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Found That Hogs Could Jump.

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Published in the The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on Friday, August 29, 1913

Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on August 29, 1913.      A Geary county [Kas.] farmer built a “hog-tight” fence around his feed lot just before he received a big shipment of Arkansas “razorbacks.” The next morning the hogs were scattered all over the county. It was found that most of them could […]

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A Wife For Seven Pigs.

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on Friday, November 3, 1922

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on November 3, 1922.      Wives in New Guinea have a miserable time. It is true they have a high value-sometimes as many as seven pigs are paid for a wife. But the wives are badly treated and often are killed for minor offenses. Yet, strange to […]

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Larder Is Filled With Quail By Hunting Hog

Saturday, April 17, 2010
Published in the The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on Saturday, August 12, 1922

Published in The Waukegan Daily Sun and Gazette on August 12, 1922.      Frogmore, La. 12-When quail season rolls around, Colonel Tucker Gibson shoulders his shotgun and takes in leash Betsy, America’s only hunting hog.      And he comes home with his game bag filled.      Betsy, four-year-old offspring of a common southern razorback hog, […]

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