Pork from the Prairie:

Bacon of Western Iowa

Leo Landis

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Reading about Bacon

What’s Down with Bacon?

Iowa Pork 101

Brief History of Hogs

Bacon of the Western Prairies

How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to December 2013 USDA Estimates?

20.5 Million Total…State human population is 3 million

Today in U.S. — 65.9 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!

Brine Injectors

Vacuum Tumbler

Slicer

Smokehouses

11 pieces

bacon, 3 cents

pr. pound

A Lot of Bacon — The Good News

2014 Route

Corwith Locker

Skoglund’s MeatsWest Bend

Nelson LockerHartley

Cherokee Locker

Holstein Food Locker /Tiefenthaler’s Quality Meats

Yetter Locker

Arcadia Meats

Mike’s Meats, Carroll

Bagley Locker

Redfield Locker

12 Bacons--2013

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