Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-05
Chester-White Pigs-Swindling.

When the day of final reckoning shall
come, and all the deeds of men be brought
to light aud balanced in the scales of unerr-
ing justice, some dealers will find heavy
load against them in the transactions in
which so.called Chester.White pigs were
sold to their credulous fellow men. BY good
rights their punishment should come in this
world. They ought, man being the Judge, to
suffer in the present life, the penalty of their
misdeeds. They should have the contempt
and reprobaton Of buyers, and all honest
dealers IN this kind of stock. Who is at the
bottom of this mischief the writer knoweth
not. But Of one thing he is assured, and
that is, that in New England, at least, there
has been great amount of swinding under
the pretence ofintroduclng the Chester-Whte
breed of pigs. GO into the interior towns
and look at the pigs which are offered for
sale. Perhaps you will find man with
nice lot Of Suifolks. Tell him they are too
small, that they are not as good as the larg-
er breeds, like the Chester w hites, and very
likely he will say in reply, that he likes
them much better. The Suffolks are fine
aud fancy, but the Chester Whites are coarse
and ungainly animals. Tell him that he is
mistaken, that the Chester.White is nice,
smooth breed, and he will be sure to tell you
that his neighbors keep the Chesters, and
advise you to go and see them, aud then
judge for yourself which is the better breed.
If you follow his advice, you will probably
find that what his neighbors call Chester
White pigs, are coarse aud uugainly animals
Ask the owners if they call those specimens
pure Chester-Whites, and they will emphati-
cally answer in the affirmative. There may
be one-eighth or one.sixteenth part Chester
White blood in these pigs, and there may be
no more than there is iu the man who owns
them. In many places, almost all the coarse,
overgrown, clumsy pigs are labeled @ hester
White. 1t is a disgrace to the men who
have fastened an honorable name upon
multitude Of miserable animals, and great
injury, both to buyers and careful breeders.
A man does not want to buy, even at reduc-
ed prices, low grade animal for thorough
bred, aud honest breeders cannot well fur
nish their pure stock at prices which will en-
able them to successfully compete with those
unscrupulOus breeders, who sell anything and
everything which has any resemblance there
to for pure Chester-Whtes. This Is really
a valuable breed, and it is fortunate that
great many breeders are keeping it perfectly
pure but there ought to be some punishment
meted out to those dealers who are constant
ly allowing their stock to deteriorate and
mix with other breeds, yet who continue to
sell it for high prices, aud under the name of
thoroughbred. They should not be allowed
to destroy the popularity of really fine
breed of pigs, for the sake of putting little
money into their own pockets. Let those who
buy, be careful in future to patronize only
reliable men, and thus dscountenance those
who are trying to reap the reward of care
and skill without exercising it in the slight
est degree,-Cor. Lire Stock Journal.