The following is from the State Fair walking tour brochure:
"Swine Barn"
"Built 1936"
"Then: The large red-brick Swine Barn was completed in 1936. It was one of more than a dozen structures on the fairgrounds built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal program that created jobs for people during the Great Depression. During the WWII years, exhibitions of livestock and poultry were suspended as the government converted all of the animal barns, including the Swine Barn, into a military aircraft propeller plant."
"Now: Through the years, judging standards for swine have changed; in the 1940s, livestock judging handbooks described the ideal hog as 'excessively fat.' Today, judges look for muscle, not fat. One of the Swine Barn highlights is seeing the winner of the Largest boar category; in 2010, crossbred swine 'Reggie' weighed in at 1,450 pounds. Grab a pig ear headband at the Oink Booth, and go on a quest to discover what weights the most this year - the largest boar or the giant pumpkin in the Agriculture Horticulture Building."
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