Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-14
SOME BREEDS AND CROSSES

We read in an exchange that the
! Berkshire hog ~ the best iorager HI ~
islence, feeding on grass and weeds
J that no other animal wil eat. He is
also kiEL ~. hls Dispositions ana fattcns
/ readily Oh corn q! gIOunu iced at any
age. III carries more loIn steak ana
more lean ham than any other. and can
be Ltted fnr market at any age from
I one 10 three years. The Poland china
needs but little room and but little
| fence. He * the best hog t. keep fl
\ small Enclosures. ana can condense All.
/ Kinds of food into nice marbled pork
or that III which the fat IL well mixed
/ with the lean. If this is true we should
| prefer tn" Poland China 10 the Berk-
shire But II we We're raising pigs w
| fatten. we would take grade tneste.
: White. a. one Of what may people cai
a native white, tlat was long bodied
| perhaps long legged but not long
nnsed. with twelve pr more teats Oh
her ana one that was 50 good natured
;hat she Noulc lie down when NJ
scratched her back with curry comb
ur 2 .orn coh. and "- would mate her
With q pure bred Berkshir- Poland
china or Small Yorkshire. ANA ve
should -yr-ct piss tAat would fajten
quickly. NJ If We wanted breeding
SONS. some that would be prolific ~
. riss that would ,atten readily and
hearly
some nm" must glow pGre bred stock
r. A. desire IA improve our swine. even
- N" haif NJ three quarter bredS make
good pork at less cost than th4 pure
half breeds results in mOngrpls vhicf
cannot b. r~lie,, upon 10 breed true To
tny iy1" hut ue think the large or
mediuaI YORK shir- can h depended up-
'n 10 pgof" more prolific IA furnish
acir rIG- more milk up 10 the weanina
axe. all thus grow better rigs. or 1"
make n"rr pounds NJ pork ut siN to
eight months old than any other pun
breeds We ever saw.
Ill saving This Ne Az rnt mean tu sal
hat IN thes,. particulars they VIII exec
W even -uual ;h- cross of Yorkshire
on tine berkshire. OF Yorkshire on Po-
land ''hlnI as We have not had much
experience with these crosses. fayorit
with many Western PORK -.oWrrS. Th.
pure Yorkshire may h. better. bu: n.
hav" no evider of it- Of the Duro,
or Rel Jersey we know but little ~
pure breed or .ny crossing With others
We have seen more Of them al cattl-
shows than It any other places ann
our opinion Has not been Very favor
ablr toward them as We saw them. oI
as Ve read ih,. claims made by theil
IA, ,ocate>. IN" allow that they can b,
made to attain good size. and that the:
are near the popular style for the bacon
hoL, thin sided and with the streak q,
lean among the fat ~ hich some :,
much like: but we do MOI think the:
fatten quickly or Cheapl. and We prs
fcr the pig ot tWn hundred pounds "
six months old.
Nor did We like the Essex, though s.
thought they tattencd more rapidly
than almost gny other breed at les
cost OF food than any others We evcI
had. but We rarely saw them produce
over four pigs in I litter. and thus they
Were no' Very profitable breeding
stock. Attempts To remedy this hy'
scantv feeding To prey ent them from
tatieninG did not prove successful
while those who fed literally often
found them not to breed at all To
fatter readily at any age from siN
weeks to siv months may be character
istic Of this breed but prolific breeding
is MasSa chusettS Ploug hman.