. The book of ensilage; or, The new dispensation for farmers. Experience with "ensilage" at "Winning ; How to produce milk for one cent per quart; butter for ten cents per pound; beef for four cents per pound; mutton for nothing if wool is thirty cents per pound. Silage; Cattle. IMPORTED BERKSHIRES. 195 illustrious ancestors as "Othello's Sambo," "Othello," — the sire of all the "Sallic" and "Sambo" families, —" Dewe Boar," " Second Duke of Gloucester," " King Tomb's Boar," and the "First Duke o
. The book of ensilage; or, The new dispensation for farmers. Experience with "ensilage" at "Winning ; How to produce milk for one cent per quart; butter for ten cents per pound; beef for four cents per pound; mutton for nothing if wool is thirty cents per pound. Silage; Cattle. IMPORTED BERKSHIRES. 195 illustrious ancestors as "Othello's Sambo," "Othello," — the sire of all the "Sallic" and "Sambo" families, —" Dewe Boar," " Second Duke of Gloucester," " King Tomb's Boar," and the "First Duke of ; This magnificent boar was placed at the head of the " Sallic" family in the "Linden Grove" herd of T. S. Cooper, a place he occupied with'honor to the herd as well as himself, until he was drafted to occupy the highest place in the "Winning-Farm" The imported sows which have contributed to the "Winning Farm" herd consist of "Sallic XX.'s" sister, the largest "Sallic" sow in America: at the same time she is of remarkably fine form and carriage. She will weigh, in breeding condition, about 550 pounds; if fat, would easily weigh between 800 and 900 pounds. She raised a fine litter this season, and since they were weaned, July 30, until the cold weather came on, had nothing but grass. She was bred by Russell Swanwick, Eng- land, and imported May 25, 1876. Next comes " Presbury," of whom Mr. Cooper wrote me, when she came to " Winning Farm " last March, as follows : " I have sold over $1,200 worth of pigs from ' Presbury,' since I imported her, May 14, ; "Sallie VIII.'s" daughter was got by a Stumpy boar, who won the first prize at Berks and Hants show, England. " Sallie VIII.'s" daughter was one of three in a prize pen at the Ccnten-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhance
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