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Bacons South
of I-80
Leo Landis
Reading about Bacon
What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Brief History of Hogs
Bacon South of 80
How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to
December 2014 USDA Estimates?
20.9 Million
Total…State human
population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 66.05 million, give or take a few hundred
thousand.
323,247 934,820 1,353,9086,034,316
8,266,779
30,354,21333,512,867
25,134,569
47,683,951
57,409,583
Hogs in Iowa Hogs in U.S.
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Meat Cuts from a Pig
1839
Today
Traditional Curing Recipes
Elizabeth Lea, 1869 (1845)Mary Henderson, 1877
Amelia Simmons, 1798
Swine Terminology
Gilt—A female that has yet to farrow
Barrow—A castrated male
Sow—A female that has farrowed
Boar—A mature male
Pork Belly—Uncured bacon
Present & Past Types
Poland China
Landrace
Bacon-type Hogs
Lard-type Hogs
Improved Hogs
This is the font I Want
OHHHH,
BACON!
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Brine Injectors
Vacuum Tumbler
Slicer
Smokehouses
11 pieces -->
bacon, 3
cents
pr. pound
A Lot of Bacon — The Good NewsPolashek’s in Protivin
Edgewood Locker
2015 Lockers
11 Processors over 500 Miles
Northcote Locker, 112 SE. A St in Melcher-Dallas
Burrell's Meat Locker, 10315 Iowa 5 in Moravia
Moulton Locker, 112 S. Main St. in Moulton
Hastings Meat Processing, 701 S. East St. in Bloomfield
Leighton’s Processed Meats, 227 Otley St. in Leighton
Kirkpatrick Locker, 908 N. 10th St. in Winterset
Weaver Meats, 204 E Kansas St in Afton
Corning Meat Processing, 501 Davis in Corning
Zeb's Smokehouse, 406 Madison St. in Bedford
Johnson Locker Services, 510 Iowa Ave. in Essex
Atlantic Locker Services, 310 W. 2nd St. in Atlantic
12 Bacons—2013, Northwest—
2014
Oooohh
h
Bacon!