Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-02-19

would mention the 'White Berkshire
but it sounds so much to me like a white
black bird, that | have reason to fear that
some very good looking white hog has
merely borrowed the very popular name of
Berkshire, for the purpose of riding HIM
self into notice, when, if the naked truth
could be seen, his hogship could be seen
piodding along through the mud, cheek by
jowl with his numerous white n%eighbors,
while he grunted out an abolition Of such
an unholy amalgamation, as that Of giving
his white name with that Of the 'black
Berkshire"
There is one more name for a great hog,
lately imported, which reminds me of my
visit 10 the greatest breeder Of great hogs,
and his greatest piggery in the United
States. You will readily understand that
| allude to A. b. Allen Esq. of Buffalo, N.
Y, and Of him and his hogs l will now fl
nish my chapter.
To you who have had the pleasure Of a
personal acquaintance with Mr.. Allen, |
need not say that he il himself one Of the
h CHEST improved breeds" of natures no.
blemen.
Bland and pleasant in bis planners, pos.
scssing u good education, and very intellI-
gent mind, it is no wonder that he is so
highly esteemed by all his numerous ac-
quaintance.
But my object is not eulogy, but merely
to show the character and standing OF one
who holds such a prominent position before
the farming community, and who has done
SO much to improve the stock Of the cotn.
try.
When | visited Mr.. A.. he had just re.
turned from England, and | had an excel.
lent opportunity to examine his large lot oil
imported hogs, and still larger 10. Of those
before on hand, in all about three hundred
head, end altogether the largest stock Of
Berkshires | had ever seen together. The
fields were fairly black with them Of all
ages and sizes, the monarch Of all being
boar, imported the present season, which
he calls Windsor Castle-haying purchas
ed him near that royal res~idonce-like
which he stands towering up above his
mo-e democratic noighbors. Having beer
previously informed that he was full three
! feet sigh over the shoulders, and seven fee
long, | expected to find him as coarse u
be was large. But m this | was disap
pointed, for although as large as the grea
Kentucky Woburn, he is really very fine
in all his parts. | hope we shall nevct
hear it said again that ''the Berkshire brcee
Of hogs are too small" for l am satisfied
that this one would. fat to wei Oh 900 or 100,
lbs. easy.
He is now quite thin in flesh, and fl
consequence oil his great size, 1t Is ncces
sary to keep him so, OR he could no b
used with ordinary sized sows. His az
is two years.
Next 10 the monarch sta nds another 0
the royal blood, called Earl Craven, tw'
wears old, two feet seven inches high, an
corresponding length, with very gloss
black fine hair, very stylish in appearance
| think hs would fat to abont 500 lbs.
Another very beautiful hog, according
to my memorandum, is named alag
bourne" and yes why | cannot tell, for h
certainly has not the slightest heg loo'
about him. Although but q little over
year old, he stands : ~ feet high, and
of greater proportionate length than eithe
of the above. When full grown he will b
very large, and is already very handsome
| hope the stock Of either OK these will al
ford size enough to suit even a kcntach
ian.
Another very fine boar Of the inporta
ton of last season. is Sultan, o abou
three years old, and whose beautiful pig:
scattered through the west, are sufiscie1
proof of his excellence.
And still! another most beautiful and ea
c%cllent gctter Of good stock, is Prince II
gent, that was imported two years ago, til
fall, and is DOW = 1-2 years old, and of tn
finest proportions, and for all useful, and,
think, profitable purposes, of ample size.
Among the fifty breeding sows kept b
Mr.. Allen, I was the best pleased with IN
ported SuItana, excepting, perhaps, Mad
!, ma, she being the mother Of one OF II
+ handsomest boar pigs that ! ever sa,
, which Mr.. Allen sent out to me in the sur
mer of 1910, and which ! had the sad ml
/ fortune to have murdered by a lot Of mu
+ derous Landpikcs, that broke into my J
= with the fell and fou! intent, (too mn'
like animals of another race,} of reducir
: every thing better than themselves, to the
i own degraded Level.
+ Although not given TO rcpining or mour
/ ing over melancholy events that are lne'
table, | could not withhold a tear for t
q cruel fate Of 'the fat pig Nor could
attempt to check the gush of natural tee
ipgs Of wife OF children, at the death OF
loved domestic animal, for it showed tn
= hearts wero In the right place, and rca
to evince right feelings, when death shot
i approach still nearer, and break the cir'
around the happy hearth. The fact
70 Just come to my knowledge, that a |
which sold last summer, has been DESC
ed in the same way, and it should serve
+ a caution to Berkshire breeders, to Ike
them out of the way of that blood thIr'
race of animals that men continue TO t
mept themselves with, under the Impress
70 that they have a capital breed of hogs. a
to actually appear to feel thankful that tn
are not quite so bad as some ''ahey ha
seem"
| am satisfied that the most strenu'
~ defender of "the rights and principles"
he b the Landpike family, would become sa
If fled that there are such things as "impr
he cd hogs" if he could have seen at the Ii
'at | did, the large stock of Mr.. Allen, that
been summered entirely upon grass.
Besides the large bears mentioned,
"a. Allen brought over a large number of p
:. selected from the best stock that he CO
,as find in England, the increase Of wbic
he hope, viii add to his W wealth, al
ri. know it will greatly add to the wealth
IRE the country.
ial One more sentence about hogs, al
.aI h.ua demo with the Nwhole hny" silhleC