Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: sows

A late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century business card for a breeder of pigs and chickens. C. H. Dildine, Greenwood, Columbia Co., Pa. Greenwood Centre herd of thoroughbred swine. Poland China & Chester White swine a specialty. Barred Plymouth Rock and Light Brahmas, poultry. My stock are fine finish. Heavy bone and quick maturing. Pigs two months old and young sows bred, for sale. Prices reasonable. Stock recorded. Correspondence solicited. Romeo, vol. XX.

A shoat is simply a "young, newly-weaned pig." "Public Sale of 125 Shoats. On Tuesday, February 12, 1889. will be sold at public sale, at Irwin's Hotel, Ironville, West Hempfield Township, the following, to wit: 125 Chester County shoats, weighing from 40 to 140 lbs. A few breeding sows. Stock can be seen three days before sale. A credit of 90 days will be given. Sale to commence at 1 o'clock, when terms will be made known by A. H. Hershey. Isaac Hieneman, auct. H. L. Bard, clerk. (Please distribute among your friends.) The New Era Steam Job Printing House, No. 3 South Queen St., Lancaster, Pa."