Fat Barrow Show 



Any Man Would Be Proud to Put 

 These Prize Hogs on Display 

 As Did These Illinois Farm 

 Boys and Girls in Chicago 



Wm.Rl: do tlic top hit barrows i;o that ^-H and FIA 

 kids sliow .It county fairs.-' Many ot tlicm ^o straif;ht 

 to market. 

 But some of the btst iind their way to the 

 Chuayo junior market lioi; .show and sale held every 

 year in mid-September. 



At this year's show held in the noisy, hustlini; stock- 

 yards, lat barrows that carried otf the purple ribbon at 

 county, and even state fairs were pitted against each other 

 for championship crowns. 



Kinj; of them all was a plump 290-pound Berkshire, led 

 to his crown by Russell Kates, l.s-year old farm boy from 

 Grand Ridt;e in La Salle county. 



His hoi,' was later sold at auction to Swift for Si. 20 a 

 pound, 20 cents higher than last year's champ. The .sale 

 brought young Kates S3-48. 



A pretty 12-year old girl, Marcia Tuftie, La Salle county, 

 was the top winner in the division for pens of three. Her 

 champion pen, averaging 271 pounds per head, brought Si3 

 per cwt. from a Chicago packing company. Her hogs were 

 Hampshires. 



The champion pen ot five were C Chester Whites shown 

 hy Jerald Jorstad. I'i, Kendall county. They averaged 217 

 pounds per head and sold for S.39 per cwt. 



Winners in the various weight classes included Roger 



By LEW 

 REISNER 



Field Editor, 

 lAA Record 



Chicogo Daily News Photo 



^^ Champ of the fat barrows at junior show is this 



Berlcshire shown by Russell Kates, 13, Grand Ridge, 

 La Salle county. 



Worthington, 17, whose pen of five won the class tor hogs 

 230 to 270 pounds. 



Jeanette Hubly, 16, Livingston county, showed a pen of 

 Chester Whites to first place for pens of five, 270 to 300 

 jiounds. 



Billy Trainor, 11, Livingston county, showed a pen of 

 cross Chester Whites which won top spot in the class of pens 

 of three, 200 to 230 pounds, 



Jerome D. Donnelly, 12, Bureau county, showed the best 

 heavyweight pen of three with his Hampshires. Phillip 

 Trainor again won the class for lightweight individual hogs, 

 and Robert Bomkamp, 20, Macoupin county, showed a 

 Spotted Poland China hog to first place in the mediumweight 

 division. 



Left: Marcia Tuftie, 12, La Salle county 4-H club member, showed 

 her pen of three to a grand championship in this division. Below: 

 Jerald Jorstad, IS, has sparkle in eye over winning grand champion- 

 ship award in pen of five division. He was one of ISO boys and 

 girls from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana competing. 





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