Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 2 | Boys Make Success as Hog Raisers

oo BOYS MAKE SUCCESS AS ! CHICAGO. Dec. 6 While saddle1 horses and prizo steers are receiving i most of tho admiration of visitors at! the International Livestock Exposition and Horse Fair, the once humble American hog is also there and in money value the swine exhibits are not far behind their more aristocratic companions. Hogs, their breeders declare, de-clare, won the war because It was tho record breaking production of American Ameri-can pork last year that enabled England Eng-land and France to overcome the German Ger-man submarine blockade. Tho case of Johnny and Billy Turner of Dewitt, la., illustrates the importance to which the hog industry has recently grown in tho middle west. Johnny is 16 years old and Billy 13 and tho stylo of their firm is Turner brothers. Four years ago their father gave them $25 to buy a bicycle but they bought a sow and went in the hog raising business Instead. In-stead. Today they have GOO in their 'herd of Hampshlres valued at ?25,000, I They are exhibiting a prize boar at the show for which thoy refused an I offer of $2,000. The firm has won 83 prizes including three blue ribbons. oo