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Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival Presentation by Leo Landis, Des Moines, IA
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Twelve Bacons in Twelve Hours
Leo Landis
Reading about Bacon
What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Very Brief History of Hogs
12 Lockers in 12 Hours
How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to December 2012 Estimates?
19.6 Million Total…State human population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 65 million, give or take
a few hundred thousand.
30,354,21333,512,867
25,134,569
47,683,951
57,409,583
8,266,7796,034,316
1,353,908934,820323,247
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30,000,000
40,000,000
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70,000,000
Hogs in Iowa Hogs in U.S.1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
Swine Terminology
Gilt—A female that has yet to farrowBarrow—A castrated male
Sow—A female that has farrowedBoar—A mature male
Pork Belly—Uncured bacon
Lard-type Hogs
Bacon-type Hogs
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OHHHH, BACON!
Smokehouses
A Lot of Bacon — The Good News
Orly’s, Clarksville
Butler County
Frederika Locker
Bremer County
Elma Locker
Howard County
Ohrt’s SmokehouseIonia, Chickasaw County
Countyline LockerRiceville, Howard County
S & S Locker Osage,
Mitchell County
Polashek’s Locker ServiceProtovin, Chickasaw/Howard County
Tony’s Wadena Locker Wadena, Fayette County
Kerns Meats, Edgewood
Clayton/Delaware County
Delhi Locker
Delaware County
Newhall Locker – Sutton Sausage Co. Benton County
Dayton Meat Products,
Malcom, Powesheik County
Lots of Choices!
FINIS