The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-17
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UNION c. H., SOUTH CAROLINA MAY II. 1878 sa
HEAVY WEIGHT SWINE.


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HEAVY wrIauT .wT.r
Burlinoton Cauotu ~ = ~ at.m.. :,
World- The .Lerseu P.,I. e"use"yeS p M me
the Chesfe, WhIes 'oe'e |o'
Rrr,;nn,o,
n,b,;Sb;nn ~ souH'y, Ne~ oerscy'.has been
fereJ dnr;nr "I T,h"!. Vi us n"Gs siaugh-
Un;ted S,.tos ~ h ano cna,ienges the
arc oivon nf fawu 80 '"eni Inc hSures
those of p u''f R"5;ua crops being
Richard Harrison; $ /. 8 sou,lard, ns%ss''an and
yoseph Garter, OF New Hanover. Mr.
poaae siasshtered, on February 4th, 20
Son Weighing from 1oO pounds down to
aoo' Tue eno .otal 6einS lI,o6l pounds, and av-
S.s'', SI ,oU2 ,o ana "a q lraction. Mr, Harrison,
il ~ n4sr. on February 9th;
9fix - se M, pounds
ard kiIIed fS or Fat.'as'' ON - = ssopths
were,ftom 795 to s1o nnvnS ~" 'n1 we'Snts a
average 7o3 Mr t"".ou tou' : .U'ai S'ooo'
Febrnorv o5th ~ "t'oi k.l'ea Il, on
down 20 eoa n,S s pe'ng from w!
tho overono 1~Ic ~ 'no .o.al lo'ooo, and
NOR. .sssfbr,o ~ ft'u.os unus ""hih traction.
invesf;SSf;on sI;a5,i, eo 49,, "s.e' py subsequent
NJ A. S"utbarTs ".s onanseu; the average
nounds md ~ M, rae. ue.'ucu CO. 20 oo !oo!
the former oen,lcmon ,h. 80, ~ s'v,nS
'0' Ssn'icu!ah tne prize badge that
had been offered by Mr.. John Taylor, a
pork PACKER OF Trenton, N. J.] Alto
eeener, tnese tour crops, 80 hogs, made an
average o. about 665 pounds; ID Of them
saansinS from 1Oo to 92l pounds. These
s1aes sure are all, OF course, dressed weight
!, uese hegs we understand TO be what are
nl low as Jersey Reds or as the Swine
psSsSs5s E9ays2ts4p at lndianapolis.
u.o.ueu " sa,n 'ne oreeo Durocs'
.h;s hoas - saro Iorsan cno pa. ,"'o,a's Us 'na'
Susssr % 0r;,;n.Ie' ' tous, ,t nl.Aea WIN
th;s broId o IIsrn '"o Proecnl'orS OF
hnd ~ IaoS n.u1 e"ule rom Eng
lated - ,ho Sor.sn;ro o prrsanea ,h M 20 'e re-
msns of @ I ,ho, hSnas nsnnes' ' iol .ne 1iu sPeci-
no Deo WIZ ,ieIuent'y reua'sn
u. S"n oo'o1eu' spoutto win 6iack, and
nndnrb,odfI, of' h, v i"e Jersey neas nave
,La -; , '"Pto'eu lrou'
abovn ranortoJ % oa,,a;I, "iu suoh Msutes as are
% ,an,;On ',ioa ~ ,I i iel'''uy enel'anEo M tne at,
ha aIld :, s h.v" ""o'e .o"nt!y. we snouiu
Co., o,ha. ''poI,' S VI n:"Ny sc'Sh's
hu.nl o o.ns. s s''TnS' 'no eSp'''a''S 0i o'her
0'VaIs Wa oi ohaan animals .n ~
tho " Oh;a DSsrte S,; '%a., p ~ an auufess oe'orc
sno M oI.G sMlao Dleeoers Assocla.,sn, ..
Whites, which .ty careful breedipc and
long wears of patience" he considcr. has
become 1.-The peer of apy of its Kind -
This breed originated in Chester or Dol,-
ware county, Pa. from, the minoi;nn of
three strains of blood-a mir of cxceoJ
ingly fine white pigs from Bcdfordsb;re
England, brought by Captain James Jeff.
ries to Chester county, about 1918: an i'm.
portation of China pigs about the same timc.
and the large white hogs prcviouslv r,;sod
in that section these last havino been ori.
ginally brought, tradition saws ~ Now
Castle, Del, in an ENGLISH vessel obon,
1912. They were euormouslv Iaree bnt
very coarse. and Mr.. Harvey of Chester
Pa, says he remembers sow that WEIGHED
1900 pounds.
from the source 900, a q. 'ous'"
fine breed. The early ob;oction moJc - q
them-liobil;tv to uano Is ~. ~
long matnr;ny and J;snos;,; "oAnoss'