. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . ntleman of large experience in the northern part of the State (Whitesidescounty) says: I prefer the Chester Whites and Irish Graziers mixed, using the Chester boar, becausethey are better adapted to our northern climate than most other breeds. They are more pro-lific in breeding; their pigs are stronger when dropped. The sows are more motherly whilethe pigs are very young; they seem to give a greater flow of milk for their young; the pigsare less liable to the scurvy than the finer grades. At eighteen months old they will pro-duce
. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . ntleman of large experience in the northern part of the State (Whitesidescounty) says: I prefer the Chester Whites and Irish Graziers mixed, using the Chester boar, becausethey are better adapted to our northern climate than most other breeds. They are more pro-lific in breeding; their pigs are stronger when dropped. The sows are more motherly whilethe pigs are very young; they seem to give a greater flow of milk for their young; the pigsare less liable to the scurvy than the finer grades. At eighteen months old they will pro-duce a greater amount of pork to the same amount of feed than any other breeds that I havetried, when they can have a good clover pasture to graze in. They are more inclined to havea good and regular appetite for food than most other hogs that I have tried. On the whole,they prove to me a choice over all other breeds. I have been able to keep up a good stockof hogs of this cross, while finer breeds failed me in both number and weight of pork. Plaib XXXIII. y 5^ 8. HOGS AND PORK PACKING. 201 Another gentleman in Iowa says : The Chester Whites are his favorites,- asthey are pure white in color, have good coats of hair to stand our northernclimate ; and they will fatten at any age, are very quiet, not inclined to roam,and will fatten well in good clover pasture. They are great eaters, hut growrapidly. Half breeds of this class of hogs weigh well; three killed at the ageof thirteen months weighed respectively, net, 425, 415, and 34S pounds. BERKSHIRES. One of our best hog-raisers in Sangamon county, in giving his preferencesfor the Berkshire hog, says : Their flesh is better than the flesh of any other breed of hogs I have ever eaten; it is finergrained, tender and juicy, and when regularly fed is fit for market, or to kill and eat, at anytime from four to eighteen months of age. The brood-sows are good nurses, and producegenerally from eight to ten pigs at a litter. They are very hard
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