Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival Presentation by Leo Landis, Des Moines, IA

1. Twelve Bacons in
Twelve Hours
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3. Reading about Bacon

6. What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Very Brief History of Hogs
12 Lockers in 12 Hours

9. 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.

10. 70,000,000
60,000,000
50,000,000
40,000,000 57,409,583
30,000,000 47,683,951
20,000,000 33,512,867
30,354,213
25,134,569
10,000,000 6,034,316
8,266,779
323,247 934,820 1,353,908
0
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
Hogs in Iowa Hogs in U.S.

11. 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

12. Lard-type Hogs

13. Bacon-type Hogs

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15. OHHHH,
BACON! 

18. Smokehouses

19. A Lot of Bacon — The Good News

20. Orly’s, Clarksville
Butler County

21. Frederika Locker
Bremer County

22. Elma Locker
Howard County

23. Ohrt’s Smokehouse
Ionia, Chickasaw County

24. Countyline Locker
Riceville, Howard County

25. S & S Locker
Osage,
Mitchell County

26. Polashek’s Locker Service
Protovin, Chickasaw/Howard County

27. Tony’s Wadena Locker
Wadena, Fayette County

28. Kerns Meats, Edgewood
Clayton/Delaware County

29. Delhi Locker
Delaware County

30. Newhall Locker – Sutton Sausage Co.
Benton County

31. Dayton Meat Products,
Malcom, Powesheik County

33. Lots of Choices!

34. FINIS