The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17

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the attention OF the entire livestock
world.
Farmers and planters who prior to.
1919 were interested only in cotton,
now are breeding pure hogs and are
producing feed with which the hogs
are fattened, A few s%outherners have
engaged in the business upon such a
broad scale that they rank with the
best1n the United States,
southern farmers have shown a de-
cided preference for the Duroc-Jersey
breed, although the Poland China breed
has made a remarkable gain within the
last Is months. B~erkshires. Hampshires
and Chester Whites, of course, are be
ing produced In the South, but to date
10 outstanding herd Of those breeds has
been developed.
Five southern Duroc breeders have
up some Duroc boars hat stand
out pre-eminently as the greatest Duroc
slres In existence. Northern farmers
in the heart of the corn belt now are
crossing the Mason inc Dixon line
to buy their breeding stock,
In January of this year, these five
southern breeders held consecutive sales
which were attended by Duroc buyers
from a dozen states, Two hundred
and twenty pure-bred Duroc hogs
brought a grand total Of $144,22O, or
S6b5.5O per head.
The success of the five breeders
in the southern sales circuit during
the last two years has done much to
awaken southern farmers to the pos
sibilities of swine production in the
Lower Mississippi Valley, where the
grazing season stretches over a period
of 10 months,
Col. Tom G. James, one of the most
widely known planters In the MiSsls-
sippi Delta, a few years ago decided to
establish a Duroc farm at Charleston,
Miss, which he calls Pine Crest Farm.
He went through the northern, states
and paid fancy prices for the blood iincs
he wanted in his herd.
Among the likely young bears pur-
chased by Mr.. James was Joe's orion
King. bred bv Ira Jackson Of OHIO,
and farrowed March 10, 1916. Mr.. jack
son probably would not care to let the
world know the price he received for
this animal. although he considered
it amply large then.
Joe's Orion King thatayear entered the
National Swine show and was crowned
international grand champion. Mr..
James renamed his remarkable boar
Scissors, and Scissors has been the SEN
sation Of the Duroc world since 1915.
Scissors is the tallest Duroc living,
and he has substance with height. His
sides are deep, his bone is large, and
his heart. girth unsurpassed. lie mas
the happy faculty Of transmitting to his
get his own sterling qualities. His sons
and daughters swept through the South
ern shows in the autumn Of 1919.
Mr.. James at the Tri-State fair In
Memphis last fall refused a cash offer
of $50, 900 for Scissors. At his recent
sale at Pine Crest farm he refused an
other offer of SITS, 900 for Scissors. II
is doubtful If any amount of money
would tempt Mr.. James to part with
this celebrated sire.
After the sale at Pine Crest farm,
Robert J. Evans, secretary of the Amer
lean Duroc Jersey Breeders associa-
ton, wrote this tribute to Scissors;
mo visitor to Pine Crest's recent sale
went away without carrying with him
a clear conception Of what the great
BOAR Scissors means to the breed.
Mighty few herds of Durocs in the world
have a boar that molds the type from
the various matings as this boar does
from Perfection, Colonel, Sensation and
Orion crosses went through the sale,
each showing that wonderful strength
of frame, the arched back and Scissors
c%oat-not a single n with a light bone.
They are building real sows in this
herd, and when the shows of 1920 are
put on record, the Duroc world will
realize that here is a boar unsurpassed
In producing ows of the proper type
and vigor.
And what of Scissors himself? There
is no bigger, stronger-limbed, big type
Duroc BOAR alive today that stands on
as good feet and limbs. and with the
stretch and height, and | have seer
them all. He is a wonderful Duroc. II
all the boars Ihave ever seen in the
past 25 years could be driven out In
one bunch, Scissors. would attract at
tention at once. He stands out well
in front
THE result of the recent sale proves
everything l have written here, but the
sale report doesn't recount the many
compliments paid to the herd and the
great boar. We must have strength,
stretch and vigor in our sows, with
depth Of body II we are to advance in
our business. This sire transmits all
these to his progeny.
II refer here especially to his daugh-
tiers, because the recent sale was a
sale of females Sons of Scissors al
ready are making God in many top
herds"
Two other notable herds Of Durocs
nre being developed in the territory
near Memphis. One is Duntreath farm
at Forest Hill, Tenn, owned and OPP
Grated by J. Bright Goodbar, a Mem
Goodbar astonished his friends by pay
ing $40 500 for his herd boar, Jacks
Top King. They thought he was crazy
TO put such a sum into a single animal,
But the success OF Mr.. Goodbars two
sales proved it was a wise investment
Sows bred to Jacks Tor. King brought
an average of $705 each in his January
sale.
Mr. Goodbar is new In the swine bust
ness, but he is developing a herd that
will rank with the best. He has a
splendid farm which he Is putting. into
excellent condition for hogs, and he Is
getting the proper blood lines in his
herd.
The other hog farm near Memphis is
the Eastern Arkansas demonstration
farm at Brlnkley, Ark where Orior
Cherry King. Jr., is the herd boar
FortX-one'hred sows brought a total OF
S26,62O In INC, January, sale; while the
top SOW OF the sale brought $l,oOO:
whites Durcc farm at Columbia
Miss, Is another Outstanding Southern
her. Included N The Southern sales CT
G ii. l.. White Is. & Hnibe 'rfhu-
nrer who became inte:eJtej in pure
swine. He bought the best bloc
s that money could buy, as eVl.