The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-08-12

purchased his breeding animals O
both sexes from the most noted
breeders In all parts of the country
as we'll as some OF direct importa
ton, the assertion will not seem sc
extravagant. In 1856, he pur
chased from the Bush Brothers, C;
Winchester, Kentucky, a pair Of
pure blood and since that time has
added 20 his herd the best animals
he could get. In 1868 or 1869, he
purchased the celebrated boar, Tom
Moore. whose sire and dam were
hogs imported from Canada. Tom
Moore proved to be one of the fin
est breeders ever brought to this
county. Then followed Chieftain,
who weighed 52l pounds net at
three years old; SLonewall, by Jaco-
ba, (1.207); Crown Prince, by imp.
Crown Prince (S9), dam Lady
Grateful. 400; imp. Othello, of the
celebrated Sallie family, in Eng
land, and now he has at the head of
his herd Shrivenham, End, by imp.
Shrivenham, (7Sl), dam Envy, ".
1,234, bred by S. A. Knapp, Vim
ton, Iowa. During this time, Capt.
Alternately has bred from sows by
imp. Ottello, and M. c. Campbell's
imp. Gideon, which were entitled to
registry in the American Berkshire
Record Capt. Alternately has
just received pair of pigs pur-
chased of S. N. Steele, of Macon
Station, Ala, which for form and
breeding cannot be excelled. The
boar '.Steele's Sambo, 12th," was
farrowed April 9th, 1880, by
Steele's Robin Hood, 1863, bred by
w. @. Norton, Aldersville, Pa, dam
imp. Sallie, XVI, (4,712); the sow,
cleopatra, 1st," was farrowed 18th
April, 1880, by Cleopatra Smither
cen, 1,237, same breeder, dam, Black
Pearl Sallie, 1885, bred by T. S.
Cooper, of Coopersburg, Pennsylva-
mia. This pair of pigs belong to
the most celebrated families Of Berk-
shires in the United States. Sam
bo's grand sire, old Robin Hood,
cost 81 400, and his granddam,
Black Rose, at IA months old, took
the champion prize at the Interna-
tional fair at ST. Louis over all. re-
CARELESS of age, sex or breed, and
was regarded as the finest sow in
America. Cleopatra, l., ;Sambo's
mate, is not less fashionably bred.
She Is from the great Smithereen
family, which is enough to say OF
her to those acquainted with Berk-
shire pedigrees.
Probably many of your readers
are not aware of the existence of
book of record of the various fami-
lies of hogs, as there is of horses,
Shorthorns, Jerseys, and the vari-
Gus breeds OF sheep, but such is che
fact, and / regard it as step in the
right direction. 1t will enable
stock breeders to select animals for
breeding purposes with certainty
and protect themselves from impo
sition, while it will go long way
toward improving the stock of the
country. l would advise all who
purchase an animal for breeding
purposes to look to 1t that it shall
have an authentic pedigree, and by
all means, when he has an animal
competent, to have it duly regis
tered, as its enhanced value will pay
many times the cost of registration.
l turn from Arlington with de-
lightful recollections of the rosy
checked apples, the juicy pears,
peaches and grapes, and the gener-
Gus hospitality of Capt. Abernathy
and his charming family. May
peace and happiness rest upon Ar
lington. RAMBLER.
= Since the above was written /
have noticed the sale of two of
these six animals, 7th and Sth
Duchesses of Hillhurst. They
were purchased by col. L. @. B.
Cannon, of Burlington, Vermont.
He paid $4,000 each for them. Our
stock men will thus see how such
stock is estimated In other locali-
tins