cleansed and fumigated; there has been no further trouble since from that source. November 5th. Visited a cow in Spring street, supposed to be affected with pleuro-pneumonia; cow died while I was there; post-mortem showed tuberculosis. November 6th. Visited cow belonging to Mr. Phillips, in Ewing; he had lost two some time previous; succeeded in getting him to kill her; post-mortem showed tuberculosis extending throughout internal organs. January 19th, 1886. Visited cow in Bond street, in the advanced stage of tuberculosis, which was destroyed by consent of the owner. January 20th. By order of Dr. E. M. Hunt, visited farm of Alex. Grey, Aqueduct Mills, near Princeton; he had lost two cows, and has two more sick; post-mortem in the case of the one that had died revealed tuberculosis; the other two were isolated. I think this disease is gaining ground rapidly, and that there should be something done to prevent its progress throughout the country. While the State Board of Health have issued circulars on the subject of contagious and infectious diseases, every farmer should be supplied with the knowledge to care for animals when sick, so as not to spread any contagion or infection to other animals, and by so doing will aid in stamping out such diseases. A HISTORY OF THE RED HOGS OF AMERICA. BY COL. F. D. CURTIS. The written history of the Red Hogs of America does not extend beyond the meeting of the First National Swine Breeders' Convention held at Indianapolis, Ind., November 20th, 1872. At this convention both the Jersey Reds, of New Jersey, and the Durocs, of New York, were described as two families of red swine of similar characteristics; the Duroc "finer in the bone and carcass than the other reds." The following is the full report of the Committee on Jersey Reds, which was submitted to the convention, and adopted by it as authority, November 20th, 1872, at Indianapolis, Ind. JERSEY REDS. Mr. Curtis, from the committee, submitted the following report on Jersey Red swine: "The positive origin of this family of swine is unknown. 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 variety. They are of large size, and capable of making a heavy growth, five hundred and six hundred pounds weight being common. Mr. David Petit, Salem, 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 neighborhoods they were bred quite uniform, being of a dark red color; while in other sections they are more sandy and often patched with white. They are probably descended from the old importations of Berkshires, as there is no record of the Samworth-the red hogs of England-ever having been brought to this country; nor is it likely, as the Samworth were not considered a valuable breed, and were confined to a limited breeding. The reds resemble the old Berkshires in many respects, but are much coarser than the improved swine of this breed. 1 |