The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-06-19
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BERKSHIRE HOGS


BERKSHIRE HOGS.
Ma. EDroR:-I hare jna received
YOUR. Snalhrm C1lii, alnr. " volume third
aud Ihird numher. and have bern . lille.
amused Al commune ZION which Il con.
iaiasfrom q laihaPprr. - Hansien eoun.
"" Together with good many alher
things. he say: !. lwanito knnw The breed
Of hogs thai will give The mnsl gn0d mral
for The f,al nsumed; hnw 10 feed, and
what 10 feed with. 90 Issdae- flesh and
ma.e fat. Bat sPsre. oh. spare The Iserk
shire; they have brought me 10 hHy park. I"
Sir. The abate laneniaiinn remind. me
very much nf gentleman of my aequain-
tlnee VIII. callel 10 see me sometime
during the last year. In the course OF
chasersalinn. the breei &c hogs was
brought NJ. AID. Ike :. Clodhnpprr." he
end, nel the Bcrkshires.. I tnak him
inio my hack yari and shnwrd him pig
hal. which is ihrre-fourihs berkshire.
lie admitted il Ia he fine pig &c lie age,
but vas fearful il would never he large
enough. We confused snr walk. and
cane upon = berkshire SOW and hnar. The
haar I suppose wo,li weigh net four hnn-
dred and fifty. AMI the sow three hun.
dred paanis. well, sir. said .. will they
d.! y yrs, lhey are fne--ih = are large
enough. wesil pursued onr walk I'M
al We cane Up 10 saw. half Berk shire,
tho balance improved stack. that sup
posed w0nli wei h net fre hundred
ponds at any time when fully fat. Nv
friend was mnrh delighted with her. The
hpgs were there. AMI showed for them
sci IS. His ihenry was put 10 flight by
my demonstration; he ,nll say n, more.
bat tninrd r and said. " All. ypu feed
your hogs" Nav. sir, IL :. CInd, on.
par thinks that he can dispense with
the use &c corn. ~ . good substitute Tor
IL. because he changed his br ed. ne will
find him eli always pork buyer.
And here permit me TO say. that there
are many hog. in The coaniry thai have
been put ON the people for berkshire. that
have but little. if any, of the stock about
them. Some years ago | fecriyed as
present. a pair %, pigs from a gentleman
ofmy acquaintance. of Montgomery cnun-
Is, Alabama. My hogs were much ina
proved By the crnss. and consequently
were considered the best in the neighbor.
hood. Mind, I do not say the largest.
but best; I mean By This that they aere
considered of fair size, and wonld yield
The most flesh Ia the size sc the bone and
quantity of f,od consumed. lhssr since
crossed them with the Berkshire. My
neighbors think my stock still better; hut.
recollect. I feed them. have the full
blood Berkshire, and prefer them to the
cross upon common stock. | never anti.
cipated SO great an advantage as many
,dhers expected.
expected 10 get hog Of small bone.
q good deal Of flesh in proportion when
&c on that would be easily fat,ened. and
that could he faitened al,o al any age;
AMI, sir. I have mol been disappointed.
NV, ST., il "clndhopper" is disposed
I, feed, and wishes 10 change his stock
by a cross, | viii venture TO advise
him 10 call on Col. David Bryan, near
B.lvue in this county, and obtain from
hun a pair Of Kennelworth pigs. Thy
ar. large pieaig large; sill weigh, when
fully grown, from five TO Sc, en- hundred
pounlls, (hut mlnd, he feeds them They
are &c orally perfectly white. very leshy,
and none ,no murh bone. and can he lat
tened at any age. AL things considered,
! prefer them to any hogs | know Of. u
have my affection. it is that they may
he ton large Tor our clima'e-small hog
being the easiest to save. But then you
know that difficulty could be obvia,ed BY
killing them while Young.
While up,n this subject. | have M
d mht nf Clodhopper's" getting we
paid fsr his trouble and expense. by feed
Ing his h"gs on meal instead Of corr
when they are put up to fa'ten. This
hive triei Ia my satisfaction. and l an
fully pursuated that al least 33 per cent
may he made by adopting the plan "f put
ting up hogs on fl"ored pen and feeding
on meal. /, stead Of letting them run ou
in a l,t and feeling IN corn. Gentlemen
Of the North say: Cook your food an
you can save 33 per cent. by that. Y
this, however. | am not prepared to say
nnl having tried il TO my satisfaction, b,
my intention is to te.t The matter this ia
by using pigs Of the same litter; yes, eve
Berkshlres if you please. and should
live 10 do 80. ynu shall know the result.
have tried cross Of The Durham ca
. lie IN common stock. and find dec
did improvement in the milking qnalltit
she mixed stock Welding more tia
a1 double the quantity Of ,n,lS that the crn
as mn stock does, with precisely the san