The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-05-17
HEAVY WEIGHT, SWINE.

che Chester Whites.
Burlington county, New jersey. has been
| publishing the weight. of. its hogs slauyh-
/ tered during February. and challenges the
I United States to beat them The figures
are given Of four particular "erops," being
those Of !. S. Bodine, of Pemberton !;
\ ftiehard Harrison, s. l.. Southard, and
Joseph Carter, of New Hanover. Mr..
Bodine slaughtered, on February 4th, 20
swine, weighing from 700 pounds down to
400, the total being 12,O61 pounds, and av.
(srage COB and q fraction. Mr., Harrison,
"a ;pAm! en brasrT 9kb;
ard killed 1s on February 20th !; The = weights
/ Nereftonl 795 to 619 pounds; total IL, ,66O,
average 7O3. Mr.. Carter killed 21, on,
February 25th, the weights being from 921
down to 633 pounds, the total Is ,O35, and
the average Tic pounds within fraction.
NoTy Lhese figures were, by subsequent
inyesfiSkt ktiou, slightly changed /; the average
of Mr.. Southard's was decided to be 7OOs
pounds, and of Mr.. Carter's 697, giving
the former gentleman the prize badge that
had been offered by Mr.. John TAYLOR, q
pork. packer, of Trenton, N. J.1 Alto
gether, these four crops, 80 hogs, made an
[ayeragsso sof about 665 pounds 24 Of them
ranging from 700 to g21 pounds. These
agnres are all, OF course, dressed weight
& These hegs we understand TO be what are
knoxp as jersey Reds, or as the Swine
ssisssa sssss ss q p9ssa
{ A note from p. s. .Bodine informs us that
his hogs were Jersey Reds, mixed with
Sussex Originally, the progenitors of
this breed (Jersey Red,) came from Eng
land in 1923, and were presumed to ,e re-
lated to the Berkshires, for the old speci-
mems of that breed were frequently reddish
or sandy colored, spotted with black, and
having Topped ears. The Jersey Reds have
undoubtedly been greatly improved from
the original stock, and such figures as are
above reported certainly chelango the at
tention Of the whole country. We should
be glad to have reports of heavy Weighs
from other sections, and especially Of other
breeds Of animals.
We observe that, in an address before
tho Ohio Swine Breeders Association, s.
Whites, which 'by careful breeding and
long years of patience" he considers has
keeeome 'the peer of any of its kind
This breed originated in Chester or Della
ware county, Pa, from the mingling of
three strains Of blood-a pair Of exceed
ingly fine white pigs from Bedfordshire,
England, brought by Captain James jeff
ries to Chester county, about 1918; an i'm
portation Of China pigs about the same time;
and the large white hogs previously raised
in that section these last having been ori-
ginally brought, tradition says, to New
Castle, Del, in an English vessel, about
1872. They were sesormously large, but
very coarse, and Mr.. Harvey, OF Chestcf,
Pa, says he remembers sow that weighed
300 pounds.
The Chester Whites produced at length
from the source stateG1 are undoubtedly
fire breed. The early objection made to
them-liability to manage, leg weakness,
long maturing, and disposition to coarseness
Mr.. Todd says, has been overcome. "The
liability to manage has disappeared; the
| animal stands exceptionally we'll upon his
feet, carrying his great weight with case !;
and, for early maturity, stands at the head
Of the swine family. enabling those of his
breed TO be put on the market us fat hogs
~ n"b'J "sSO va iiouf sSNSu
to nine months, thus avoiding the liability,
in great measure, to the diseases which
are SO prevalent and destructive in this
country, besides leaving our yards free from
hogs oDefourth of the year, which l con-
slider very important as preventive of the
origin and spread of these diseases"
1t is claimed that the Chester Whites
and the "PolaDd China" which originated
ig. Butler and Warren counties, Ohio, are
the only pure home breeds of note in this
country. They have been bred so long in
one direction, with characteristics so we'll
established, that they lay but little if any
claim to foreign blood.
SEEDS IN \ PoUND-The following is
| given as about the average:
The number Of seeds of wheat in one
pound is 10000.
The number of seeds in one pound of
barley is 15,400.
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