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

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Bacon!