. 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. PRIZE- WINNING HERKSIIIRES. 201 the grand sweepstakes prize of $50 and medal, as the best sow of any age or breed. She weighed 770 pounds. Mr. T. S. Cooper was offered $1,600 for her while on exhibition, but refused the tempting offer, believing her to be worth more to him as a breeder. These s
. 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. PRIZE- WINNING HERKSIIIRES. 201 the grand sweepstakes prize of $50 and medal, as the best sow of any age or breed. She weighed 770 pounds. Mr. T. S. Cooper was offered $1,600 for her while on exhibition, but refused the tempting offer, believing her to be worth more to him as a breeder. These sweepstake prizes for the best of any age or brrcd Q,\\^^l to settle the question of the Berkshire's superiority. "Winning Smithereen " and " Ik-lladonna's Smithereen " are two very fine young boars, partaking in a marked degree of the excellent characteristics of the justly celebrated "Belladonna" family. They have very short dished faces, good bodies, hams, and shoulders, and are covered with a plentiful coat of fine jet-black. SMITHEREEN. hair.' They were so fine that I bred "Stumpy VIII.'s Daughter" to "Belladonna's Smithereen," and I could not pay him a greater compliment. I do not know which is the best. One of them will go in the fall to "Virginia Stock Farm;" the other will remain here to represent the " Belladonna-Smithereen " strain. There are three more sows bred by Heber Humfrey of the " Sweet Seventeen " family, which have added another choice strain to the "Winning-Farm" Berkshire herd. To sum up their merits, all must admit their extreme hardi- ness. They are more active than other improved breeds, which enables them to graze and do well when others would perish. They are wonderfully prolific, often having 12 to 16 fine pigs at. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearanc
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