Summary
The January 1961 Beaver Beacon describes a holiday-season contest between two large pigs. Lawrence and Wini McDonough raised a milk-fed pig weighing 256 pounds, while Bert McDonough and Archie LaFreniere raised a malt-fed pig weighing 252 pounds. The households served a dinner and each claimed its pig was tastier.
Evidence and limits
This is a humorous community report, not a formal livestock competition or market record. The issue gives no independent judges, sale records, breed information, or precise date for the dinner.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Fairy Tale.”Compares a 256-pound milk-fed pig raised by Lawrence and Wini McDonough with a 252-pound malt-fed pig raised by Bert McDonough and Archie LaFreniere; the owners served a dinner and each claimed the tastier pig. It does not give slaughter or sale records, a competition rule, or an independent judging record.