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The National Chester White 
Record Association 
The Original Record for the Chester White 
Breed of Hogs, established in 1884: a purely co¬ 
operative Association. All Volumes of the 
Record free to Stockholders; podigree blanks 
and transfer slips free to all recorders. Write 
the Secretary for instructions in recording your hogs 
L B. WALTER, Stc’y, Bor 66, Dept. R. West Chcrter, Pa 
We have a full line of 
Chester 
White Pigs 
for breeding purposes, ranging from 10 wks. to (i 
mos. old, tired from registered sfresnnd dams. Also 
a few Reg. Jersey cows, heifers and calves. Send 
stamp for Circulars. EDWARD WALTER. 
Dept. R, liox West Chester, Pennsylvania 
! Chester Whites 
Registered and grade stock. Boars snd sows nine 
weeks old, $10 each. Sixty pound reg. sows, $20. 
Booking orders for spring pigs. May delivery, at $8 
each: grade. $10. reg. All fine growers out of big, 
healthv stock. l»on’t wait too lale before ordering. 
BRANDRETH LAKE FARM, Brandreth, N. Y. 
Live Stock Matters 
Conducted By Prof. F. C. Minkler 
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Starting in Purebred Swine 
Will you advise me regarding the buy¬ 
ing of a brood sow, or the starting of a 
very small herd of purebred swine? 
Would you advise me to invest $200 in 
such a sow? Berkshires are not very 
popular in this section, but, of course, 
would not dispose of such surplus here. 
On the other hand, would it pay me bet¬ 
ter to buy less expensive stock, and sell 
locally? There is a fair demand for 
grade, or not too expensive pigs, here. 
Some years ago it was almost impossible 
to buy small pigs, but now many farmers 
have one or two brood sows of no special 
breed or type exactly; that is, they are 
not purebred, so that the demand is much 
lessened. I have an acre of well-located 
orchard (seven years old) on my farm, 
which I could use very well. Have plenty 
of good corn and will have wheat and oats 
this Summer. I think my tenant would 
give my pigs fair care, but possibly, could 
not look after them as I would. I prefer 
Berkshires or Ihiroe Jerseys; the latter 
are quite popular here. r. b. l. 
New Jersey. 
Under the conditions you describe, and 
with the help situation as it now obtains, 
it would seem prudent for you to avoid 
: purchasing ■ extremely high-priced brood 
sows, rather confining yourself to the as¬ 
semblage of a few lower-priced animals 
| until you can give your herd your per- 
O. I. C. Swine; Comparison of Guernsey 
and Ayrshire 
1. What is meant by O. I. C. hogs? 
Are they a descendant ol' the White Ches¬ 
ters? Some tell me they are Ohio Im¬ 
proved Chesters, others say there is no 
Chester blood about them. What is their 
origin? Do you think them a profitable 
breed? 2. Which is the best breed of 
cows for a small dairy. Guernseys or 
Ayrsliires? A. L. II. 
Delmar, Del. 
I. The initials O. I. C. refer to a breed 
of swine known as the “Ohio Improved 
Chester Whites,” or “Ohio Improved 
Chesters.” Records substantiate the fact 
that a breed of hogs white in color was 
especially popular in Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, and their promoters desig¬ 
nated them as Chester Whites. Breeders 
within the Miami Valley in Ohio have 
accomplished constructive work in the 
development of useful types of swine, and 
while they were working with the old 
Poland China breed and were more or 
less dissatisfied with the proportionately 
small litters that they were producing, 
and the fact that they dressed out a black 
carcass, it so happened that representa¬ 
tive breeders visited in Chester County, 
Pa., and noted with interest the prevail- 
I'rhe Pen of Poland China Barron'S 
Reg. Chester*Whites 
Service Boars. Bred gilts and August pigs. 
A. A. 8CHOFELL, - Heuvelton, N. Y. 
Reg.O.I.C.&C.W. Pigs 
safe delivery guaranteed. JOHN L. VAN HORN, Troy, Brad. Co., Pa 
(PIGS SHIPPED C.O.D.) 
100 O. I. C. and Large Yorkshire Cross. 100 Berk¬ 
shire and O. I. C. Cross. 6 weeks old. $11 each. 
50 shouts, 12 weeks old, $15 each. Extra Large 
bonpd Strechy Huskies, from Large, Growthy stock. 
D. Reeves, - Lexington, Mass. 
Yorkshire PIGS 
Foundation stock from heavy feeding strain. Growthy, vig¬ 
orous, smooth pigs from mature, prolific, pasture fed sows. 
Our culls go Into sausage. You get the best. 
Well-known hard of established breeders. 
H. C. BARTON SO. AMHERST, MASS. 
Wanted-JPiSS 6 to 8 weeks old 
utility and pedigreed stock. Also TURKEYS, GEESE 
AND DUCKS, GUINEA PIGS. GUINEA HENS MacNifT Hor¬ 
ticultural Co,, Inc.. 52-54 Vesey St., New York City 
DIGS—Reo. Berkshires and Chester White and Berkshire 
' cross. $10 to $15 each. Longfellow strain. 
Some very fine breeding. Circular free. Ready for 
delivery first week in April. Satisfaction or money 
refunded. R W. WAGNER. Box 222N, East Northport, L. I 
sonal attention. The old-fashioned Jersey 
lied hog is very popular in South Jersey, 
particularly in Burlington, Cumberland 
and Salem counties, and, since the mar¬ 
ket for Berkshires, as you have indicated, 
appears to be depleted, you would he 
safer in clinging to the type that is iu 
popular demand. 
