Recently the Iowa Department of Transportation's plan to construct a Highway 63 bypass near the New Hampton facility prompted historians, under the National Historic Preservation Act, to research this interesting story. The testing station at New Hamption is the only surviving swine testing station in Iowa.

Three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes and have to deal with a threatening wolf.

To make her pigsty of a palace picturesque again, penniless Princess Pigtoria tries to get the pompous porker Prince Proudfoot to propose marriage.

Examines the basic characteristics, common breeds, intelligence, behavior, life cycle, and uses of pigs.

Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.

Learn about a day in the life of a pig.

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor. To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig -- she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons' bed....