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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
The thoroughbred Short Horn Bull 
HIGHFLYER (578). —A. H. B„ vol. ii. 
Red. Bred by Samuel Thorne, Esq. The property of Samuel T. Taber <fc D. B. Haight, Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Calved Dec. 14, 1854. 
Got by imported Duke of Glo’ster (11382), 
out of imported Diana Gwynne, by Duke of 
Lancaster (10929); Dolly Varden byRibbles- 
dale (7422); Dorothy Gwynne by Conserva¬ 
tive (3472); -Cripple by Marmion (406); 
-Daphne by Merlin (430); Nell Gwynne 
by Layton (366); Nell Gwynne by Phenom¬ 
enon (491); Princess by Favorite (252);- 
by Favorite (252); - by Hubback (319); 
-by Snowden’s bull (612); -by Wais- 
tell’s bull (669); - by Masterman’s bull 
(422); -by the Studley bull (626). 
SUFF OLK H OGS. 
This breed of hogs are coming into gener¬ 
al favor, notwithstanding some are very 
much opposed to them. The greatest ob¬ 
jection that we have heard from their oppo¬ 
nents is that they are not of sufficient size. 
Like other breeds of domestic animals, they 
have their variations of characteristics, and 
while some families of Suffolks, and indeed 
some pigs in the same litters, are compara¬ 
tively small and delicate, others are large, 
more robust, and will afford, by having the 
required amount of food, as much pork when 
slaughtered, as the general run of hogs. 
As an instance of this latter class, we 
would refer those in the immediate neigh¬ 
borhood of our office, to those kept by our 
neighbor, Mr. Hiram Reed, at his stables, 
on Winthrop-street, near the Cushnoe 
House. Here you will find a full blood Suf¬ 
folk boar, of ample size and fair proportions. 
Mr. Reed informs us that pigs of his get 
have been slaughtered this season which 
weighed 500 pounds. Probably they were 
half bloods, for nothing improves the progeny 
of the lank, lathy, wind-splitting breed better 
than crossing them with the Suffolks. 
The present breed of Suffolks are the old 
English Suffolk hog, which, according to 
Loudon, was a “ small, delicate, white pig, 
which had for many years great reputation,” 
and at the time of his writing, (1852,) he says 
“ there is not only a strong prejudice in their 
favor, in their own country, but they have 
many advocates out of it. He also says 
that they are shorter and more pug-formed 
than the Suffolks, and by their dish face and 
pendent belly, it may be supposed that the 
variety proceeded originally from the white 
Chinese.” 
The English breeders, by skillful and judi¬ 
cious crossings, have made and fixed the 
characteristic features of the present breed, 
which are longer in the body and broader in 
the back than the old breed, thereby work¬ 
ing out their defects and working in the 
good points of others. This breed are very 
easily kept. In summer they will live and 
do well almost entirely on grass. And when 
confined and fed regularly, they lay on fat 
very easily, and this fat is placed in the 
most valuable parts and is very fine indeed. 
Our neighbors, I. & J. Glidden, of Winthrop, 
who have followed the butchering business 
for more than twenty-five years, and have 
had much experience with hogs, inform us 
that they have never found a breed that 
would fatten so easily, or whose carcase 
would sell so readily as the Suffolk. 
They also state that the meat from the 
Suffolks will readily sell for two cents more 
the pound than any other pork which they 
have carried to market. 
In regard to keeping, some aver that they 
have found them to be large eaters, and poor 
growers or producers. That there may be 
some such, we do not deny, but they are the 
exceptions to the rule. On the other hand, 
abundance of testimony may be produced 
that they are kept easier and produce more 
from their keeping than any of the other 
breeds. 
In the transactions of the New-Hampshire 
Agricultural Society for 1852, we find state¬ 
ments of Mr. James M. Whiton, of Holder- 
ness, in that State, made to the committee 
on swine. Mr. Whiton states that “ previous 
to adopting the breed for his raising, he had 
made trial of the Mackie, and also the com¬ 
mon kind ;” but found them not very profit¬ 
able. The following are his figures in an 
estimate of keeping eighteen Suffolks from 
June 1st to October 7th—the articles con¬ 
sumed being productions of his farm. Slops 
from the kitchen (not valued.) 
11 bushels of corn at 83 cents.$9 13 
9 “ of oats, at 374- cents.3 37 
36 “ of barley, at 75 cents.27 00 
40 “ of refuse potatoes, at 25 cts. 10 00 
2 loads of imperfect pumpkins.2 00 
Weeds and green materials thrown in, 
(not valued.) ' -— 
$51 50 
Contra. 
By a large lot of manure, from thirty to 
forty loads, as estimated, and five 
pigs, altogether not less than...$45 00 
Making actual cost of the 18 (besides 
labor,)...$6 50 
Hence he infers “ it is safe to estimate 
that the cost of summering a store hog of 
the Suffolk breed, exceeds the value of the 
manure very little if any,” and he also adds: 
“ taking into account beyond this, the value 
of the pigs, and it will be seen that it is the 
only breed we have yet had, the raising of 
which affords the farmer any visible profit.” 
What little experience we have had agrees 
with Mr. Whiton’s conclusion. There is 
another breed equally profitable, with the 
Suffolk, and that is the Essex breed. This 
breed is, however, of a jet black color, and is 
therefore not in so much repute with the 
people as the white Suffolk.—Me. Farmer. 
To Dress Poultry.— W'hen the weather is 
very cold, cut out and make each fowl a 
jacket and trowsers. Put them on and your 
poultry will be dressed. 
