The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-12-29
9 DtnusIorn, 81 81. p =, J.

Which they have been Imported ID even
more remarkable than the extent to
which they have been imported. Be-
syond all question the Berkshire Is
more widely diffused In America than
any other breed {of swine. Berkshires
are found more or less numerously In
every state and territory OF the Union.
They turn the skim milk Of New Eng
land Ia dairies, into most delicious pork.
!. I z. all the Mississippi basin they aid
the tl farmer in marketing his corn with
added profit. In the sunny south they
help the planter to dig, his peanuts.
And in the Rocky Mountain valleys
they revel amid alfalfa and pea vine
pastures such as can be grown so well
nowhere else. England is no longer
distinctly the home Of the Berkshire.
It is only the place where they origin
ated and were first improved The
seat OF Berkshire empire has shifted
from England to America, and it is
a Kingdom that is likely to remain
until time shall be no more. There
are good reasons for believing that in
more than one state in the Union,
there will soon be more pure Berk-
sh1res than in all England. And this
diffusion, plenteous as it is now, is
only the advance drops of shower of
increase that will, bring with it bene-
dlctlon to the various states in pro-
portion to the copiousness with which
it falls upon them. Already no fewer
IMAM 47,54S animals have been record
ed In the records of the American
berkshire Association, although the
said association was not organized
until 1875. At least 5000 animals are
now being added every year to the
number on record. This of course does
not include the animals recorded In
other records on this continent, as for
instance the Canadian. The relative
increase at the present time is most
rapid in the states of Texas, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, New York, IN
diana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Kan
sas,; Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Oflo,N Louisianazand Michigan and
substantially I'M the order named. In
nearly all of these states they are
reared IN large numbers both in the
pure and in the grade form, thus evil
dtencing their proved adaptability to
azWide range ofsconditions very dis
similar in character Il Unlike some OF
the other. useful breeds of swine they
are not punched in a few of the states,
nor are they hived as it were in some
sections only ofsthese states. 1t would
not be quite correct perhaps to say
that Berkshires thrive equally we'll in
the semi-tropical south, the variable
center and the cooler north But the
fact is very significant that the most
rapid ratio: of increase in @Berkshires:
today in America, lis found il the
states Of semi-trepica Texas. variable
Missouri and cooler Ontario The first
is the land of the peanut, the second
is the realm of corn and the third Is
the domain of field roots. It has ali
ready been stated that they are bred
IN every state and territory in the
Union. And from each of these they
are now on record in the registers OF !;
the American Berkshire Association,
with the single exception Of the state
of Wyoming. And nearly every state
and territory in the Union is repre-
sented on the official board of the as
ISOLATION. It is very questionable If the
records OF any other swine breeders:
association in the United States can
tell similar story. ;,.s.
In Canada the Berkshire has he
come even more generally diffused
than in the United States. He is the
Pig OF the Dominion His descend
ants in the pure form are nearly as
numerous as those OF all the other
pure breeds combined, and in the
graded form they are much more nu-
merous. Up to February, 1898, Ii ,052
Berkshires had been recorded In Can
ada against 1887 animals OF all the
other breeds combined And Berk-
shire grades in Canada are much more
numerous relatively than. pure Berk-
shires. ~" .;#%% ~, s. d. &.
Illinois Pure Food Commission Laws.
The Illinois Pure Food Commission
has adopted the following rules apply
ing to products of the dairy: :.
All milk offered for sale must be
from healthy COWS of clean and whole
some character. unadulterated, free
from preservative, and must contain.
not less than three per cent of butter
fat 4.,t & s1@:@ y >@-HEs,,l- ! H. ssHF},$ts#
The use, of the word Cream" on CO con-
densed milk cans is deemed prima Y
facie evidence of intent to commit
fraud. -, a ~ ~ y 4t<sy3.&5 - ~
u Condensed milk should be made
from milk containing at least the legal
standard Of three per cent butter-fat
and evaporated to one-third or less Of
its original volume. &.
Condensed skim milk must be plain J.
" labeled as such. . s5 BIZ sS .s ~, zz%
Imitation butter, must not be marked
and sold as Creamery or Dairy,
but each should be marked plainly I
with d its own name, but must be
branded Limitation Butter.n | &.
s Oleomargarine, butterine and imita- Z.
tion butter can be manufactured and
sold under their appropriate names