Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-21
FINE PORK AND MUTTON.
Sweetly Pretty Are the Pigs and Sheep
at the Fair.
So Fat That They Cannot Move ana .
Chicago Packer Looks with Lons-
ing Upon such Possibilities.

Correspondents Of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. October ii, 1884
Are they not SWEET"
A pretty girl was standing In front OF q
pen In the stock barns at the worlds fair
and made this remark as she gazed at a
couple OF Poland-China hogs Of such a vast
size that they compelled admiration. Here
is as accurate description of one of these
huge porkers as a person who is not a
breeder can give: The color is black but
the trotters are white. The ears lop over
and shake whenever the pig moves, and he
twitches them when an impudent fly alights
on him. His legs are short and straight
ana his feet are small, they should be
with all aristocrats. whether they be swine
or men His face is intensely human The
nose Is short, the eyes are small and deep
set the forehead is formed simply by an
enormous layer Of fat. the mouth wears a
perpetual. fat. self-satisfied, comfortable
smile AS for the body OF this pig, the Ian
suase OF men Is inadequate to describe IL.
1naeme TO yourself an enormous bolster
stunned 10 three times its normal size paint
oiacA- put nose on one end and a little
glmlet tail on the other end. support the
wnoie on four slender sticks six inches high.
imagine All this and you win have a faint
Gnu naoequate conception Of what the
-. hos at the worlds fair looks like
wneh ne Is standing up. But he very sell
dom is standing up. He likes 10 he -, 30.
SIDE ana simply enjoy himself. He Is oiled
anu sroomed and fused over like a snotled
eiino. ms temper is beautiful He never
complains. probably because he has no,h,ns
70 complain of. Everything is done e.
MIN; and he tolls not, neither does he s,,,,
Vow IL II fact that at, first blush the
can he may xa,,I not Dc willing 70 accept. yet Il
s.. pe toucneo Tor. that this pig a. fes
Win spoon! He does not waliow a.
trough, as common pigs do. He does nor
MMaik-he can't In fact, for he is too biz.
his nen ,o 80 TED IN a spring wagon from
on!y occupation Is to take prizes
Inc Poland-China hog Is an American
oree ra ana It has produced the largest swine
M un ,ecoro; their weight sometimes runnins
Up 70 Loo pounds. The origin of the hree6
matter OF dispute. BY some II is con-
oe he tnat an CID Polander had a fine herd
a Chlna SOW and a Jersey boar. The herS
oecame known. and were the startinr poinf
"a IN, n,s'i m pred which came to be known
the breed started In Ohio by the croas,ng -
.ne foiano nog with the smaller China II
Is not matter OF consequence which story
them. WV" nave trutn IN
another Interesting American breed n,
nogs Is known as the Duroc Jersey or Ter.
po,.nS ~; Lney are much smaller than the
- ooiano-Cnina ana do not weigh more than
~ pounds. Their color is that OF a bay
morse; They feed themselves are active
ed. In fac, reaI gsr to Be eternaily pamper-
and Obliged to shift for himself might IN
sne course OF q generation or two. become
niue better than the ''raxor-back' hogs
tton. u s ss see around the railroad sta
Almost as large as the Poland China ana
fSiiy as fat are the English breed Of Berk-
they are noted for their hams AZ one
gazes upon one OF these animals every inch
OF nim good eating. one cannot but re1ecf
with reference to mankind. OF Other snt.
mails only a part n good to eat Moreoyer
all other animals have some mission on
EARN en- beside that OF being eaten up. but
Quently be killed. He does not draw A
wagon. as the OK does: he is not bred .o,eYv
Tor his wool as sheep frequently are: =
eats only that he may be eaten. Neyerfhe-
less. any Christian who sees the prize hoe.
at the worlds fair can appreciate the feel
clare that he could eat hog for q SOLD hour
Passing over the Chester White pigs ana
the other breeds that are represented at the
f fs,r; the visitor comes upon the pens Of
bred especially for their wool and Others
are bred especially for their mutton The
unsophisticated city man getting among
dem and seeing by a placard that some
are rams. is apt to be much confused be-
cause he cannot see any horns. but. as a
matter OF fact. the rams IN many breeds OF
sheep are hornless. The Shropshire sheep
which are becoming so popular In Virginia
are hornless. and 30 are the famous South
downs. whose mutton is always the cpl
cures delight The Cotswold which is a
breed the average person is less familiar
with. is hornless also. This. like nearly all
the other breeds. Is an English sheen They
are bred especially for their wool although
they produce good mutton too. The former
Is very long. shaggy and thick. It extends
over the forehead. leaving the nose smooth,
and down to the very hoofs
The French breeds Of sheep are perhaps
the greatest wool producers. One interest
Ing pen shows the Rambouillet The wool
Ii thick and long and extends over the head
not unlike a hood. The rams of this breed
have the fine curling horns that have such
tremendous powers of butting. Another
horned sheep is the Merfno, which ranks
FIRST for his wool. II is IN heavy folds ana
gives the sheep the appearance OF being
twice as large as he really Is. II must not
be supposed that the rams at the fair being
acknowledged ar1stocrats, are better man.
nered than the rams one meets I'm a country
pasture, for they are not. Many OF them
wear leather headpieces to prevent injury
to themselves by butting against the wood
en- partitions OF their pens II they had an op-
portunfty to do SO they would not be averse
to injuring others than themselves.
A curious animal is the fat-tail Persian
sheep. His long ears droop like q lop-eared
rabbits. and his Roman nose r. long and
makes him look unhappy. As for his tail
II defes description. II Is as broad as the
sheep himself and reaches to his heels, being
somewhat the shape Of the ace OF clubs
country. 1t cannot be said TO have passed
beyond the experimental stare.