A contest of fat, meat and muscle; The showcase is the World Series of Swine - and its winners are the competitors who best exhibit what it takes to be a near-perfect pig.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 11, 1996| Author: Meryhew, Richard | Copyright information

Come September, this is the place a hog farmer wants to be:

Down there in the dust of Crane Pavilion, smelling of hog manure and dripping of sweat.

Out front of the fans and judges, shooing 240-pound boars and gilts down a dirt runway in pursuit of blue ribbons, big money and a better cut of pork.

It's the Big Time. The Show. The World Series of Swine.

And in hog circles, it doesn't get much better.

It's the National Barrow Sh...

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