The pig was named Patrick Henry.

The largest hen was Martha Washington.

"As to them two roosters," she explained, "I did think I'd name the big handsome one John Hancock and the littlest one George Three.

They didn't like each other, ma'am, that was plain at the start, so I thought they'd ought to be on different sides.

But the very first fight they had George pretty near licked the stuffin' out of John, so I've decided to change the names around.