. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. have been made, and while some have discoveredno advantage in th(; employment of oxen over horses, othershave proved them decidedly superior. One Anglesey farmerfound in an experience of three years, with 12 horses and 20oxen, which accomplished an equal amount of work, that hehad saved by the latter, $1150. The foregoing facts prove the subject to be one of sufficientimportance, to justify the closest investigation of every farmerto determine for himself the comparative value of ox
. Domestic animals; : history and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and farm dogs,. have been made, and while some have discoveredno advantage in th(; employment of oxen over horses, othershave proved them decidedly superior. One Anglesey farmerfound in an experience of three years, with 12 horses and 20oxen, which accomplished an equal amount of work, that hehad saved by the latter, $1150. The foregoing facts prove the subject to be one of sufficientimportance, to justify the closest investigation of every farmerto determine for himself the comparative value of ox, horse, ormule >abor. CHAPTER VIL SWINE. The hog is a cosmopolite of almost every zone, though hisnatural haunts, like those of the hippopotamus, the elephant,the rhinoceros, and most of the thick-skinned animals, are swixE. 193 in warm climates. They are most abundant in China, theEast Indies, and the immense range of islands Avhich extendsover the whole Southern and Pacific Oceans; but they arealso numerous throughout Europe, from its southern coast tothe Russian dominions within the Arctic. Fiff. The Wild Boar. In the United States, swine have been an object of attentionsince its earhest settlement, and whenever a profitable marketcould be found for pork abroad, it has been exported to thefull extent of the demand. For near twenty years followingthe commencement of the general European wars, soon after theorganization of our national government, it was a comparativelylarge article of commerce; but from that time, exports havenot been justified to any extent, till within the last two years,since vvhich, a material reduction in the British import duty onpork, lard, and hams, has again biought it up as a prominentarticle of trade with that country. The recent use which hasbeen made of the carcass in converting it into lard oil, hasstiU further mcreased its consumption. S ne are reared in ^very part of the Union, and whenIT 194 D03IESTIC AXI-3IALS. properly managed, alw
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