A great deal of agitation has been going 
on concerning tin 1 possibilties of increased 
profits from pork production, yet we must 
remember that it is so easy substantially 
to increase the number of pigs within a 
year that it would be a simple matter to 
establish an over-production of hogs; 
much simpler, in fact, than obtains with- 
any. other class of live stock. So it 
would seem that your best way of start¬ 
ing the pork business would be to go into 
the section that I have indicated, buy 10 
or a dozen pigs at weaning time, grow 
them under your own conditions, breed 
the choicest of them when they are nine 
or 10 months old, and within a year you 
would be in the pork business on rather 
an extensive scale. If you invested as 
much as $200 in one sow and she, by any 
chance, should disappoint you. you would 
be discouraged, and, in addition, lose the 
money that you had originally invested. 
It would be possible for you to pasture 
the pigs in the orchard that you have 
fenced, but make sure that you grow some 
forage crops to supplement the grain that 
you are producing, for healthy pigs must 
he reared on pastures of some sort. You 
could supplement the corn that you have 
with either Alfalfa or clover hay, or you 
ought to be able to get some digester 
tankage. Ten per cent of this high pro¬ 
tein material will balance up a ration 
based exclusively on corn, and ought to 
enable you to produce pork profitably and 
successfully. Later on, when you settle 
down on your own farm you will have 
gained considerable experience, and then 
you could go in for higher-priced animals 
and you would, no doubt, be able to de¬ 
velop a market for purebred animals. 
ing type of Chester Whites. Attracted 
by their early maturing characteristics, 
and believing that they were well suited 
for the conditions that prevailed in Ohio, 
they purchased a number of Chesters and 
shipped them into Ohio, where they soon 
became very popular. Within a relatively 
few years such improvements had been 
brought about iu this breed of swine as 
to prompt the promoters to change the 
name, and henceforth they were known 
as O. I. C., the abbreviation for Ohio 
Improved Chester Whites. The Ohio 
breeders brought about improvements in 
quality and conformation, increased sub¬ 
stantially the dressing percentage, and 
the breed today has a firm foothold iu the 
corn belt. As compared with the Chester 
Whites, the o. I. O. are believed to be 
more refined, with less ’coarseness about 
the head and ear, more compact in shoul¬ 
der. and carry a plumper r ham than is 
found in the average herd of Chester 
Whites. They reach maturity at an early 
age, are good feeders, dress out an attrac¬ 
tive white carcass, and, provided one se¬ 
cures prolific strains, would not be disap¬ 
pointed with this breed of hogs. 
2. As to the best breed of cows for 
founding a small dairy, this would de¬ 
pend largely upon what outlet was in¬ 
tended for the milk or dairy products. 
Unless there is a premium paid for milk 
testing about five per cent of butter fat 
there would be no advantage iu either 
Jerseys or Guernseys. Nevertheless, if 
you were making butter or soiling cream 
or quality milk, you could not afford to 
introduce representatives of any other 
breed. The Guernseys will yield milk of 
the most attractive color. Ayrshire milk 
tests about four per cent butter fat. lias 
relatively small fat globules, is believed 
to be easily digested and from the physi¬ 
cian’s standpoint is clearly best suited 
for use with infants or invalids. The 
Ayrshire is a hardy breed of cattle, well 
suited for grazing on rough land and, 
while the average cow produces more 
than the Jersey or Guernsey, it will not 
compare with the Ilolstoiu so far as 
quantity is concerned. For purposes of 
making butter on the farm there are 
many advantages in favor of the Jersey 
or Guernsey breed of cattle, but where 
mere quantity production is desired the 
black and whites are very popular iu 
market milk-making districts. 
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keep them so by its forming a 
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For all lameness and swellings 
Hanford’s Balsam has proven its 
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get the best of the most stubborn 
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SHEEP 
A. H. S. A. 16643 
FOR SALE 
Registered Hampshire Sheep 
Rams and Ewes 
APPLY 
Ophlr Farm - - Purchase, N. Y. 
3 H E E F> 
FINE RECORDED SHROPSHIRE EWES 
young: bred; somo with himbs by side. Also re- 
i corded Ihiroe sows and Kilts; brod. Servico boars. 
C. E. Brown, - Foster. Ohio 
" HORSES 
Imported Belgian Stallion 
Martinis de Naost, beautiful individual, sound nntl sure 
Rets large growthy Colts from common grade marea, first 
Prize Winner, Western X. Y. Fair, Batavia, in class of 
15, all breed* competing, also a few Belgian mares. ‘2 and 
3 years old, bred to my Champion Stallion, Paul de Wiles 
Address Dennison Farms, 159 Pearl St., Buftalo, N. Y 
Kentucky Jacks and Horses 
Big bone, Kentucky, Mum moth lacks. Pereberon 
mares, mules, easy riding saddle horses. Liberty 
bonds taken. We guarantee safe delivery. 
The Cook Farms, - Lexington, Ky 
Shetland Ponies s ?« mi* 
herd in biggest Shetland Producing County in U. 8 
SUFFOLK STALLION ^ 0 
from imported stock. WM B. HALL, Clinton Corners |N.Y, 
Rfl HpaH 'shptlanH AVI> hAIMJKIl PONIES all 
uU lU/dU 0IIU11 a IIU ages mid! colors. Semi stamp for 
new price list. IHE SHENANG0 PONY FARMS, Dept. 0. Espyviile, P* 
SWINE 
Hampsliires of Quality Iu^eVng 
I Eight weeks old pigs now ready. Satisfaction guar 
anteed or money buck. M D PHILLIPS. North East. Pa 
TAM WORTHanl HAMPSHfRE SWINE 
write or visit REYNOLDS LYBROOK FARMS COMPANY 
Succottaor to Weiitview Stock Farm 
K. I \\ ln$ton-Salcm, X. Q. 
Reg. O. I. C. PIGS Qood^ediTg: 
Prices right. O. I. S XV A Y 7. K, Ludlow » itle, N. Y. 
