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

Ger masters but the dead. r.
Firm Truth shall shake the creed
OF despots, and shall awe
Their minions. Why should people bleed
A Nations will is law.
From Tie Western Farmer d Gardener.
A LETTER ABOUT HOGS.
by ~
FRIEND AFrLEcA Although was un-
der promise to write to you during my late
tour through the United States, | found it vt
terly impossible to fulfil half of my engage.
ments, and consequently, among others,
that TO you has failed. l now wish to re.
deem my engagement, in part--and Us the
breeding Of Berkshire hogs has engaged
the attention Of so many Of your readers.
| feel us though | might confer some useful
information by iDparting some that | have
obtained from actual observation. In the
first place, l will promise, that after Il very
careful examination of n great number of
different breeds Of Irish Graziers, Leices-
t~crshircs, Woburns, Wcstchester, Mackay,
"~IIospital," Ncapolitan, "China Improved
and uuimproved, with a still greater num-
Der Of the Land shurk variety, that the
more they are improved, the worse they
become, unless, their crossgrained nature
is crossed out Of them by Il cross upon
some stock that partakes less Of the nature
and quality Of Il cross-cut saw. than a great
portion Of the swine Of the United States
now do. | have come to the conclusion,
and as I think, without fear, fasor or afiec-
ton, Of or for any Of the homogeneous ge-
nus homo, that the genuine Berkshire log
is az decent a hog ss the nature Of the sub.
ject will admit Of
The Irish Grazier is a clean, well built
white hog, that, as his name denotes, IL a
good feeder upon grass. This is u good kind
Of hog where pasturage is abundant, and
where side pork is more valuable than the
Ieaner parts, which are more abundant in
the Berkshire.
The Leicestcrshire is also a white hog,
larger and coarser, and a greater feeder
than the Grazicr, and requires about two
wears to come to mature size, and an abun.
dance of feed. These hogs make large
sides, and proportionaIly to their weight,
small hams.
So far as I am able to Judge, the descrip.
ton of the Leicestershires will answer fos
the Woburns, except that the color OF the
, Woburns is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. white, and
sometimes intermixea with red and black;
and they are thought by some who breed
them, to be much finer than the Berkshire.
| From this opinion | must differ.
The name of "Westchester hog is ap'
piled to a breed that is very common ant
very good, that abounds in the vicinity q
the town of Westchestcr, Pa, abcat thirty
miles from Philadelphia They have mucl
Of the appearance and character of lrisl
Graziers, and although esteemed highly
are giving woy to The usurping Berkshire
The Mackay breed is peculiar to the vi
cinity Of Boston. 1t is ar improvement
upon the old old Chtna breed, giving great
or size, and is well calculated for that re
zion of country, where it requires hard dig
eine to dig feed enough together to feed
large breed of large feeders. Besides, i
Massachusetts,, the art and mystery G
making whole hog bacon" Is among In
things often heard Of, but never seen. ]
farmer there without picked pork, woul
feel in as great a pickle as one in the Yves
would if his smoke house shoald happen t
lose its wonted fuliness before the full tim
to refill it. So that the round and hane
some barrel of the Mackay hog, when we
fatted, being well calculated to make a fl
barrel of barrel pork, is then held in hig
esteem.
"rhe Hospital breed of hogs is on
that has been made up of Berkshires, Mi
kay, and perhaps some other, at the Ma
sachusetts Hospital at Worcester; and ce
tainly;if the credit of a hog can add cred
to an establishment, that does credit to Il
State. The beautiful specimen of III
: breed that | saw at the last fair at Worce
Ter. are well calculated to do it. I hol
: none of your beautiful readers will obje
e 10 the term beautiful hog" for they mu
possess less of q hoggis.., disposition than
have, if they have no disposition to c.
such a well disposed hog beautiful. r
inmates of the Hospital certainly AVE ]
= reason TO complain of.their hospitable ia
or spare diet, If they are often allowed
dine off the spare ribs Of such pofkers
these.
to The Neapolitan has sometimes be
called "the gentleman's hog" which m
d. be all right, for | an, sure he should not
= called the lady's hog-espec,ally n
: s.those ladies' that put pantalets upon
legs of the piano, because "she could ]
bear to see naked legs in the ROOM"
the Neapolitan hog, having come from
warm country, has neglected to come P
perry clothed, and therefore may be said
be a naked hog. What little hair he
~ is black, generally, though sometimes
tries to hide his nakedness with other
he ors. Although I think that a little m
g. of the "naked truth" would be beneft
d. both to the buyer and seller of "in.pro
MS hogs" many Of which, it must be conf
'p' sed, are only made so by the faculty
hiding the naked truth; yet must
that the Neapolitap, although be may
good enough hog for a gentleman, Is
~ SO for a GARNER.
"The next is the "China Improve
p |ag which in plain English means that the
ginal China hog may be improved y c