The Southern planter . he rangy or-der. She needs to be long and broad, and yet in everyrespect well proportioned, and, in a way, approachingthe blocky form. The sow wants the squire hips andfull shoulders, and short legs that give evidence of ca-pacity to carry a heavy body. As the frame work forthe whole, one needs a rangy, bony frame, not coarseand angular, but well and closely compacted, capableof carrying plenty of flesh and showing it at a goodadvantage. The sow should be a good suckler. There are goodmilking sows and poor milkers. Some will suckle adozen pigs and make them grow better t
The Southern planter . he rangy or-der. She needs to be long and broad, and yet in everyrespect well proportioned, and, in a way, approachingthe blocky form. The sow wants the squire hips andfull shoulders, and short legs that give evidence of ca-pacity to carry a heavy body. As the frame work forthe whole, one needs a rangy, bony frame, not coarseand angular, but well and closely compacted, capableof carrying plenty of flesh and showing it at a goodadvantage. The sow should be a good suckler. There are goodmilking sows and poor milkers. Some will suckle adozen pigs and make them grow better than anotherwith half as many. This is a point that is hard to determine—the value of a sow for suckling, away fromwhat one may determine from the probabilities of an-cestry—depend on what the can do. It is not difficult,however, if one has an opportunity to observe , the importance of being careful to finda good suckler and hold to her for breeding.—DroversJournal. 1902 J THE SOUTHERN PLANTER cS7. CISMONT DORSETS. DORSET SHEEP. Oeigin. Although a comparatively new breed in America,the Dorset is, with the exception of the Southdown,the oldest known breed of English sheep. In its nativehome of Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, in SouthernEngland, the breed has been kept in its original purityfrom a very remote period, having been bred theresince before the Roman Invasion. The American Dorset, as it is bred to day, by themembers of the Continental Dorset Club, is fully equalto the best imported Dorsets and in some ways supe-rior. Woodland-Tranquilifcy, the ram that made Wood-land Farm famous, and who is now at the head of theCismont flock, was bred by the Tranquility Farm andsent to Woodland as a lamb. This lamb made the circuit of the Western fairs in1898, and won nearly everywhere, taking generallyfirst and sweepstakes, winning over the Royal winnerof England, specially imported for the purpose. Heis an especially wooly ram, very blocky too, and heartyand hea
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