Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-10-23
No 81
Erom lie L~onisntkze IQtaaal.

from me i0nf5bt9 gDhTfhtf.
Iross.---It IL acknowledged TINT il i'm
matter of considerable importance 10 the
farming community to knew what breed
of hogs will be- most profitable for 'hern.
The farmers want ffueas to ;sssist them in
forming n correct estimate.
The following trials have taken p)hca
between the Wobnrns and Black Berlt-
shires:
Two gentlemen living in Jessarninc CO.,
Kentucky, (Isaac and William Barclay,)
fed n Woburn and Berkshire boar thirty
days, to test their fattcning g,ahties. Tho
BERKSHIRE, fed by Vim. Barclay, gained,
in thirty DAYS, 6fty-4eyen pounds. The
Wobufn, fed by Isaac Barclay, gained, in
Thirty days, one hundred and seven pounds;
beating the Berkshire fifty pounds.
In the trial made with Mr.. Tanning, the
editor Of the Tennessee Agrictlttrist, fed
pigs out of a Woburn sow, by my impor-
ted uhAe Berkshire boar, (which / con,ld-
or as good as Wobnrns,) and he fed black
BerksIlires. Mr.. Tanning best pig gtin-
cd, in thirty days, Cat the time tom four to
five months DID, twcnty-six pounds. My
best gained, in the ssitnc tifnes sixty-uine
pounds; so that my pig gained f6ny.three.
poiinds more In thirty days than Mr. Fan
ning's. The next thirty days Mr.. Fan.
ning's Est gained forty.fye pounds, and
mine gained again sixty.nine pounds in
thirty-one days. Deduct three pounds
for the day, and it will be sixty-six pounds;
beating Mr.. Tanning twen'y-oLe pounds
this month. Z
At six months old my pigs were about
ono hundred pounds each heavier than
Mr.. Fannig's.
After this experiment many Of tho adyo-
cafes Of the black Berkshires admitted that
the Woburns would be larger at any age,
but contcnded that they consumed more
food. 10 test this matter ! proposed
through the columns Of the kentucky
Farmer to furnish a grown SOW to be fed
by a DISTINGUISHED person. The PROPOSE
ton was taken by Mr.. Duncan and Jas.
+. Taylor. An accident happcied TO Mr..
Dnncan'y SOW, 81 that she was lot fed.
Mr.. Taylor and myself selected Mr.. jag.
Weaihers, Jr., to conduct the experiment
; for us. The following is a copy Of his
statement:
"1'herc were put under my care, on tho
18th of August, by DR.. Martin and Jas.
, +. Taylor, two Woburns and one Berk-
shire COW, for the purpose Of being fed;
and | received directions to give each one
five pounds of corn u day, and to increase
the quantity until | should find what guam
tity the smallest eater would consume.
On that evening | gave TO each one of
them two and a half pounds Of corn, and
the next day five pounds each, and OH tho
y 18th nearly six pounds each. Oac OF the
! Woburns (Paticnce) failed to eat her al
t lowance, and the next day WIS very lame,
& suppose slightly foundcrcd;) and their
J food was again reduced to five pounds
: each, per day, until the 20th, when pa
tiencc having recovcred) it was again 9 a.
V dually Increased, so as to give each ono
/ ftty-two pounds Of corn in the ten days,
when they were weighed, and the follow
. ing is tho result:
Q "Mr. T'aylor's black Berkshire, Belinda
. gained II lbs.
" "Dr. Martina Wobarn, Patience, do, 81 do.
ID Martins Wobarn, Courtenay,do, ~ DO.
From the above it vii! be seen how IF
founded the assertions nre that the Wo-
@ burns are great consumers. had two
objects in view: the first was to ascertain
which was the smallest CONSUMER, and Pa
tience was proved to be; and after being
gorged, 80 as to be put very much out o.
order, she still gained as muct as the blaeE
& Berkshire.
h Co,iftenay carried into Der stall 123Ibs
more flesh than the Berk shire, which sur
plus Of course had to be SUPPORTED out o
j. her allowance; and still, with this disad
h vantage, her gain in 10 days, upon fifty
two pounds of corn was nine pounds mort
than the Berkshire.
h SANL ID. MARTIN.
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