID. Elmer Christgau, Rochester.
olpsted, 1,695.
Il. Ben Eliinghuysen, Racine,
Mower, 1857.
Is. Adolph Solum, Spring Grove,
Houston, 1,654.8.
Is. David Steffens, Racine, Now
er, $3.50.
II. Walter Baltus, Oakland, Free
born, 1926.
t1s. A. A. Knutson, Adams, Now
er, 1896.
10. Gleason Bros, Austin, Now
er, 1886.
20. Clarence Miller, Chatfield, Fill
more, 1,503.1.
In Glass B, herds of 8 or more
sows, F. ]. Bohnsack & Sons, New
Prague, Scott county, placed first,
raising 108 pigs from IL sows to an
average of 216.4 pounds. The aver
age per sow was 1,948 pounds. Other
winners in this division were as fol-
lows:
2. Matt Jax, Mcintyre, Iowa,
Mower County, 1,775 pounds.
8. L. A. Yaeger, Good Thunder,
Blue Earth, 1,723.7.
4. Ernest s. Juhl, Luverne, Rock,
1871.
s. Seim Bros, Grand Meadow,
Mower, 1904.
6. Theo. Thisius, Wells, Faribault,
1628.9.
7. Murphy Bros. Lakefield, jack
son, 1880.
8. Julius Beckman, Waltham,
Mower, 1534.0.
9. John Schmidt, Austin, Mower,
1461.0.
10. N. c. Goodwin, Lansing, Now
er, 1440.0.
The champion pork producer, Mr..
Tintes, will receive gold medal
from the Minnesota Livestock
Breeders association, which will
also give $500 in cash prizes, dis
:tributing $3.50 in each class among
the II high men.
8 According to Mr.. Zavoral, the
principal object of the ton litter
contest is to raise. more pigs per
litter and to bring them to mar
ketable weight in months. There
were 262 entries from 81 counties,
81 reaching the ton mark in the
specified 180 days. These 81 lit
tiers averaged 1887 pounds with II
pigs to the litter, about double Min
nesota's average at per litter. Ed
ward Hirst's champion litter con-
sisted of IL purebred Duroc Jersey
pigs weighing 1921 pounds. This lit
ter also had the greatest average
weight per pig, 276.7 pounds. The
average weight per pig in all lit
tiers was 216 pounds. The next 10
winners in order, together with
weight Of litter produced, are as
follows:
2. John Miller, Stockton, Winona
County, 1916 pounds.
8. Hilma Bohnsack, New Prague,
Scott, 3,276.
D. Donald Edwards. Utica, Vino
ma, 1888.
5. e. s. Juhl. Luverne, Rock, 1925.
6. Floyd e. Anderson, Farweli,
Pope. 3119.
Z. Howard Carson, Pipestone,
Pipestone, 3014.
8. C. L. Cole, Noes, Grand Rapids.
Itasca, 1888.
Q. Frederick Albrecht, New Ulm.
Nicolett, 2972.
10. Leland Klug. Caledonia, Hous-
ton, 2916.
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