Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-10-20
TAMWORTH SWINE
As Bred by
j. L. JONES'
MAGNOLIA Stock and Poultry Farm
OKOLONA, MISSISSIPPI
THE MAGNOLIA TAMWORTHS

Tie Magnolia Tamworths are fouRded on
the best herds Of the United States and we're
carefully selected for massive size and prollh
cacy, The boar that now heads my herd is
Prince Royal, good sire and an excellent in
diyduaI The following is his pedigree:
Sire NJ Duke, No. 2046 Sire of Sire NJ.
Duke, No. $3.50; Sire Of Dam M. Duke, No. 20
46; Dam.Maidee No. 1852 Dam Of Sre-Ne-
lose No. 1929; Dam Of Dam-Lady ST. Clair
No. 2141.
All our Tamworth breeding animals are reg
istered in the American Tamworth Swine
Record at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
When you ask us to have pigs registered
kindly select the name for them and enclose
S100 for same.
Prices are quoted F. O. B. and furnish pedi-
grees eligible to registry with all animals sold.
When practicable prefer purchasers to visit
my held and select in person such animals as
they may want. When this is impossible, in
ordering please describe animal wanted and
will Fill it as near as within my power. While
my herd in quality is second to none try to
quote prices within reach Of any Southern far
mer.
J.L. JONES,
Magnolia Stock and Poultry Farm okolona Missss ppi
THE TAMWORTHS
This breed Of swine derives its name from
being imported into England from Ireland by
Sir Robert Peel in 1872, and placed on his es-
tate, Tamworth, They have been bred for more
than sixty years as distinct type of swine and
have characteristics that should make them val
liable to the feeders and breeders of the United
States In later years they have been introduce
ed into Canada, and now are the most popular
breed in the Dominion. The farmers Of the
United States recognizing their great value as
bacon hog have admitted them and they are
now fast forging to the front in popular favor
I he demand for them Just now for breeding
purposes is unprecedented.
The Tamworth is known as the English
bacon breed, from which the famous Wiltshire
bacon is made They are superior to the lard
type in their production of lean meat and bacon,
and from experience we know that the meat is
IF excellent quality and can be produced more
cheapy per pound than with any other breed
in existence. They are remarkable for their
lean, Juicy hams, and long deep sides in which
the fat and lean are so we'll intermngled that
nearly the whole of which can be converted
into the choicest breakfast bacon. The packers
recognizing this value have begun to favor this
breed The Tamworth is red in color, varying
from cherry to golden red, turning darker
with age. They should have long, slightly
arched backs, long, deep sides, broad and full
hams, wide deep chest. with light, narrow
shoulders iowl very light, which gives nose
rather long appearance, ears erect, legs long
with stout bone and best Of feet
The Tamworth is remarkable for hardness
of constitution and great proli6cacy, narrowing
from ten to twenty-five pigs at litter and not
wihstandng their great size they rarely ever
overlap pig. They have very kind. gentle
disposition, never becoming wild no matter how
little attention they are given. They are great
rustlers, active, wide.awake, and mature early
They make excellent mothers, producing guam
titles Of milk. They make excellent gains on
grass alone, though respond we'll to forced
feeding
One of the great demands for the Tamworth
in America is for crossing on the short, chunky
American lard breeds. The Tamworth boar
crossed on any of these breeds produces pig
that at ten months OF age weighs from thirty to
seventy-6ve pounds more than pigs Of same age
belonging to large breeds. quote the follow
ing from Mr.. Murphy. Cuddahys famous pack
ing-house buyer:
Crossed on the Poland China the Tam.
worth produces great hog. In South Dakota
this cross IS very much IN evidence. The
Poland China is too susceptible to the disease
to which porcine flesh is heir. II has been
bred too fine. imparing its constitution. These
defects are remedied in the FIRST cross on the
Tamworth. and better bacon cut is one Of the
desirable immediate results. What is re.the
combination Of the Tamworth and Poland
China makes the healthiest hog ever grown"
However it is best to use the Tamworth SOW
in crossing rather than the reverse. as you gain
in the number Of pigs size of individuals; and
the Tamworth mothers furnishes more mich
than any Of the other breeds.
The Tamworth has been selected for its
mammoth size. and today at maturity it is the
largest breed in existence, sows weighing from
six to nine hundred pounds, and boars frequent
Iy weighing half ton and more. There was
barrow slaughtered in England some time since
that weighed 1907 pounds and Melted 1880
pounds