Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-16
Hogs and Hay.

Wishing to learn something with regard TO
hog raising and the best breed or breeds of hogs
for Texas, also something with reference to hay
production, ! address you for information as to
l. How is registered stock kept up as such?
?. Does each breed of hogs, as Polsnd China.
Berkshire, etc. compose separate association?
3. Where could man obtain 4 reliable book
on grasses and hay making?
Goree, Tex. GEO. S. BENEDICT.
The best breed of hogs for Texas ap-
pears to stand as a mooted question, due
to our great diversity in natural condi-
tons. The breed seeming to do best in
one section of our broad state might not
do so well in some other distant section
as would some other breed. Taking the
state as whole we believe the Poland
China and the Berkshire may be accepted
as the most popular breeds. In the
southern portions of the state, and par
ticularly near the coast, the people quite
generally favor the Berkshire, while in
the northern portion of the state the
Poland China has the majority in point
of friends. 1t is highly probable that
the Berkshire would do about as well in
one section of the state as in another,
but the Poland China is not so good a
hog for an extremely warm climate. 1t
succeeds well in Northern Texas, how
ever, and hence is preferred by the peo-
greater size.
/. DR., Manley Miles, in his Stock
Breeding, published by d. Appleton s.
Co. New York, says of registered stock
under pedigree, page 337, 'The first
records of animals belonging to the diff
ferent breeds are to some extent conven-
tIonal, and the details of the lineage are
not always given with the fullest accu-
racy in recording their descendants -
but as the breed comes down more accu-
racy is secured aud the record stands I'M
broken. This is highly important as it
cuts out all danger of an infringement
upon the breed by, at come point, the
Introduction of impure blood. Impure
blood, though introduced generations
back, Is liable to develop at any time,
thus converting the stock into q mere
cross. The correct record gives the
names and records of the parents from
the present day back to the beginning.
Stock belonging to one of these lines with
a clear record back, is registered as pure
blood, but unless The record can be
traced without break the animal pre-
sented for register Is pure blood cannot
be SO accepted. That's how registered
stock is kept up as such.
.. Yes, each breed has its separate as
ISOLATION, or at least its entirely distinct
line of record. The National Swine Breed
ers' association may, and doubtless does,
recognize each established breed, but it
is worked into by the sub-associatious as
the Berkshire breeders, the Poland China
breeders, the Chester White breeders,
etc.
3. We know OF no standard book on
grasses and hay-making. The nearest
approach to it within our knowledge is q
work on grasses in the South by DR..
Phares Of Mississippi, for sale, we think,
by the Southern Live Stock Journal,
Starksyille, Miss.-prioe seventy-five
cents. The United States department
of agriculture has printed a work on
American grasses, for free distribution,
of course. You might find a copy well
worth the postal card asking for it.