Show Two Little Pig s That Aren't Arent t. t Going To o Market 1 y M 5 S r y ii art ax Above is pictured two little Hereford Hereford Here Here- ford pigs that were farrowed at Here I the Seed Farms from a registered register register- ed Hereford sow that had been shipped shipped shipped ship ship- ped here hero about two months ago They are the first of this particular breed to have bave been een brought into Utah The Juhls had a sow and a boar sent out from the middle west where this particular breed is gaining such prominence as a bacon and ham producer producer producer pro pro- ducer with the farmers there The I sow was with pig but arrived here suffering from the effects of the long trip trip This possibly accounts for the small litter Jitter The pigs are arc named Hereford because because be be- cause they are arc marked very simlar to Hereford cattle They have have the same red body with the white face a and n d stockings S The two little pigs were farrowed during the heavy storm of a week ago and were brought into the basement basement basement base base- ment whre they were kept warm and dry The two old pigs represent an outlay of over 90 90 so 56 that the Juhls are doing everything to save the two little pigs You will notice that they are well Interested in the bottle that Mr Juhl is holding as he feeds them which he do does s three thre a day They are with the mother during the rest of the time It will be interesting to watch the growth of these pigs in Millard County County County Coun Coun- ty and see whether they are adapted adapt adapt- ed to this district J In 1911 J. J W W. Underhill and his son Clyde shipped in the first Duroc Jerseys Jerseys Jerseys Jer Jer- Jer- Jer into Millard County Th The pigs here at the time were black pigs that could trace their ancestry t 16 ab about t an any type of pig you could name name- and were just pigs The shipped in by these men imme immediately took hold and most of the farmers switched switch switch- ed to the Duroc DUroe Later came the Chester Chester Chester Ches Ches- ter White so so that nosy n now w we h have ve the two breeds well represented It It willbe will willbe willbe be some y years ars before anyone knows whether whether the new Herefords will take hold here and whether they will gain the prominence of or the Duroc and the Chester Whites here at present I |