Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-24
The Jersey Reds,

mucn interest is oelng ltit bY our
Westernl swine. breeders in the Jersey
Red variety, and ali Information in re-
gard to them is read gith avidity Col.
F. d. Curtis writes to the Breeders Ga
zette, correcting the assertions OF some
writer's in reference To the breed, and
giving what purpCrts la he their trae
origin. He says
"The positive oligin Of this breed f
swine is unknown. They have been
bred in portions Of the state Of New
Jersey for upwards of fifty years, and
with many farmers are considered to
he Il valuable variety. Tney are of
large SIZE. and capable of making
heavy growth, 500 and 600 pounds
weight being common, Mr. David
Petit, Salem county, n. j., has known
of these hogs for thirty years, and Mr..
ID. M. Brown, of Windsor, TOR nearly
fifty years. They are now extensively
bred in the middle and southern por-
lions of New Jersey. In neighbor-
hoods they were bred quite uniform,
being of dark red color, while in
other sections they are more sandy
and often patched with white. They
are probably descended from the
old importations of Borkshires, as
there is no record of the Tamworth
the red hogs Of England-ever hav.
ing been brought into this country;
nor Is this likely, as the Tamworths
were not considered q valuable breed,
and were confined to a limited breed
\ ing. The Reds resemble the old
Berkshires in many respects, but are
now much coarser than the improved
swine of this breed. Characteristic
A good specimen of Jersey Red
should be red in color, with snout Of
moderate length; large lop ears, small
mead in proportion to the size and
length of the body. They should be
long in the body, standing high and
rangy on their legs; bone coarse, hairy
tail and brush, and hair coarse, in
clining to bristle on the back. They
are valuable on account of their size
and strong constitution, and capacity
for growth. They are not subj ect to
mango"
THE largest YET.
Says the Swine Breeders Journal:
owe last evening received the weights
of the mammoth porkers killed by ID.
Taylor Devinney, of New Hanover,
which lap over the biggest figures ever
recorded by any hog grower within or
without the country. He killed twenty
head that weighed as follows ION the
day of slaughter we presume): 1000,
9l5, 905 S95 895 sly. sos 775 no,
736 720, no, 700 682 675, Cos, $50 653
$40 Total, Is ABB lbs. Average per
head. III 20 lbs. Mr.. D. also slaugh-
tered 8 pigs that averaged 372 lbs
These figures speak louder than any
Roasting we could DO. "Did you everf''
Burlington county against the world
for legged pigs. Samuel South-
ard, of New Hanover, has also
killed his splendid lot of Jersey Reds
81 head ranged from 757 to 521 lbs,
and averaged within slight fraction of
Gil lbs. The best 20 averaged Gill lbs.
This refers entirely to Jersey r. de.
aud evidences the fact that they can be
made 70 weigh heavily. at all events.
THE FLESH OF THE IMPROVED HOG.
Swine breeders have not suti GENTLY
borne in mind the variation in the
amouut of lean meat found in the car
cases of different hcgs. The Berk-
shire is universally credited with hav-
| ing more lean than any other breed ;
| but even Berkshires very in this re-
gard, as do all other classes of swine
Hence, by closely scanning the cutup
cncasses, giving preference to certain
families, showing liberal presence
Of muscular substance, these to
be used as breeders, the rela-
tive quantity of lean could be in
creased in any family or breed. 1t is
well known that some hogs, when re
duced to an Impoverished state, are
really very thin, as the term is under
stood, while others have as meagre an
amount of fat as the thinnest, yet
have greater fullness of all the
parts, and under no circumstance
do they become 50 lean in APP
pearance as the others. This difference
ID owing entirely to the greater size
of the muscles-the motive parts
and this difference Is invariably shown
in the cut-up meat. SO it will be seen
that there are tive modes of making
very correct estimate of this peculiar
difference in swine-by com pairing ar
imals that are, so far as we are. able to
Judge, alike reduced, then again scan
ming the fat carcasses as they lay side
by side upon the block. National Live
Stock Journal.