The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-04-08

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: hogs. The Berkshire then wa
% ,stly black, spotted and frequent
y tbs thin hair was curly. Tn
= Bcrk hire OF that day was consul
cred rather small for the genera
farmer and became rather unpopu-
lar. When Cur fairs were 6rst in
oduced IN the county about 1851
or 6, think there were none of thu
so called pure Berkshire left in tn,
county. Tue improved hogs were
all of mixed breeds. Berkshire
mixed with Irish Grazers, WoburL
md other breeds. AIR. Thos- Mar.
Tin brought pair of Berkshires
rom Sumner county, Tennessee.
These remember. as dark spotted
hogs. In 1857 or 81 visited the
state fair held in Nashville. ! was
much pleased with the display OF
swine. | saw then Two very fine
Berkshire boars. l found one OF
Them which proved TO be the sire
of the other, 10 belong 10 Mr.. j j..
Corley who lived then few miles
from Nashville on The Lebanon
pike. The younger one TO Mr.. DA
vid McGavock. l DO ight the old
boar from Mr.. Corly, giving so for
him. These bears were very mach
like the Berkshire of this day;
nlAck with white on face, feet and
white switch. This old boar had
been introduced first into Sumner
Fcounty from Kentucky and after
wards brought to Nashville. Fhad
then the dark spotted Simmons
breed, breed that had been made
by the late Merrill Simmons. This
boar made a splendid cross on that
large breed. In 1860 | bough6 an
O;her Berkshire boar from Cory
that came out of SOW imported by
the Tennessee importing company.
| He was a very thin haired Berk-
shire, but made splendid cross on
my hogs. In 1861 while a soldier
in camp near Nashville bought Of
W. c. Campbell of Franklin, Tenn
Two gray Berkshire boars, one for
M self and the other for Mr.. w.
j. Craig and sent them down TO
! tulS C0unGJ.
After returning from the army ]
found a few of the crosses from
these bears left from the RACES of
war. They were fine hogs and
great Improvements on the old
stock. procured soon after the
close Of the war an old Berkshire
boar brought to this country from
the herd of w. G. Campbell, Frank
lin by Mr.. VIM. Houston OF Pulas-
XII and used him ON my herd for
year or two. In 1867 / think it
was Mr. j. F. Smith and DR.. M. nj.
Johnston of this county went on a
trip to the blue grass region of
kentucky and while there bought
three pair OF Berkshire pigs, pair
each for themselves and one for
me. The SOW of this pair was the
finest pure Berkshire SOW ever
owned.
These pigs when they grew up
made very fine hogs and were very
prolific and their descendants be-
came scattered through the county.
Mr.. r. p. Iedbetter of Maury
bought from Kentucky sore goo
Berkshires about this time. He
owned several noted boars. ''Old |
Tom Moore" Duke of Cumber
land 5Jh," imported British Lion"
and "M alcomb," a son of old Tom I
Moore. This boar when castrated |
and fattened weighed 625 lbs. net |
sklld Ef.li ncaf1 lor hnar
but RATHER coarse and imported !
."Qthello," spendidly bred i'm
ported boar The stock of these
boars were introduced into this
county. j. F. Smith bought Old |
Tom Moore. Mr.. w. g. Lewis the
Duke of Chamberlain and w. G.
Lewis and myself bought old Othel-
10. Othello lived to be about 8
years old.
Mr.. NJ. c. Campbell of Spring
Hill began breeding Berkshires in
1870. He owned some splendid
Berkshires, He bought an i'm
ported SOW of E. g. Redford, called
No. 1882 giving 5000 for her. She
had been previously bred to i'm
ported England's Glory. Both were
bred by Heber Humfry, England.
He raised from this litter the boar
L)ngfellow and kept some SOW pigs
from the same litter. Several de-
scendauts from this stock were
brought TO this county. He after
wards bought of the importer L. j.
Cooper Of Pennsylvania the boar
Gideon, bred by r. Swanwick,
England. l sbonght two pigs by
imported Gideon out of The Maid"
daughter of No. 2S2 and England
Glory, one for myself and the 9th
er for Mr.. Rufe Reynolds. ] have
had this strain OF 5 rkshires re-
corded ana l like them to day bet
ter than any of my later purchases.
About the time of the pul chase
of these SOW spigs, Dir. w. G Lew
is and myself bought of ia. Knapp,
Vinton, Iowa, the finely bred boar
Crown Prince |. We paid $40 in
Iowa for him. Knapp KEEP: him to
SHOW at the Iowa state fair and OBJ
tanned premium on him. He was
a splendid breeder. We afterwards
introduced the splendid young
boar StonewaH from Kentucky and
also bought a second boar from
Knapp, Shrivenham IL.
Dir. Johnston and Jno. Boyd of
Lynnville brought from Kentucky |
at different times some excellent
Berksllires. The boar Toronto and
Chic fCain were fine breeders. Mr.
Alex. Carter ais brought from
Kentucky some very large and fine
Berkshire. There we're others
brought to the county by other par
ties, but ! think / have mentioned
the origin of most of the Berkshires
brought to the county, up TO five
or six year back.
We have IS good Berkshires
in Giles as any county in the state.
have noticed closely the impor
tation of Berkshires from England
to Canada and the United States
since 1860 Our herds are related