STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN 



NEW JERSEY 



Hogs 



As is the case with other pure bred animals, we should be pleased 

 to receive inquiries for any of the standard breeds of pigs, including 

 Berkshire, Chester \\ hite, Duroc-Jersey and Poland China. Owing 

 to our close (tonnection with owners of various breeds, we are jirepared 

 to make j)ronipt quotations on registered stock. 



Goats 



CHESTER WHITE BOAR— Courtesy of CheMrr White Breeders' Association 



BERKSHIRE 



A black hog with i)inkish skin, some white on tlic nose, forehead 

 and on the tip of the tail. The nioil(>rat(!ly short head has a very 

 heavy jowl. Well developerl hind quarters have heavy hams. 

 In this country the Berkshire breed is in the front rank for numbers 

 and qualitv as a lard hog. It iierhaps reachc^.s a larger size than any 

 of the others. Some growers object to it because it is not so prolific, 

 but it matures early. 



CHESTER WHITE 



A breed which received its name because it has beeii fretiuently 

 and successfully raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania. It is ot 

 mixed origin and be;u's a strong family resembUuuie to \\w English 

 breed Lincolnshire, from which, no doubt, it originally came. The 

 breed is very ijrolific and the sows will prove goocl motheis. The 

 boars will often average six hundred pounds and will gain fully one 

 pound of hve flesh for three pounds of grain consumed. It is one ot 

 the four leading lard hogs in tliis country. 



Although essentially in its wild state the goat belongs to the Old 

 World group, the various breeds have been propagated with great 

 success in all other countries. California is the center of the milch 

 goat industry in the United States. Domesticated sorts have been 

 known to run wild in many islands, such as Hebrides, Shetland, 

 Canary, Azores, Ascension and Juan Fernandez. Some of these 

 reverted breeds have developed horns of considerable size, although 

 not showing that regularity of curve distinctive in the wild race. 

 In the British Isles there are two distinct types, one short and the 

 other long-haired. The color varies from white to black or is fre- 

 quently' fawn with a dark hne down the spine and another across the 

 shoulders. The Maltese, Syrian and Cashmere or Tibet Goat are 

 among the three best known in Asia and Africa. 



The Angora Goat is often confused with the Cashmere Goat but 

 in reality is quite distinct. It is a bad milker and indifferent mother 

 but its flesh is better than that of any other breed and in its native 

 comitry is preferred to mutton. The hair of the Angora goat is of two 

 kinds, one short and one coarse. Both are used in manufacture. 

 The process of shearing takes place early in the spring, the average 

 amoimt of wool yielded by each animal being about two and one- 

 half pounds. 



The three most popular milch goats in this country are the 

 Toggenburg, the Anglo-Nubian and the Saanan. We shall be 

 ])leased to receive inquiries on any of these and also on the Angora, 

 any of ^^"hich we can supply at reasonable rates. The fact that we 

 are in connection with some of the best known raisers of these breeds 

 right in this neighborhood, makes it possible to serve our trade to 

 the vory best advantage. Milch goats are proving increasingly 

 popular and profitable and those of our customers who are interested 

 in the subject will do well to write us for further infonnation. 



DUROC-JERSEY 



The Duroc-Jersey is of red or cherry-red color. It i 

 known in these districts as the Jersey Red. This, 

 however, is incorrect, according to the registry. It 

 is a verj^ popular breed in New Jersey as well as in 

 the middle west. The breed is very prolific and has 

 qualities for quick development. It will easily take 

 on three hundred pounds in eight months. It brings 

 the highest prices on the stock markets. 



POLAND CHINA 



A breed of mixed blooil, believed to have originated 

 from the "Big China Pig," taken to Ohio in 1S16 

 and blended with run graziers, in 1839 with a breed 

 known as Bavfields, as well as with Berkshires. It is 

 a black ])ig like the Berkshire but has larger lop-ears, 

 a more pointed, straight nose, more compact body 

 and more white markings. It is hardly as popular at 

 the present time in this country as was once the case. 

 Twenty-five j'ears ago the Poland China was considered 

 to be the most jjrofitable breed. 



common iv 



Our department of pure bred animals will prove 

 of special assistance to farmers who desire to enter 

 the live stock business on a basis of pure breeding 

 lines. The long profit has invariably gone to the 

 men who have paid strict attention to the breeding 

 work. In our stock selections we will have the 

 co-operation and assistance of some of the best 

 informed men in their individual class and the 

 service rendered will prove highly satisfactory. Our 

 reputation as seedsmen guarantees this. 



See page 83 and study possibilities of Alfalfa 

 as a live stock food. 



It will prove to be a great flesh builder. 



DUROC-.TERSEY SOW— Courtesy of Duroc-Jersey Breeders' Assnrinlion 

 Grand Champion -Sow, 1918 Missouri and Kansas State Fairs and Muskogee. Oklahoma. 

 Owned by W. R. Crow when shown in State Fairs and by Golden Valley 

 Stock Farm at Oilton, Oklahoma. 



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