Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-02-24
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Points Of q Coed lios.

be CT lied a Berkshire Or Suffolk, or
any 0 ther breed most in-cstSnalion,
AMI yet may in reality possess none
Of this valuable blood. The only
sure mode by which the buyer viii De
able t avoid impo4itiohs is, to maxi e
name alwayAsecondary to points. +
If 70 q fd ia hog possessed Of sac h
POINTS OF form as are c.scallted to b.
sure early maturity. ana facility bf
,aking flesh, you need care little
what 1t has seemed good to the sell tr
to cI III him; and remember that 10
name can bestow value upon an ami
MAJ d edeient IN the qualities to which
/ liav T alluded. The true Berkshire
tia possesses a dash of the Chi
mes aad Neapohtan varieties-comes,
perhaps, nearerzto the desired stand
ard than any other, The chief
points Which characterize such hog
are tile following. In the first place
sufficient depth Of carcass, and such
an elJngation Of body as VIII insure
sufficient Literal expansion. Let
the Join and chest be broad The
breadth of the former denotes good
r1om for the play Of the lungs, and
!sequaat free and healthy cireula-
ton. essential to the thriving or fat
tebing of any animal The bone
shoald he small, and the joints fine
nothing is more ii lieatiye of high
lreeling than this; aaR the legs
should oe no longer than, when full
y Eat, would just prevent the ami
mal's belly from trailing upon the
ground. The leg IS the least profit
..able portion Of the beg, and We re-
qair4 10 more Of it than is absolute
ndces#ary for the rest See that
tie fses beGrm and sound; that the
toes lie well together, and press
eniehjly 0pon the ground; us also,
that Che claws are even, upright, and
h4allhy. Many say that the form Of
tile head IS Of little or no conse-
qletice, and that a good hog may
have an ugly head. but regard the
bead Of all animals as one Of the
very principal points in which pure
or impure breeding viii be the most
OBVIOUSLY IN icated. y high bred
animal vill invariably be found to
arrive more speedily to maturity, to
talq flesh earlier, and with greater
facility. and, altogether, to turn out
aore prolitably, than oEe Of ques-
ti0aIsble or inpars stock; and such
being the ca3e, | consider tilat the
head cf the hog is by no means a
point to be oferlo9ied by the pur-
CHASER. The description Of the head
most likely to promise, or rather to
be cGncpmitaa 1T Of, high breeding, is
one not carry ing heavy bone, not toe
lat en- the fer ehead, nor POSSESSING a
too elongatc / shout-the snout
should be short, and tile forehead
rather convex, curying Gpwarl; and
Tie ear should be, while pendGlous
iaclining somewhat forward, and at
the same tim light and thin. Nor
should the buE Yer pass over even tht
carriage Of pig. If. tits be dull
heavy and objected, reject him, or
suspicion Gill health, ii not of some
conceal ed disc rider actually existing,
or just abou to break forth; and
there can not be a more unfayoFablt
symptom SthalI hang-down, SLOUGH
Ing head. OF course, a fat hog fol
slaughter, or sow heavy with
young, has 4 BIT much sprghtli less
Of department. Nor is color alto
gether to be lost sight Of. In the
case of hogs, l would prefer those
colors which a fe characteristic Of ON
most esteemed breeds il the hair
be scant, wotl I'll look for black, as
denoting conb ection with the Nea-
politans but ID too bare Of hair,
woull De lispd sea to appreheni too
immediate alliance wita-that variety,
and consoqq4 int want of har{lihood,
/ that, howcvsyN nailtportaAt, if pork
be the object, Fellers such animals
hazarlous sped ulation lis stores, from
their extreme susceptibility to cold,
and CONSEQUENT liability to disease.
If white, and d OF too small, I would
like them, as Exhibiting connection
with the Chine Be. flight Or sandy,
or red with bliJ cb marks, would re-
cognize cur El{orite Berkshire; and
so On, with ref rence ID every posi-
BILE variety Of luq. These obserya-
tions may appe Ilr trivial; but they are
the most impoI tant lave yet made,
and the PIG I'D ycr will find his ac-
count in attend lngsto them.
GooD AND BAD FARMs-A ten
oora 6el1 costinr fifty dollars per