Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-01-04

bred by Or. Smltns now Vi hlsS., near flcks-
burg; thorough bred FLY by Corsica, BY John
Richards, by Archle,-her dam by Archie
imported Chance, sc. &c; a full blooded
filley by imported Shakespeare, dam BY old Ma
poleon, one of the best four milers of his day;
Two fiIleys by imported Skylark, out of the
Emigrant mare; thorough bred filly, by I'M
ported Shakespeare, dam by Archie, imported
Chance, &c. &C.; thorough bred flly by i'm
ported Leviathan, dam By Pacific, or. dam BY
! old Pacolet, o. OF. dam by Wilk's Wonder.
| imported Dare Devil &c. &c. fly by Amer.
can Eclipse, out OF the Emigrant mare; fiIly
by Eastern Shore, by imported Luzboroug6.
dam by Archie, imported Chance, &c. &c,
| Also, grey colt, two years old, by imported
/ I.eviathan, dam by Crusader, gr dam BY Psc-
OLE, &c very large, strong and well put togeth.
er; his half brother, beautiful sorrel yearling
by imported Beshazzar.
NV stock of asses, consists of ~ Jacks, and
80 Jenneys, of different ages, some very large.
and some ordinary. Amongst the number, are
six Jacks, of established reputation, and high
Standing.
/ have three varieties of imported sheen.
Cotswool, Blackwell, and Southdown. The
two former, grow very large, and yield an
abundance of long coarse wool. The latter is
second to none, in point Of quality, except the
| Merino, but exceeds the latter in quantity, and
commands higher price, as mutton than any
other sheep, in the London or Liverpool mar
ket.
NV swine stock ought to compare with any
in America or Europe, for, have spared nei-
Their pains or expense, TO have the best, There
are on my farm, five thorough bred ooars: Ne
Plus Ultra, Black Prince, Monarch, and Dou-
bic Head Berkshires, and Looney McWaher,
an imported Bellies. The two first and the
last have been exhibited at the Davidson Coun-
ty Agricultural meetiDgs, and received prize
CUPS. It is almost useless to say anything Of
Ne Plus Ultra His name imports bis size
and fipure. His dam and sire were both i'm
ported from Berkshire England. His ordinary
weight is about 700 lbs. and all who have seen
him. concur in saying, that he could be htten-
ed to weigh 1000 lbs. Black Prince was i'm
ported from Berkshire, last March, and receiY-
ed the prize cup, from thu Davidson County
Agricultural Association, at their Annual Ex-
blbition. in October. Heebelongs to w. r
ElIiston and the undersigned. He was about
20 months old, when exhibited, and was esti-
mated, TO weigh from $50 to 500 lbs. 1t may
be asked, if Ne Plus Ultra was shown, to which
would answer no. he having received the
premium, the year previous, was precluded by
rule of the Association. A II animals OF three
years old, or upwards, that have received pre-
niums, are not allowed to be shewn after
wards Monarch was sired IN Berkshire, and
dropped near Nashville, on the 10th of May
IS40. His dam received the Prize cup, at the
Davidson County Agricultural Meeting IN Oc-
tober ofthat year. He is not considered alto
gether equal to Black Prince, in point of sym
metry, though, l apprehend, be wIil make the
largest hog, and his stock, IS equal 10 any
; Double Head was sired by Newberry, import
ed by Mr. John Losing IN lS39,-dam Lady
of tie Lake, or dam full blOOded Berkshire
/ great grand dam imported. He Is about the
age of Monarch, and promises TO be bis equal
: in size, and to have more length, but not the
width across the hack. LOoney McWalter, was
four years cd in October last. At eight weeks
old, he and Judy O'Flansgan were Purcha-
t sed of MIR. Murdoch, near Belfast, Ireland, for
fourteen pounds sterling, and shipped to Nash
vile, at my risk and expense. They are called
I Bellies, from the fact that they are frequently
, encircled with " hte belt, around their MD
die, while the balance is generally black; they
: are half Berkshires and half Irish Graziers,
and the cross was first made in Ireland. Loo
? ney McWalter is very little inferior TO Ne
Plus Ultra, IN point of size, aud think 1t pro-
] bable, he would have been larger. fit had not
. been for the voyage across the Atlantic, while
very young. In other respects he d every
way his equal, except his ears; they are rather
: large and penduious. / am Of opinion that
can shew larger boar and sow, from the
| above PAIR, Than can be shown frena any PAIR
D of hogs in America,-Perhaps MIR. A. B. Allen
of New York, may be enabled to show larger,
I | from his Kennelworth's, after awhile. ] have
bred sows from the above pair, and crossed
them with Ne Plus Ultra, and have their pigs
now IN Columbus. They are In my opinion
equal to any hog; they are three quarters
Berkshire, and one quarter Irish Grazer,
5 thereby, combining the fattening propensity
3 of the former, with the great size Of the lat
ter. This cross IS made, by combining genu-
me stock, on both sides, and doubt very much
> whether any other crossed stock Of the west,
can boast of the same purity.
From what has been said IN favor Of the
Bellies, it may be thought, that our plggery
i consists chiefly of that breed; not so, We have
. Is imported black Berkshire sows: about the
! same number of American black BeFkshires
sows; one white sow that was imported by
Major Allen J. Davy, who purchased her OF
Mrs. Etches, of Liverpool, for white Berk-
D shire, which we call Leicester, and Doctor
: Martin of Kentucky might probably call Wo-
b burn; one very superior white SOW, that We
purchased of the Shakers, near HarFodsburgh
= Kentucky, for white Berkshire, which we
J call Leicester OF Woburn, as we lnOk upon
: them to be thesame breed. The whole ADDED
9 together, numbers about o, while we have
only abut 10 or IL thorough bred Bellies.
Before closing tins article, witch has been
already spun out to a much greater length
than intended, would remark, that my pr
ces have beer complained Of. It is said, -that
q | ask higher, than the same kind of stock, has
q bean sold for" To this, would reply, that /
imported my stock without regard to price,
e My boar, Ne Plus Ultra, and two ofmy sOws,
{ Princess and Stately, cost me each, $50 dol
u lars; Black Prince, and eleven imported soTF,
e and three American sows, cost each, $50 dol
. lars. 1t is the produce Of these bears and
II sows, and the cross of Ne Plus Ultra, and the
e thorough bred Bellies sows, that have IN
d Columbus. My object has been to select The
best, and to breed the best, and to sell for the
q best price; but not to travel over coanties and
at States, and purchase the refuse of different
q stocks and breeds, and drive them 70 country
{, where the people know but very little about
q them, and sell black pigs for Berkshres. and
T. sohtte pigs for Irish GraZers, because the gen
N ulne stock are of those colors. The good peo-
L pie of the South and West have been imposed
y on, most shameiully, and will still be imposed
e on, SO long, as they trust to certificates, made
D. 0y persons some five hundred miles distant.
(, We DO not impugn the integrity of the GER
Oh tlhcate maker, but we say that no man can