By the time Brian Bauer was in fourth grade, he and his brothers were staying with the family’s hogs at the Nebraska State Fair for a week, sleeping in the hog barn, caring for the pigs, and tagging along as their dad sold boars to farmers.
A Poland China sow with her piglets.
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Poland China piglets make a cute pile under a heat lamp.
Poland China hogs were the second most common breed, after Durocs, until after World War II.
Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves (nearly) everything about the Great Plains, but mostly its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
