Excerpt from An Illustrated Sketch Book of Riley County, Kansas: The "Blue Ribbon County" There are few States in the Union whose hogs are as uniformly good as are those of Kansas. It is a common remark of traveling men that they have not seen a poor hog in the State. In swine, as in cattle, Riley county is far ahead of all competitors. At the great fairs, at Bismarck Grove, Kansas City, Topeka and elsewhere, our exhib itors generally carry away the most of the premiums. Nearly, if not all of the cattle breeders heretofore named also raise pure blooded hogs, and there are many others besides. The races are Berkshires, pcland-chinas, Chester Whites, Essex, New Jersey Reds, etc., but the first two largely predominate. There seems to be no end to the demand. And, in View of the superior healthful ness of Kansas stock, we feel confident that our hogs will always command the highest prices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.