. Domestic animals. Domestic animals. BREED3 oF SWINE. 197 breeds to produce the most profitable carcass for the market. For the purpose of refining the coarse breeds, no animal nag ever been so successful as this. They are fine-boned, short, and very compact, with bellies almost touching the ground, light head and ears, fine muzzle, of great docility and quiet- ness, small feeders, and producing much meat for the quantity of food consumed. From the rapidity with which generations of this animal are multiplied, the variety of other on which they are crossed, and the treatment to which t
. Domestic animals. Domestic animals. BREED3 oF SWINE. 197 breeds to produce the most profitable carcass for the market. For the purpose of refining the coarse breeds, no animal nag ever been so successful as this. They are fine-boned, short, and very compact, with bellies almost touching the ground, light head and ears, fine muzzle, of great docility and quiet- ness, small feeders, and producing much meat for the quantity of food consumed. From the rapidity with which generations of this animal are multiplied, the variety of other on which they are crossed, and the treatment to which they are subjected, it is not surprising that their descendants should rapidly assume distinct features. They furnish not only a strong dash of blood in the best class of large breeds, but in such of the smaller as have any pretensions to merit, they constitute the greater part of the improvement. Such are the Neapolitan, the Essex half-black, the Grass breed, and some others. Fi<r. Berkshire Hog. The Berkshires are an ancient English breed, formerly of laro-e size, slow feeders, and late in maturing:. Their color was a buff or sandy ground, with large black spots, and the feet, 'ower part of the legs, and tuft on the tail, buff. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, R[ichard] L[amb], 1803-1869. [from old catalog]. New York, O. Judd company
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