. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 4o5 SWINE. They are pure white, with a very thin skin of pink color, with little hair; are not uniform in this respect, as pigs in the same litter differ widely in the amount of hair; the snout is often long, but very slender and fine; the jowls are plump and the ears erect, the shoulders are wide, and the hams full; the flesh of these hogs is fine-grained, and they are commended on account of the extra amount of mess pork in proportion to offal; the tails of the pigs frequently drop off when young. Jersey Reds
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 4o5 SWINE. They are pure white, with a very thin skin of pink color, with little hair; are not uniform in this respect, as pigs in the same litter differ widely in the amount of hair; the snout is often long, but very slender and fine; the jowls are plump and the ears erect, the shoulders are wide, and the hams full; the flesh of these hogs is fine-grained, and they are commended on account of the extra amount of mess pork in proportion to offal; the tails of the pigs frequently drop off when young. Jersey Reds. The positive origin of this family of swine is un- known. They have been bred in portions of the state of New Jersey, for upwards of fifty years, and with many farmers are considered to be a valuable varietJ^ They are of large size and capable of making a heavy growth, five hundred and six hundred pounds weight being THE "large white" breed SOW, HOLYWELL QUEEN. Mr. David Pettit, of Salem county, N. J., has known of these hogs for thirty years, and Mr. D. M. Brown, of Windsor, for nearly fifty years. They are now extensively bred in the middle and southern portions of New Jersey. In some neighborhoods they are bred quite uniform, being of a dark-red color, while in other sections they are more sand}-, and often patched with white. They are probably descendents from the old importations of Berkshires, as there is no record of the Taniworth, the red hogs of England, ever having been brought into this country; nor is this likely, as the Tamworth were not considered a valuable breed, and'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gardenier, Andrew A. Springfield, Mass. : King-Richardson Co.
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