- Date
- circa 1960-12
- Kind
- Sports
- Participants
- Lawrence M. McDonough (participant) · Wini McDonough (participant) · Bertrand J. "Bert" McDonough (participant) · Daniel Archie "Archie" LaFreniere (participant)
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityeconomy
- Within
- Beaver Island
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
- 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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island milk-fed and malt-fed pig contest, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pig-feeding-contest-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1961, “Beaver Island Fairy Tale.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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