Walter R. Brooks created Ed the talking horse (later seen on TV) & Freddy this talking farm animal
... Brooks is otherwise best known 
for the Freddy the Pig series of children's... [DOC] [TLE] Walter R. Brooks - Wikipedia [PAR] Walter Rollin Brooks (January 9, 1886  August 17, 1958) was an American 
writer best remembered for his short stories on Mister Ed the talking horse and 
children's books, particularly those about Freddy the Pig and other 
anthropomorphic animal inhabitants of the "Bean farm" in upstate New York.