The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-04-18

ting the tail high, full hams well
rounded aud plating we'll on rump,
ribs well sprung from backbone
short ribs being long. giving great
depth of flank and side. Should he
very deep on sides. shoulder short,
horizontal measure. In good thrifty
order the girth measure should be
about equal to the measure from root
of tail to point between the ears.
Neck short and arched. head short,
clean and dished, ears either erect
or tilted a little forward, and off
jaws medium. And beg leave
right here to entermy protest against
large-bOned, coarse animals. and they
certainly have no claim to a place in
herd of Berkshires, Essex or Suf-
folks, about the only well established
breeds we have ever had amongst
US. But to come more directly to
the question, what we, in Tennessee,
want is a hog that will, under the
grazing system, and ''throW-in' of
mast, make the most good meat at
the least cost, and to do this it re-
quires high feeding qualities and to
this end we should make sure Of
UOrdci0uS eaters with powerful as
Stimulating organs. A hog that has
a weak, tickle appetite is rnprofita-
BILE as a meat hog, and should never
be kept as a breeding animal, for
these defects are handed down from
generation to generation.
Choose for your breeding sows
such as have twelve teats, and if
fourteen, the better; let them be
somewhat roomy and rangy; let
style. beauty and conpactness be-
long to the boar, as to him belongs
the impressive power IS 10 form !;
and to the dam, constitution and
stamina. Sows should not be too
fat when bred, lest the filters be too
few in number. Give her good
room at large while in farrow. About
one week before narrowing the SOW
should be fed almost alone on wheat
bran softened or soured, and for
few days after farrowing the same
| feed should bc used il order 10 sub
due al fever; after, other stronger
| and more nutritious food may be
added. Bears should not serve sows
more than once, thereby the offspring
will be larger and more Y gorous.
The winter keep Of hogs is most
difficult, as occasional shelter is rec
essary, and grazing or some kind Of
roots, in order to preserve tone and
vigor TO the digestive organs. A
want of prol er chance of food is
either directly or indirectly tie eau c
of the heavy losses of pigs in winter.
Breeding stock is better off with too
little grain than too mach and so
Of stock designed for slaughter. Let
every breeder avoid dust as he would
pestilence. for in it luiks L pesti-
leuce that sweeps off annually hun
dreds and thousands OF animals. But
to sum it all up, hog is machine
10 convert grain aud grass into meat,
and that some forms OF animals are
better than others for that purpose
there can be no doubt, and all our
farmers have 10 do is 10 choose q
Jeau ideal OF hog, and breed and
feed to that end. VI ~ -.s
The form OF the hog that L have
before described seems to me, after
long experience, to feed better,
and therefore to Pay better, than any
other. To prove that / am not wild
on this opinion, give the weights
Of MIR. nj. Comp0elrs hogs s.augh-
tered in December last-aveGage
weight 555 pounds net-fed on corn
alone. His, Of course, is the pure
Berkshire. | omitted to say that
these hogs averaged in age fourteen
months, aud were the refuse Of his
pigs, the best having been sold for
breeding. purposes.