The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-05-11

Canada about asss. bet Its spread -
thar country ha& been very rapid and
has had mueh to do 9TH dsreaop1nx
the great bacon Iadsatry wAich hAs
made that country famous.
The general characteristics Of The
Tamworthn are a. foiaowss The col
or - from light 10 dark red. In form
a typical animal Il large. lean. and
long n the head. body and legs The
snout Is unusually loag and the face
bat little dIshed- The ears are large
erect. and leaning slightly forward.
but do not break over M IN the po-
land-China. The baek is relatively
narrow and long: the sides unusually
long and deep. While the shoulders
are we'll placed. they are not Tick
as In the lard type Of hog. and the
hams az compared with those Of the
PoIand-China would represent lean
type. The strong poIn; Of this breed
ls It's great length and breadth OF
side and fine intermIxture Of the fat
and lean which have given In Its high
standing as a bacon animal. Ii ig
also noted for it's docility Of temper
ament. and yet IL 10 an active breed
making IL unusually we'll adapted for
grazing purposes, and 1t Is this pecu-
liar attention TO IL, particularly in
the South. where 1t has been demon
strated over and over again that the
cheapest and best quality OF pork can
be made on grazing crops. and that
where animals are so maintained the
danger from cholera and other dis
eases Is reduced to a minimum. As
to size, the Tamworth is relatively
large, mature boars weighing fully
500 pounds and sows. $50 pounds.
Pigs that are forced may be made to
weigh IT'S pounds at six months. In
maturing qualities this breed would
be ranked as fair as compared with
some of the American breeds, though
the growth and development Is uni
form fro mthe birth period forward,
and like any other breed of hogs,
more flesh and fat will be laid on
where liberal feeding prevails.
In fedeing qualities the Tamworths
compare very we'll with many Of the
standard breeds, and also in the per
cent of dressed meat which the car
cass will turn out. These are pecu-
liarly valuable to the South because
of their adaptability for grazing pur-
poses, their relative hardihood, the
ease with which they become aecli-
mated, and the fact that they may be
made to gather a good portion of
their own living and make large
develoument with relative small
outlay of corn. They are also a pro-
life breed, unusually so, sows fire.
quently narrowing from IL to Is pigs
and where they are well fed and CIV
en- close attention, two filters year
may be secured with a fair degree of
regularity. In other words, good
Tamworth SOW may farrow and carry
beyond the weaving period 90 pigs
per annum. Pigs from pure-breds
will now readily command $3.50
apiece. One can thus see the fine
revenue which may be derived from
the systematic development of this
breed. There is a tendency to be-
lieve that cotton production will al
ways pay the largest profit, but a
good Tamworth SOW, which need not
represent a very large investment,
may produce in one litter enough
pigs to give the farmer the same
relative income as he would derive
from a bale and a half of cotton with
:
experience that this litter of pigs
might be handled and fed to the
point where they will sell for $12.5O
apiece quite as cheaply and with less
labor than would be involved in pro-
ducing the said bale and half of
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