Pigs! Pigs! Pigs! If you are a “pig farmer” you know that Iowa is the number one pork producer in the country, with over 23 million pigs raised each year. A new survey indicates there are over seven times as many pigs as people in Iowa! They’re everywhere!
Most hog farms have confinement buildings, not referred to as barns, raising thousands at a time. There aren’t many farms in Iowa where ordinary barns are in use for raising pigs, at least not in great numbers.
In German folklore, there is a notion that a pig is a sign of good luck in the New Year. In honor of the New Year, here is a postcard with a German message that was mailed over 100 years ago.
