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years, and can speak IRON
observation. l am prepared .
fully endorse all that j. j. N.
claims for them IN full, and
must beg, most respectfully, to
differ with ID. r., Sumter, S.
c., in August number OF the
Soassheym Ctlticdtor. l have
found the Poland China, or
magic Hog" to be active,
easily kept in flesh, and quite
as much disposed to forage as
there is any necessity for; and
a man that keeps fat hogs
about this country, and expects
them to forage "a mile up the
swamp" will never see them
again, unless he has occasion to
get out a search warrant to
visit the abode of some active
Fifteenth Amendment" who.
as a class, have an eye to most
all OF the tat porkers that for
age over one-halt a mile up the
swamp.
No, sir, in our present state
of society, we have very little
use for ranging hogs" and
man had better keep no more
than he can keep and feed in
close pen or lot near the house,
and right near at that. Now,
if my last proposition be true,
and D. r. says is equally so,
then "the Poland China" is
''the hog"
[ have no personal interest in
the Poland China as breed, it
is true; | have one-half to one
fourth stock in the pen fatten-
ing, but a neighbor of mine has
the pure breed, and beauties
they are. From the window
where 1 write this, l see five
young sows in a pasture field,
Just eleven months old, and in
an adjoining field, two young
bears, of same age and same
litter, one of which will weigh
225. and has already seen some
little service, which takes the
flesh off quite rapidly. The
FIVE sows will average 900 lbs.
round: and to my personal
knowledge, this stock has had
no extra attention or feeding. |
l was personally cognizant of
all the facts with regard to an |
attempt to reduce tie ReM of |
the mother OF this litter OF pigs |
spoken of above-and, although
put on very short allowance, it
tailed to make any appreciable
in her appearance;
and she was allowed to go to
The boar, although great fear
was expressed that she was
much too lat for a breeder !
She brought ten pigs, and
-aised eight; and has since
brought nine and raised another
title of seven more, and has
been almost 3seal fat" the schole
ime.
I have been closely noticing
md managing different breeds
# hogs for the past thirty years,
md must give. the palm to the
Poland China for all the points
necessary IN good family hog,
e. healthiness, rapid growth
ase OF tattening, and perrna
renee in carrying flesh.
Mr.. E. L Lawrence. of the
illinois Industrial University,
writes, with regard to an ex-
'eriment made at that institu-
ion, as follows. ''The Poland
Jhina hog viii make pork at
ny age from six TO thirty
They make good pork
t an early age, and will grow
o 500 pounds weight, and often
o 500, it wanted. They often
,eigh 200 pounds at six months
Id: and I have known them to
Teigh $50 pounds at that age.
n an experiment, commencing
october LIST, 1871, and with two
'oland China pigs. four months
Id, | made 1874 lbs. weight
rom one bushel OF corn in two
reeks feeding-nothing but dry
orn and water fed. At same
ime two Berkshire pigs were
I'd under similar conditions,
2.3f Tbs. were made from each ,
ushel of corn. They had no
asture, but were ted in close
en-" l have the letter of Mr.. I
1r. Lawrence before me-
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