Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-02-04
SWINE.
Cheshire and Chester White.

TuK old native was the hrst, and [,
a long time the only breed aud II siill
has its foot in the trough. Succeeding
.bis was the Berkshire, with uS)
good bruol and MIXING with the com
mou hog, We soou bad grade that prob
ably was Ill improvement on both at
leas, there followed y good run OF hogs
Then sone othtT breeds we're iniTo~
dncsd.
Al last camo the Cheshire. This
breed il the must general Of all. But,
with all il. fame, is docs not give better
satisfaction than the previous run, in
which the Berkshire was tho Chief in'
fusion
TIE Chs.hirs has the advantage Of
soil, but il 10 nos 80 easily nor ch, apply
fs,teued as the former mixed breed. IL
!. brswny !, this is its advantage. The
moe HUNDRED pounds Of the premium
hog at the lats State fair tells this.
The Chester White 10 now also but
Just introduced here--Ws bospeak for
lhi. the highest success Of all
The Chs,er has this one great sdvan'
taes; IL will f,t,su right along, from
lie birth up, fl for the butcher a, any
time, and on common FIRE, which is to
keep, aud not to fatten, pigs.
The Chester White ia arlargea hog
q, the Cheshire. l, will fattsn more
rapidly, and is therefore it's superior,
and We think il wiz fatten en- less
grain. It will fill GU, sooner, cost less 10
ibs frst six month"; and weigh more than
the Cheshire, or perhaps any other breed.
This 10 tbs great point. We want hogs
TO fattsp Ut once. 1t will not do to
winter over for the purpose Of fattening
the next year, or the next. This 10 a
loss every winter, and 0xn be excused
only on tie ground Of securing size, as
an experiment, or otherwise For profit
/. falis far short Of the immediate use
Of the pig for pork. But if kept, no
ons will pay 90 well for tho keeping a.
the Chester. It will fattening aud
growing constantly, making the larger
hog in consequence, and With less food,
90 that at the time when the hog is put
up for fattening, il is already fat, and
costs. comparatively, little to ct it for
the butcher. ev
Besides, the chestsrs are q very quiet,
domestic kind Of hog, that allies it more
TO the COW and the sheep than to the
line Of it's old forest parent, the wild
boar. There 10 success With the Che
shirss. So there vas and is with the
mixed Berkshire and native. The for
mer grows the heaviest, but costs mos, /;
docs NOS fsttcn 50 rapidly. A spring
pig will weigh, at killing time, from
t=o hundred and fifty to three hundred
pounds, and not very fat at that. Some
do better. Here all the feed 10 given that
will bs eaten. The Chester White will
weigh from twenty five to City pounds
more at the same age and with the same
ssed. Il will be the fatted hog Of the
swo, slough there are exceptions. &,
These things have not been tested
here side by side, but they have been
tssted elsewhere and We have been
saiicisnt 10 convince ~ that this 10
the difference.
Neither Of the breeds, we believe, is
fully established neither may be con-
sidsrsd pure therefore, there are varis
ations. We have noted these vsria>
Hons. asr. ~
Secure pigs early in the spring, SD
Al any time during the summer, with
ordinary treatment, the table may be
Eracsd with them. They may be, with
good pasture and sOmo grain, killed with
profit any time during the fall without
extra feed, -and there will be car
eass Of about .wo hundred to two hun
drsd aud fifsy pounds We know Of nc
ether breed TINT will do this. With
skinned milk and clover pastures alone,
The Chester White will fat,en ft to kill
any time during summer, and DO . yof-
ksr Of couple ct hundred in the fall.
The Cheshire will not do this; or, IL il
reaches the weight, II no. be so fat II
will also have cost more. Il. q.
Aoors's Rsral.Nsp Yorker.