This document discusses bacon production in Iowa. It provides the following key details: 1) As of December 2014, there were 20.9 million hogs in Iowa, far outnumbering the state's 3 million human population. 2) In the late 19th century, Iowa began producing huge numbers of hogs, rising from 323,247 hogs in 1850 to over 57 million hogs in 1890. 3) Traditional bacon was cured using recipes from the 18th-19th centuries. Modern processors use brine injectors and smokehouses to produce bacon on a larger scale.

1. Bacons South
of I-80
Leo Landis

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4. Reading about Bacon

6. What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Brief History of Hogs
Bacon South of 80

9. How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to
December 2014 USDA Estimates?
20.9 Million
Total…State human
population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 66.05 million, give or take a few hundred
thousand.

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

11. Meat Cuts from a Pig
1839
Today

12. Traditional Curing Recipes
lizabeth Lea, 1869 (1845)
Mary Henderson, 1877
Amelia Simmons, 1798

13. 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

14. Present & Past Types
Poland China
Landrace

15. Bacon-type Hogs

16. Lard-type Hogs

17. Improved Hogs

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22. Brine Injectors

23. Vacuum Tumbler
Slicer

24. Smokehouses

25. 11 pieces -->
bacon, 3
cents
pr. pound

26. A Lot of Bacon — The Good News
Polashek’s in Protivin
Edgewood Locker

27. 2015 Lockers
11 Processors over 500 Miles

28. Northcote Locker, 112 SE. A St in Melcher-Dallas

29. Burrell's Meat Locker, 10315 Iowa 5 in Moravia

30. Moulton Locker, 112 S. Main St. in Moulton

31. Hastings Meat Processing, 701 S. East St. in Bloomfield

32. Leighton’s Processed Meats, 227 Otley St. in Leighton

33. Kirkpatrick Locker, 908 N. 10th St. in Winterset

34. Weaver Meats, 204 E Kansas St in Afton

35. Corning Meat Processing, 501 Davis in Corning

36. Zeb's Smokehouse, 406 Madison St. in Bedford

37. Johnson Locker Services, 510 Iowa Ave. in Essex

38. Atlantic Locker Services, 310 W. 2nd St. in Atlantic

39. 12 Bacons—2013, Northwest—
2014

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