. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . Plats XXXII,. JO-S HOGS AND PORK PACKING. 199 to arrive more speedily at maturity, to turn out more profitably, than one of questionable orimpure stock; and such being the case, I consider that the head of the hog is by no meansa point to be overlooked by the purchaser. The description of head most likely to promise,or rather to be a, concomitant of high breeding, is one not carrying heavy bone, not too flaton the forehead, or possessing too long a snout: The snout should be short, and the fore-head rather convex, curving upward ;

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. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863 . Plats XXXII,. JO-S HOGS AND PORK PACKING. 199 to arrive more speedily at maturity, to turn out more profitably, than one of questionable orimpure stock; and such being the case, I consider that the head of the hog is by no meansa point to be overlooked by the purchaser. The description of head most likely to promise,or rather to be a, concomitant of high breeding, is one not carrying heavy bone, not too flaton the forehead, or possessing too long a snout: The snout should be short, and the fore-head rather convex, curving upward ; and the ear should be, while pendulous, incliningsomewhat forward, and at the same time light and thin. Nor should the buyer pass eventhe carriage of a pig. If this be dull heavy, and dejected, reject him on suspicion of illhealth, if not of some concealed disordi actually existing or just about to break forth ; andthere cannot be a more unfortunate symptom than a hang-down, slouching head. Of course,a fat hog for slaughter, or a sow heavy with young, has not much spright

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